Customer Comment - Mr Bausa - Nsolo, Zambia

Dear Estelle,

Just to tell you that we have enjoyed maybe the best trip in our lifes. Everything was exciting, wonderful and well organized. We enjoyed the lodges, the kind people everywhere (guides, staff and other guests), good meals, and exciting walkings, game drives and night drives. Thank you very much for all. I am attaching a photo of our breakfast in Nsolo. I am between the two ladies and Monica is the one in the left of the photo.

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Wildebeest Migration Update

The Wildebeest Migration has arrived in the Masai Mara. This photo was taken on the 26th of July and since then guests at Governor's have been seeing almost daily river crossings. The Governors Collection of Camps are located in the heart of the best game viewing area of the Masai Mara, only 30 minutes away from the regular river crossing sites.

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Staff Report - Chris Osborn - Close Encounters of the Animal Kind in Alaska

Before visiting, all I knew of this land, known as the Last Frontier, was from novels such as 'Call of the Wild' and 'White Fang' which I read when I was young. I therefore arrived into Anchorage excited and not really knowing what was in store. First surprise was actually how close Alaska is. On the map it looks as though Anchorage is on the other side of the world, however the distance from London to Anchorage is exactly the same as the distance from New York to Anchorage...

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Staff Report - Sarah Williams - Kenya Rediscovered

Having just recently returned from Kenya I'm delighted to report that the country continues to be a great destination for wildlife enthusiasts and I highly recommend that if you are considering travelling to Kenya then this is definitely the year to visit. With visitor numbers considerably lower than in previous years, it's a perfect time to travel.

As this was my first trip in 12 years it was great to be able to travel to areas I was not familiar with and experience some new properties which have recently opened...

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Festival of Wildlife Reunion - July 2008

Had the sky been blue and the sun beating down last Saturday we could almost have imagined ourselves in the plains of the Serengeti sipping wine as we scanned the nearby water hole for signs of life. Instead, however, occasional gusty winds reminded us that we were in fact sat in an English field in the middle of Hampshire - the beautiful but slightly chilly 'en plein air' location for the celebration of the 5th Anniversary of Festival of Wildlife...

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Lonesome George ends 3 decades of celibacy

The world's most famous tortoise, and the living symbol of the Galapagos National Park, has taken an important step into saving it's species from imminent extinction.

A last member of its kind, a male tortoise was found alone on his home island Pinta in the early seventies. Soon brought to the safety of the Charles Darwin Research Station, and named Jorge, or George in English, by the park wardens that took care of him. The word soon spread that George was a living extinction unless a female was found for him to reproduce. "Lonesome George" fit the tortoise better than his predecessor, the NBC American comedian, George Gobel.
Scientists have searched the Island Pinta, as well as any zoo or private collection worldwide for a partner for George. Hopes have, over the futile years, focused on the last resource to save his species. George should breed with the most similar tortoise species in Galapagos. For this purpose, George has been sharing his pen with two attractive females from island Isabela's northernmost volcano Wolf, a race similar to George, both physically and genetically. Strangely, George has shown so far little if any attraction to these females, and hopes to save the species have again dropped systematically.

Until this week: National Park Authorities proudly announced the finding of the first fertile eggs laid in George's pen. A new hope is standing high to save the rarest tortoise in the world from extinction.

by Klaus Fielsch (MT Expedition Manager), July 2008

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Customer Comment: Remote Madagascar - July 2008

"Thank you - holiday worked like clockwork. Fantastic country - superb experience - wonderful people and sights! 10 days felt like 3 superb weeks!!!"

Mr & Mrs Sillitoe - July 2008

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