The Chalo Africa Diary | 2018 - 2019

A River Runs Through It: Exploring Ethiopia’s Remote Omo Valley

By Shloka Nath The tribes of the Omo River Valley in South West Ethiopia run with death. They live in villages along the mighty river — their beings intertwined with its ebb and flow. When the Omo floods, she feeds their flood-recession crops, gives them fish and nourishes the grasslands for their cattle. Her… Read More »

Chalo Africa Raffle Winner Announced

Thank you to everyone who supported our safari raffle – a total of US$6,400 was raised for the African Wildlife Conservation Fund! Winner: Mr Adriano Mendes (Ticket no. 41). The draw was done by His Excellency, Maxwell Ranga, Ambassador, Zimbabwe Embassy, New Delhi, India. Venue: Zimbabwe Embassy, New Delhi, India… Read More »

Lady Liuwa Update 2017: Goodbye, Lady Liuwa

The Story of the Last Lioness It has been confirmed by African Parks that a legendary lioness fondly known as ‘Lady Liuwa’, who lived in Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia, has died of natural causes on August 9th, 2017, just one-day before World Lion Day. Lots of you already… Read More »

The Mighty Elephants of Tarangire: Tanzania Trip Report – Part 2

This trip report is a continuation of Smita’s trip to Tanzania, beginning in Zanzibar. Tarangire National Park – January 21, 2017 After an exotic breakfast, we were transferred to Zanzibar Airport for our Coastal Aviation flight to Arusha arriving at 11:25 am. We got our luggage and stepped out to… Read More »

Zanzibar Times: Matemwe & Stone Town Trip Report – Part 1

Smita’s grand trip to Tanzania this January began in Zanzibar. Welcome to Zanzibar Excitement building up! We are off to Tanzania and this time I am accompanied by my husband (who is experiencing Africa for the first time J). After a shopping spree at Decathalon for all our safari gear,… Read More »

Chalo South Africa – South African Tourism India Roadshow 2017 / 2018

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… Read More »

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… Read 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… Read 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… Read 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… Read More »