Tag Archives: Africa

What is an African ‘BOMA’?

Posted on 11th November 2024

  The Swahili term ‘Boma’ is traditionally known as an enclosure or fence used to protect livestock like cows, sheep, goats and other animals from predators. It can also act as a general communal space for social interaction and cultural expression. However, if you are a safari lover you
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    • Light Aircraft Charter on Safari – Luggage Restrictions & Passenger Weight Regulations Explained

    Posted on 4th June 2024

      Oftentimes safari destinations are remote and not easily accessible by road. Light aircraft charter flights are therefore an integral part of being on safari. Light aircraft charters are quite different from your average regional airline flight: Destinations are remote (no refuelling) Wea
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    • What exactly is a “bucket shower”?

    Posted on 22nd April 2024

      Bucket showers offer a unique and eco-friendly way to bathe under the African sky. For many travellers they are an integral part of an authentic African safari experience. In areas where running water is limited or unavailable, such as remote or mobile safari camps, a bucket shower is a sim
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    • Gondwana Tours & Safaris is “Paying it forward” ….

    Posted on 15th January 2024

      As a company operating in Africa, Gondwana Tours & Safaris has for some time been looking to get more involved in, and to support an African charity, thereby “paying it forward” in a very measurable and sustainable way. It seemed a daunting task to decide which of the many worthy ca
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    • Spotlight on the best safari destinations for you… (by Steffi Presske)

    Posted on 4th September 2023

      In this blog we would like to spotlight some of our favourite safari destinations in Africa and highlight what makes them so special and different from each other. We would like to give you some general pointers when planning your trip, which might help you to pick the best safari destination f
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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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