Located 380km south of the Arabian Peninsula, this mysterious and little known island with a population of around 90,000 people is sometimes known as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean. Up until 2014 there were only about a 1000 tourists visiting per year. Having just returned from this beautiful magical island I can tell you …
Previous Next We rose early before the heat of the day to fly the Helicopter deep into the arid lands of North Kenya in search of the Rendille Tribe. The people of this tribe are Cushitic pastoralists living in harsh conditions with Rendille translating as “Holders of the stick of God”. They are believed to …
Previous Next A short drive from the Semliki Lodge in Western Uganda we transferred to a large canoe with a small in engine to go off in search on the of the elusive Shoe Bill stork and its foot long bill closely resembling a dutch clog. Five foot tall with large glassy yellow eyes that …
Previous Next The Danakil Depression, which sits below sea level, in Northern Ethiopia lead us to the Afar desert; the gateway to hell. Here we came across extraordinary salt miners of the Afar tribe. Labouring in temperatures that would most people would struggle with, cutting slabs of salt straight out of the earths crust …
