Hike and Horseback Ride the Dragon Mountains. We arrived in the Drakensberg Mountains late and under a dark mist. Even though the big excursion truck was a 4×4 it would never make it the last six kilometers of … Continue reading →
From The Desert To The Atlantic Coast. The Drifters Karoo Lodge consisted of five flagstone cottages on a remote expanse of five former sheep farms that make up the private reserve around the compound. Drifters plans to expand … Continue reading →
Owls, Oryx, and Ostriches. For hours we drove into the broiled heart of the Namib Desert; the highway undulated; we left the cold weather front behind and pushed through a barrier of rising heat like a string bead … Continue reading →
Dune Buggies, Sky Diving, and Oryx Steaks. Swakopmund is Namibia’s second largest city and the adventure capital of the country, located on the Atlantic coast. Namibia was once a German colony and then later a South African protectorate … Continue reading →
Your Own Private Island Camp. We bounced along the Botswana Pan Handle paralleling the Okavango River to our launch site into the heart of the expansive Delta. All valuables such as passports, money, keys, and wallets were placed … Continue reading →
Boma Braai, Zambezi Sunset Cocktail Cruise, Rhino Tracking, and San Rock Art. The hippos in the Okavango Delta lagoon gave us a send-off with grunts and bellows. Our fleet of Mekoros rustled the grasses with a sweeping gesture, … Continue reading →
Click the Leopard for Great Safaris. Abu Simbel Temples: Abu Simbel is Pharaoh Ramses II’s enduring autograph in stone. Abu Simbel Is a bookmark to power and history, full of life, full of voices from the distant yesterday, forever shining in … Continue reading →
Get On A Great Safari at www.GreatSafaris.com Ramses II ruled Upper and Lower Egypt. Abu Simbel is Pharaoh Ramses II’s enduring autograph in stone. Abu Simbel Is a bookmark to power and history, full of life, … Continue reading →
Get On A Great Safari at www.GreatSafaris.com Ramses II ruled Egypt for 67 years. The distance from the port of Alexandria to the Ramses II temples at Abu Simbel in the Nubian Desert is calculated at … Continue reading →
Get On A Great Safari at www.GreatSafaris.com The ancient Pharaohs were preoccupied with death while in life; in 1937 fictional British crime writer Agatha Christie penned the famous tome, Death on the Nile at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. … Continue reading →
Get On A Great Safari at www.GreatSafaris.com According to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, “The Egyptians do not all worship the same gods, excepting Isis and Osiris.” (Opening photo — The Pharaohs’ Bed Temple.) Osiris was the god … Continue reading →
Get On A Great Safari with www.GreatSafaris.com Cairo was never a capital or even a city of ancient pharaonic Egypt but today it is the largest urban area (founded about 970 A.D.) in the Arab world and in … Continue reading →
Get On a Great Safari With www.GreatSafaris.com Thebes is the world’s largest temple complex. Ramses II added temples at Thebes. The “Egyptian Book Of The Dead” is a western misnomer — the ancient Egyptians had … Continue reading →
Get On A Great Safari With www.GreatSafaris.com Queen Hatshepsut. The ancient Egyptians were the “Kings of the Nile”, but more than 4,500 years ago they were also the “Monarchs of the Seas”. Widespread seafaring trading began … Continue reading →
