Africa Archives - Duff's Suitcase /africa/ Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:19:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Green season in Hwange /green-season-hwange/ /green-season-hwange/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:37:40 +0000 /?p=4773 Travelling to the bush at the tail end of rainy season means you really have to get into birds if you aren’t already. In the dry season in Hwange National Park, many thousands of elephants in huge herds – just part of a population of 75 000 – can be seen, along with herds of […]

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]]> /green-season-hwange/feed/ 0 A Botswana safari in photos /botswana-safari-photos/ /botswana-safari-photos/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:50:00 +0000 /?p=4745 A trip through national parks and wilderness areas of northern Botswana in rainy season: gliding through a channel of the Okavango Delta in a mokoro; flying above the Delta in a small helicopter above rivers and islets, water lily-studded lagoons and marshes full of birds; falling asleep in a canvas tent while lions roared outside; […]

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]]> /botswana-safari-photos/feed/ 2 On safari in Botswana /on-safari-in-botswana/ /on-safari-in-botswana/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:18:43 +0000 /?p=4732 Everything seemed to be in slow motion as we glided through the channel in a fibreglass mokoro like a knife through runny honey. The water lily-dotted water was as silvery, calm and flat as a mirror, reflecting a big sky full of rain clouds. Serenity reigned, and the stillness was punctuated by the cooing of doves […]

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]]> /on-safari-in-botswana/feed/ 4 A guide to surviving AfrikaBurn /guide-surviving-afrikaburn/ /guide-surviving-afrikaburn/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:03:26 +0000 /?p=3018 In just over two months’ time thousands of people will be gathering in the middle of nowhere (otherwise known as the Tankwa Karoo in the Northern Cape) for South Africa’s most unique, exhilarating and exciting festival, AfrikaBurn. It offers a chance to step sideways into a surreal parallel desert world of music, art, generosity and […]

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]]> /guide-surviving-afrikaburn/feed/ 5 AfrikaBurn 2014 in photos /afrikaburn-2014-photos/ /afrikaburn-2014-photos/#comments Wed, 07 May 2014 10:28:38 +0000 /?p=3217 The dust is settling in the Tankwa Karoo as another AfrikaBurn has drawn to close. For a week, 9000 people turned a farm in the middle of nowhere in the Northern Cape into a temporary town – a surreal world of art, music, dress up and performances. When you’re there you have to keep reminding […]

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]]> /afrikaburn-2014-photos/feed/ 3 10 things I loved about Kenya /10-things-loved-kenya/ /10-things-loved-kenya/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:39:23 +0000 /?p=2882 Kenya’s been on my African travel wish list for a long time. I’ve dreamed of visiting the country that’s home to vast plains teeming with game home to the greatest wildlife migration on earth, the continent’s most famous tribe, the Maasai and tropical islands laced with hundreds of years of history. My first trip to […]

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