Having just completed his first Zimbabwe Botswana Game Tracker ZBa16 Liberty a new guide at Sunway wanted to share his experience at Matobos National park in Zimbabwe. The Matobos National Park visit was preceded by the Great Zim monument tour which was also awe-inspiring. The world’s view , the great balancing boulders, the Cecil John Rhodes grave ,the moving clouds in the sky with a rocky foreground ,the up-close and personal encounter Rhino walk and of course the amazing bushman rock art !!!!! It was such an unrivalled nature combo.

Wouter our guide form the Netherlands returned from Botswana and had the following story to share about what happened at Hyena Pan. If you spend a lot of time in the bush, from time to time you will definitely experience things that are almost too good to be true, and people won’t believe you unless you have pictures to prove. On my last Botswana Wild Parks BTag14 tour I had one of these unforgettable moments, and I shared it with most of my clients. Unfortunately, we can’t show you pictures or videos to prove as it happened at night so we have none, so you guys just have to believe me on my word because it really happened. (Pictures below are from our image library)

In South Africa we have the Kruger National park which is world renowned for its big tuskers!! Elephants that meet the criteria of having tusks with a minimum length of 1.5m. With the help of rangers and aerial surveillance teams, the park staff has identified 12 new and upcoming big tuskers within the two-million hectare park. Once an elephant has been identified and meets these criteria they are then identified by their ear notches and any unique features they might have and given a name. The name is usually named after one of the rangers that has been in long service at the park. Traditionally it’s a nick name given to that ranger by his/her peers in their ethnic language.

Stefanie on a recent Zimbabwe Botswana ‘Game Tracker’ tour, had a tour that was almost perfect! These 16 days through magical places were just full of fantastic moments. A tour that I will never forget and wished it would go on for a bit longer …