Chalo South Africa: South African Tourism recently conducted a tourism roadshow in 4 cities in India. The four cities were Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai. Chalo Africa attended the roadshow in two of the cities (Bangalore and Delhi) and had the fortune of meeting some of our South African trade partners. Chalo South Africa –… More »
The Chalo Africa Diary
Memoirs of a South Africa Trip: By Aditi Sivakumar
Our very young guest, Aditi Sivakumar, age 8, describes her recent trip to South Africa with wonderful eloquence. The Start – Seattle to South Africa On August 9th, 2016, we flew from Seattle to South Africa for vacation. It was our first time to the Africa continent. We took a flight to Amsterdam. Then we… More »
April/May 2015: Tswalu Kalahari – Trip Report
Where wild dogs tree leopards, lion cubs play with pangolins and aardvarks rule the night… April/May can be a magical time in the Kalahari. This year, unseasonal rains have carpeted the apricot-colored desert sands of Tswalu Kalahari with wide swathes of wild yellow sunflowers and waving plumes of silvery grasses on which springboks pronk and… More »
Press Release: Chalo Africa Hosts Fundraiser for Wildlife Conservation in India & Africa
100% of proceeds from the auction to be donated to Wildlife S.O.S. in India & the Gonarezhou Conservation Trust in Zimbabwe. New Delhi, India – December 11, 2016 Over 100 people attended “Under a Baobab Tree”, a cocktail and wildlife photography auction, held in support of two non-profits focussing on wildlife and wilderness conservation in… More »
Chinko’s Magical Kingdom: African Parks Update
Here is a beautiful update shared by African Parks, who have been managing Chinko Nature Reserve in CAR since 2014. Chinko Nature Reserve Deep in the Central African Republic (CAR) lies an unknown wildlife refuge. Few have heard of Chinko, a unique area that spans a vast 17,600 km2 where savannah and tropical forest collide. These mixed… More »
Rocking Baobabs – A Conservation Effort by the Gonarezhou Conservation Trust, Zimbabwe
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 trees near or along the Runde River will be a part of history. Introduction to… More »