We had a fantastic Tanzania safari and can't wait to go back! Doyen Safaris took care of everything and we highly recommend them.
I caught this grinning giant just as she was leaving the water in the evening. Her ear-to-ear smile more than makes up for the double chins and wide nose. In general, however, hippos are anything but jolly. Grumpy, quarrelsome, aggressive and vicious are all words that accurately describe the hippo personality. But I always like [...]
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Todays blogpost is from our newest guest blogger Matt, who lives and works at Kiba Point tented camp in Selous. Nestled in dense bush on the banks of the Rufiji River, the largest river in East Africa, Kiba Point is a bush camp in one of the wildest places in Africa: Selous game reserve. It [...]
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Whilst on safari, it is common to come across very strange looking birds and animals that you may have never seen before. Here are just a few of my favourites that I have spotted in the African bush. Ground hornbill This bird is certainly crafted from a strange mixture of textures. The ground hornbill grows [...]
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Mikumi is by no means a famous national park in Tanzania. Relatively isolated from other safari parks (especially in comparison to its famous cousins like Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Serengeti which are all located a few hours’ drive from one another) . Bizarrely, this national park also appears to have a large public highway bisecting it. [...]
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You may think that all of the exciting and rare wildlife is located in the mainland of Tanzania, but I recently took a trip to the East Coast of Zanzibar to see that this is not the case at all. My specific destination was Jozani Forest, which is populated by all different types of animals, [...]
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Malaria is a disease which kills over 1.5 million people each year, the majority of these being in Africa. The disease is contracted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito – which are mainly active between dawn and dusk. When visiting malarial infected zones it is important that you take a number of steps [...]
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Africa is a must-see continent with such a wide variety of cultures, the world renowned wildlife! And fauna and flora that you may find yourself drowning in an unforgettable “Dark Continent” experience. So grab yourself a great Africa cruise deal and let set sail for the homelands of Africa. Africa has been the backdrop for [...]
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This week marked the beginning of the Sauti za Busara festival, which takes place in the Old Fort in Stone Town, Zanzibar. The festival attracts people from all over the world to visit and see a wide range of African performers play a variety of different musical styles, from traditional tarab, to African rumba and [...]
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As safari guides spend so much time out in the open bush, they always have a whole bunch of great stories about their experiences whilst on safari. To get a few of these stories out in the open, I decided to interview one of our expert guides Aminelli, about their favourite safari moments. Q. Ok [...]
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Whilst out in the bush on an African safari, you will hear many animal noises which may or may not sound familiar to you. Hearing these sounds when you are tucked up and cosy in your camp, can be a little intimidating at first, but the excitement outweighs this by far! To give you a [...]
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