Ancient Africa Safaris · Stories

From the ground.
For those who want to go.

Wildlife dispatches. Guest journeys. The honest guides to Africa’s greatest destinations — written by the people who live and breathe these places.

Writing in progress · Launching soon

Ancient Africa Safaris · Vol I

What this is

Not a travel blog. Not a content calendar. A record of what happens when extraordinary places are given the writing they deserve.

For eight years we have watched people arrive in Uganda not quite knowing what to expect and leave unable to fully explain what happened to them. That gap — between what travel brochures promise and what wild Africa actually delivers — is what these stories will try to close.

We are not journalists. We are not influencers. We are specialists who have spent years on the ground with guides, rangers, conservationists, and travellers whose experiences deserve to be written down properly. That is what we are about to do.

First pillar

Wildlife &
Conservation

Field dispatches from Bwindi and beyond. Monthly gorilla family reports. The rangers and trackers whose names most guests never learn but whose knowledge makes everything possible. Anti-poaching work. What your permit actually funds. The numbers behind the conservation story Africa’s tourism industry rarely shares.

Monthly gorilla family report — Bwindi

A day in the life of Joseph Mugisha

What 1,063 gorillas actually means

The shoebill stork: Mabamba at dawn

Second pillar

Guest
Journeys

First-person accounts from people who have travelled with us. Not testimonials — stories. The moment a gorilla looked back. The morning the wildebeest crossed. The silence of Sossusvlei at 5am. Written by those who were there, with the detail that only comes from genuine experience.

Sarah & James: Bwindi, 14 days, 2024

A family’s first encounter with the Mara

Solo in Ethiopia’s Simien highlands

The Okavango by mokoro canoe

Third pillar

Destination
Guides

The honest information that travel brochures leave out. When to actually go. What nobody tells you about gorilla trekking. The lodges that quietly outperform their famous neighbours. The difference between the dry and green season that a single line of calendar data cannot convey. Written from eight years on the ground.

Uganda: when to go & why it matters

What to pack for Bwindi (honestly)

The migration: myth vs. what you’ll see

Namibia in May: the case no one makes

Writing is
in progress

The first stories are being written now. When they are ready — and not before — this page will open. We are not in a hurry to publish. We are in a hurry to get it right.

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Wildlife & Conservation Nearly ready

Guest Journeys In progress

Destination Guides Being written