Experiential Travel Blog

A village #elder of the #Ik tribe in far northern #Uganda. They were evicted from their ancestral homelands when the Kidepo Velley National Park was established. They bounced around they country as neighboring tribes excluded them from their territories. Eventually they settled on the tops of a few mountains in places without water catchments and too cold to be desirable to other tribes. Today they live a quiet, reclusive existence always on the lookout (sentries announced our approach) for people who might again take their land.
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#experientialtravel
#unintendedconsequences
#rareprivilege (at Kidepo Valley National Park)

Chilling cheetahs on an abandoned terminate mound keep watch for meal opportunities on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
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#experientialtravel #cheetah #cubs #kenya #masaimara (at Masai Mara National Reserve)

A young and very rare Lesser Spotted Zebra (Equus quagga maculosus) in Kenya. (JK)
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#experientialtravel #safari #zebra #kenya (at Ol Pejeta Conservancy)

This is the route that The Great Migration Train journey of 2019 will follow. Earlybird discounts of more than A$2,000 apply to bookings confirmed this month.

You might know Wanaka for a tree or the snow but this beautiful town has so much more to offer.
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#experientialtravel #wanaka #lovewanaka #newzealand (at Lake Wanaka)

The massive herd pauses at the waters edge. The leaders are clearly aware of the dangers lurking in the muddy torrent. They waver, weight shifting from hoof to nervous hoof. Then suddenly, their fear overcome by the lure of fresh pasture ahead and the pressure of thousands behind them, they leap into the water madly swimming for the opposite shore.
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#greatmigration #wildebeest #thegreatmigration #experientialtravel (at Mara River (Nunavut))

Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) an only be seen in the wild as they do not survive in zoos. Critically Endangered, their numbers have stabilized at around 800, in three countries: Uganda, DRC and Rwanda, where we saw this handsome fellow. (at Volcanoes National Park)

Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is the National Bird of Uganda and is has a status similar to Royal Game. (at Entebbe)

Only Rhinos need Rhino horn. The root cause of poaching is the ignorance, vanity and wealth of a small part of the population in Asia.
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#rhino #rhinoceros #conservation #rhinohorn #kenya (at Ol Pejeta Conservancy)

How big is an African #elephant ? This is Jabu. He is wild and free but he chooses to hang out with his friends Doug and Sandi Groves in the #Okavango #Delta in #Botswana. I learned a lot about eles from Jabu and his friends in 2012.
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#experientialtravel (at Sanctuary Stanley’s Camp)