October in the Luangwa It’s amazing to think we’ve come to the end of another great season. October has been busy with lots to reflect on, let alone looking back on the whole year (so we’ll do that in the next mailer). Those that could handle the heat have been rewarded with sizzling game viewing this […]
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Yesterday morning we were treated to a testosterone-driven display. Hearing lions calling at night is a regular sound heard from most of our camps in the Luangwa Valley. But last night was particularly noisy. At sunrise around the breakfast we continued listening to the roars. I looked across the river, and saw a male lion […]
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September news September has certainly brought the heat. The temperatures have risen and the game viewing action heated up significantly. We’ve had some pretty amazing highlights which we’d love to share with you. Up North Alex has been enjoying several sightings of lion, leopard and elephant during his explorations around Takwela. The sightings have been […]
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We recently got a camera to send around with our guides to afford them the opportunity to dabble in photography, as well as to get regular images from our camps. These are a few of the images from Takwela Camp in North Luangwa, run by guide Alex Phiri. Takwela is Remote Africa’s newest addition to […]
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Virtute et Opera – Courage and Toil My school in South Africa was know as the home of the leopard, with pupils being called sons of the leopard. It is then only quite fitting that I have uprooted myself and made my new home in the Luangwa Valley – the valley of the leopard. The […]
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August in the Luangwa After a lovely long winter August has heralded the warmer weather with the sun rapidly absorbing most of the water in outlying lagoons and the August winds breezing in a nice general warmth. Many of the trees and bushes are flowering, most noticeably the Sausage Trees which are also simultaneously sprouting fresh new leaves. […]
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Remote Africa Safaris decided to run the Football for Wildlife initiative, as part of the Tafika Fund, in 2015 having been inspired by the late David Back. The objective of the League is to build awareness and enthusiasm for wildlife conservation over a wide reach of the Luangwa valley residents through their abiding love of […]
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We are incredibly fortunate to have a lovely natural depression in front of Tafika Camp which holds water until reasonably late in the season. This water, along with the rising temperatures and the ripening of seed pods and fruits in a number of trees bring regular family groups of elephants to the camp. Tafika Camp […]
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July in the Luangwa GAME VIEWING has been interesting. With the yellow-billed stork colony breeding coming to a close, the breeding site of ebony trees are now peacefully quiet but there are still lots of storks spread across the game viewing area with their grey adolescents in tow. Crocodiles have taken over the breeding reigns as they […]
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