Staff Report - 'Mel Kinder and Family in Zambia'

Mel Kinder and family took advantage of the children's extended October half term holiday to take a 10 day trip to Zambia. Having been to the country 12 years earlier, before the children arrived, expectations were already set high. The trip took in two popular areas - the South Luangwa and the Lower Zambezi, staying in lodges rather than remote camps due to the children being just below the age for walking safaris (which is 12). As it turns out the children matched or even surpassed the parents in terms of stamina and sometimes photography skills!

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Staff Report - Chris Breen in Zambia - October 2007

Amazing. 14 hours after sitting in London at Heathrow, we were drinking a beer at Chikoko, a small bush camp in the heart of the Luangwa Valley. I am not sure why this still amazes me, I am lucky enough to have done the journey from the UK to Zambia many times, but it does. It is a really humbling experience to suddenly find yourself in a wildlife rich area which bears no resemblance to home, and yet which offers all the creature comforts you could possibly want... a bar serving ice-cold beer, a room with a view (and it really is a view), a comfortable bed, a cooling shower, and fabulous food. The view of course in this case being of a rich fertile plain with zebra, puku, impala and baboons. What a great way to begin a week-long safari....

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Eye to Eye with a Spirit Bear

This Clip was posted on YouTube by Festival of Wildlife participants Dennis and Sue Huckerby in September 2007. Amazing footage of this most majestic of creatures - The Spirit Bear.

If you would like a wildlife holiday to see Spirit Bears, the best place to see them is Princess Royal Island where recommend staying at King Pacific Lodge or Spirit Bear Lodge.

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Customer Comment - The Bickerton Family - Tanzania & Zanzibar

Our family voted it 'the best holiday so far'

Staff Report - Sarah - 'Bountiful Brazil'

Sarah Williams recently set foot in Brazil - South America until now, having been an unexplored region for Sarah. If you received last month's eNews, you will have learned about Sarah's involvement in the Hyacinth Macaw Project in the Pantanal. Sarah, as part of our 'Brazil's Endangered Wildlife' itinerary, also encountered plenty of the wide variety of other wildlife in the area, as well as a dip into the Natural Aquarium and visit to Blue Lake Grotto...

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Staff Report - Sarah -'Hyacinth Macaws in Brazil'

Several loud squawks and a flash of deep blue was my first introduction to the largest macaw in the world - the Hyacinth Macaw. I was in the South Pantanal, Brazil and spending the day with two girls who are part of a very small team who devote their time and effort to increasing the numbers of these stunning parrots in the wild...

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Customer Comment - Mr Parker - Tanzania

"Most important the animals, birds & scenery exceeded all our hopes."