Angus AWT#1

The Thinking Behind Every Overland Route This blog comes directly from conversations at the recent Adventure Travel Show in London, and from meetings with travel professionals in the Netherlands, and others. A number of people asked thoughtful, detailed questions about how and why we choose our routes. I thought it worth noting this for others to read... When people look at a map of Africa, it’s easy to circle the famous names. The big parks, the iconic reserves and the headline destinations....

When we talk about carbon offsetting, we usually picture something tangible, a tree planted in the ground, a hectare restored, a number added to a spreadsheet. Those things matter. But over the last 20 years, I’ve come to believe there is another kind of offsetting that is harder to measure and perhaps far more powerful: Planting the seed of nature conservation in a person. On our ventures in Africa, people don’t just see wildlife and take photographs, they immerse themselves in the...

For a short period of my life I was lucky to know the great man Dr Ian Player who dedicated his life to the wild, wilderness and nature. Since those days I have always looked for the symbolism in nature he talked so much about. Every time I see a hyena they symbolise for me the importance of balance, community, communication and cooperation. My spotted hyena sightings have been few and far between over the last 20 odd years of travelling to Africa, but this is one of the animals that has...