Author Archives: Tamina Siebel

4 Rivers – Kwara Private Reserve – opening June 2023

Posted on 8th March 2023

  We are really very excited to hear about 4 Rivers, Kwando’s latest camp, opening in the Kwara Private Reserve (Okavango Delta) in June 2023. This classic tented camp overlooking Maboa Island and its nearby airstrip will grant pioneering guests the first opportunity to enter a mostly unexp
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    • Great Tsau Hill – Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana (by Jen Weimann)

    Posted on 18th November 2022

    Standing 200 meters above the vast flat expanse of the central Kalahari, Great Tsau Hill has no doubt served as an important navigational aid to humans since our time on earth began. The first people of Southern Africa, the indigenous Bushman, have traversed this seemingly dry and barren land for a
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    • Visit to Fundu Lagoon – Pemba Island, Zanzibar Archipelago (by Jonathan Everson)

    Posted on 27th June 2022

    I recently had the pleasure of visiting Fundu Lagoon Lodge – one of a handful of world class luxury lodges on the Island of Pemba in the Indian Ocean.   Flights to Pemba Island are normally via Dar es Salaam / Zanzibar. I flew from Johannesburg into Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and from there with A
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    • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Gorilla Baby Boom

    Posted on 10th June 2022

    "Conserving for generations" - that is the motto of Uganda's Wildlife Authority ... and it certainly rings true in the light of the news of a gorilla baby boom that has been observed and reported on for this past month of May in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.  On 9th May 2022, an adul
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    • African Safaris in Covid-19 Times

    Posted on 1st June 2021

    Africa awaits and various countries are welcoming travelers!   Many of our clients as well as potential travelers have been asking us about travel restrictions in Africa due to COVID-19. To help you with planning your safari, we have compiled this one-stop informational blog with the current
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    • Quick update on the 2021 Okavango Delta floods

    Posted on 16th February 2021

    Just a quick update on the current situation of the 2021 Okavango Delta floods:   Up to this point Botswana has had the best rainy season since 2000 – some areas have already received over 1200mm which is basically three times the average rainfall of 425mm. With rainfall forecast to conti
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    • Jen discovers Zanzibar

    Posted on 22nd June 2020

    As a first time traveler to Zanzibar and with all the excitement the coming trip created, I was intent of doing as much research as possible as to when, where, how! And to be sure, there is any number of options when it comes to Zanzibar!  Zanzibar receives rainfall throughout the year, usually in
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    • 2020 Okavango Delta Flood is on its way

    Posted on 5th February 2020

    To gain an understanding on the formation of the Okavango Delta and its annual flood patterns it may be helpful to look at the origin and flow of the Okavango River. The source of the Okavango Delta flood actually lies in the extremely wet highlands of Angola north of Botswana. From here the Okavan
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    • Waterlevels at Victoria Falls

    Posted on 4th February 2020

    Victoria Falls – affectionately, respectfully and very aptly referred to as Mosi-oa-Tunya (“the smoke that thunders“) by locals, has recently been under great and unjustified scrutiny. Various media outlets have presented a warped picture of the current water levels resulting in rumors about
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