Thoughts of Africa often conjure up the wide open plains dotted with acacia trees, the smell of dust in the air and a hot sun above.  Indeed there is truth in this image and it sets an evocative scene.  However, it sells the continent short to imagine that it is this homogenous.  The constantly shifting sea of red dunes of the Namib desert, the Great Rift Valley, the intricate waterways of the Okavango Delta, the winelands and mountains of the Cape and the icy clear mountain lakes of Mt Kenya to name but a few – this is indeed a land of drama and diversity.

All too often, the focus is on the wildlife and in that narrow field it is possible to pay too little attention to the landscape itself.  We have found time and again childlike wonder in watching these vistas unfold as we travel through them, breathtaking in their scale and intensity.

It is a constant source of awe and pleasure that these places remain to be enjoyed on our planet and we delight in exploring and sharing them.

We take care when we design a safari to consider the best way to see an area.  In Namibia, the unique patterns and colours of its ancient topography are best viewed from the air, whereas the forests of the Mahale Mountains can only be reached by traditional wooden dhow.  Tracking wild dog on foot through the rocky bush of the Northern Kenyan private conservancies is one of life’s great adventures, as is cantering on horseback across the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana.  It is important to us that we interact with these landscapes in the most appropriate way – and that is the Art of the Adventure.