Wildlife Lovers Candy Store
When I’m not on an African safari, I’m based in America’s Serengeti: the Teton National Park. There is more contiguous protected wild land here (Tetons, Yellowstone, Bridger and the Wind Range) than anywhere else in the lower United States. And that means the place (similar to Africa), is a wildlife lovers candy store. People here...
New Resources for you at AfricaInside.org
Africa Inside has two new resources that I’m excited to tell you about. But first I want to tell you, the subscribers and readers of AfricaInside.org, how much I value your time, and appreciate your interest in Africainside.org. Thank you! OK, now for the two useful resources: The Africa Books page has a brand new...
Whatever You Do, Don’t Run!
Peter Allison is not brave. Despite this, he has been stalked by lions, chased by elephants,and courted by rhino. At the age of 19 he tossed a coin between South America and Africa. Africa won. Within a few months his passion for wildlife was rewarded with work as a safari guide for lodges in Southern...
Everything Elephant – Understanding the Crisis
The African elephant is probably the most loved of all the natural wonders of the African continent. The largest living land mammal, elephants have stirred the imaginations, and emotions of humans for centuries. But our relationship with them is – and has been since before the time of the Romans – tainted by our obsession...
Do YOU trust China in East Africa?
China’s new president, Xi Jinping, is on the move. His first stop, Russia, second Tanzania, then South Africa and the Congo. Those of you who have followed the ongoing saga of the Serengeti know what this means… As the illicit blood ivory trade to China clearly illustrates, massive new Chinese investment does not bode well...
Thandora the Elephant: From Zoo to Wild
For most animals in captivity, whether in zoos or rehabilitation centers, the chances of them being returned to the wild are slim to none. The reasons vary: there is no where to put them, they can no longer fend for themselves, once they have been in captivity and gotten used to humans they are a...
A Taste of Africa
When a book stands out amongst its competition, namely the Kennedy’s Safari Guides for East Africa, and Dame Daphne Sheldrick’s An African Love Story, I love doing a review post. But A Taste of Africa, the African recipes book reviewed in this post, has no real competition. It’s such a brilliant idea and one that...
America’s Serengeti
This post, America’s Serengeti, is not one of my ordinary stories about Africa and animals. Instead it’s about listening, as songwriter Cat Stevens says, “to the wind of my soul.” In my case, listening meant downsizing, simplifying and moving. Photo of Moose by Tim Mayo As many of you know, over the past thirty years...
From the time of my first trip to Africa on assignment as a fashion model in 1984, to my recent role as Africa Adventures Specialist for the Jane Goodall Institute, I've traveled to or lived in eleven African countries. Deepening my life long passion to nature and animals happens easily in Africa, but Africa remains 
