Over the last few years, the number of Baobabs that have been felled by elephants in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe’s second largest national park, has increased at an alarming rate. Unless steps are taken to prevent this, almost all Baobab…
Read Part 1 of Tanvi’s trip report — Chimp Tracking in Kibale National Park — here. Imagine a land where mountains reach up and touch the stars, and the stars, they fall softly upon the earth, and the earth dissolves…
Day 1: Hello Entebbe! The captain of the Kenya Airways flight announces that we will be shortly descending into Entebbe. I eagerly look out of the window and spot the shimmering blue waters of Lake Victoria. In the distance is…
These are the rules India applies to travellers arriving from a country with a risk of yellow fever transmission. They matter more to safari travellers than the entry rules of most African countries do, because a Kenyan, Ugandan or Ethiopian…
Chalo Africa was mentioned in an article in Condé Nast Traveller India’s latest issue (August 2016) “How to plan the perfect African safari” by Ranjan Pal. Our co-founder, Sangeeta Prasad, suggested some great tips, which we recommend all safari goers…
August/September 2014 by Louise Orr Where else in the world would one hear the command “It’s time to light the dung!” Yes, elephant dung is the best defense against tsetse fly on game drives in areas where the nasty, hard-biting…
