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Top 7 Facts about Orangutan Voluntourism | Indonesia Borneo

Top 7 Facts about Orangutan Voluntourism | Indonesia Borneo

Planning an orangutan adventure? Here are 7 facts you really need to know! Samboja Lestari Sanctuary is in East Kalimantan, Indonesia/Borneo. A short drive from […]

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A BABY HONEY BADGER CALLED JULIUS | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A BABY HONEY BADGER CALLED JULIUS | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

JULIUS, THE HONEY BADGER Honey badgers are found in South Africa, Middle East and India. They are in the same family as weasels and are generally […]

AFRICAN ANIMALS – BUSH BABIES FLY | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN ANIMALS – BUSH BABIES FLY | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

BUSH BABIES AT MOHOLOHOLO Ok, call me nieve, but prior to doing a volunteer stint at Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, I had never heard or […]

AFRICAN ANIMALS – WATER MONGOOSE | KEVIN RICHARDSON SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN ANIMALS – WATER MONGOOSE | KEVIN RICHARDSON SOUTH AFRICA

WATER MONGOOSE Whilst volunteering to work at Kevin Richardson’s Lion Sanctuary near Johannesburg, we came across Monster and Agua, two water mongooses. Or is it water […]

AFRICAN DIVE ADVENTURES – DIVE LODGE, MARGATE | SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN DIVE ADVENTURES – DIVE LODGE, MARGATE | SOUTH AFRICA

 “DIVER VILLA”, MARGATE African Dive Adventures is husband and wife affair, run by Roland and Beulah Mauz. Their dive operation has 20 years or so […]

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A BABY RHINO CALLED OLIVE | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A BABY RHINO CALLED OLIVE | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

A BABY WHITE RHINO CALLED OLIVE Olive was a baby white rhino who was rescued by Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. She was about 6-8 months […]

BIG  AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS – A LACE MONITOR CALLED OSCAR

BIG AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS – A LACE MONITOR CALLED OSCAR

Meet A Monitor Lizard Pet Named Oscar Lace monitors or lace goannas are from the monitor lizard family. In Australia, they are more known as […]

AFRICAN ANIMALS – BLACK BACKED JACKAL | KEVIN RICHARDSON SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN ANIMALS – BLACK BACKED JACKAL | KEVIN RICHARDSON SOUTH AFRICA

KEVIN RICHARDSON’S WILD JACKAL I have never been up close and personal with an African jackal before. I had seen them from a distant on […]

BORN FREE FOUNDATION, JEAN BYRD | SHAMWARI, SOUTH AFRICA

BORN FREE FOUNDATION, JEAN BYRD | SHAMWARI, SOUTH AFRICA

We were privileged to visit the northern Born Free Animal Rescue and Education Centre at Shamwari Game reserve in South Africa. BORN FREE FOUNDATION PROGRAMS […]

BORN FREE FOUNDATION, JULIE WARD | SHAMWARI, SOUTH AFRICA

BORN FREE FOUNDATION, JULIE WARD | SHAMWARI, SOUTH AFRICA

MOTHER EARTH is a very unusual but symbolic statue that greets visitors to the Southern Centre of Born Free in Shamwari. ELSA THE LION The […]

CUSCUS COME ALIVE AT NIGHT- TUFI DIVE RESORT, PNG

CUSCUS COME ALIVE AT NIGHT- TUFI DIVE RESORT, PNG

Cuscus At Tufi Dive Resort I had never heard of a cuscus before, let alone see a spotted cuscus If you had described one to me […]

DIVING WITH CROCODILES | DARWIN NT

DIVING WITH CROCODILES | DARWIN NT

CROCOSAURUS COVE – DIVING WITH CROCODILES Whilst staying in Darwin for a few days we decided to explore Crocosaurus Cove in downtown Darwin’s CBD. A […]

LAPPET-FACED VULTURE | DRACULA MOVE OVER, MEET BULA | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

LAPPET-FACED VULTURE | DRACULA MOVE OVER, MEET BULA | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

MEET BULA, A LAPPET-FACED VULTURE Bula was a young lappet faced vulture, a permanent resident at Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre, nr. Hoedspruit in South Africa. […]

FILMING WITH KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER | SOUTH AFRICA

FILMING WITH KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER | SOUTH AFRICA

If you have not yet heard of Kevin Richardson – WHERE have you been? Just google ‘Lion Whisperer‘ and you will see so many amazing […]

FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE CARING FOR LUCIUS A ‘CHALLENGING’ CARACAL | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE CARING FOR LUCIUS A ‘CHALLENGING’ CARACAL | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

LUCIUS…. I had never seen an adult caracal up close and personal. And never thought I ever would. Not so. A short stint at Moholoholo […]

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Photos of the Galapagos Islands Check out our latest Gallery photos taken whilst spending a spectacular week touring the Galapagos Islands on a live-a-board in 2007. […]

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A GIRAFFE CALLED GERALD | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A GIRAFFE CALLED GERALD | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

A GIRAFFE CALLED GERALD Volunteering at Moholoholo was a lot of fun for many reasons, one of them being the free roaming of a few […]

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A GIRAFFE CALLED MELMAN | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A GIRAFFE CALLED MELMAN | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

A REAL GIRAFFE CALLED MELMAN Melman was a giraffe at Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre, nr. Hoedspruit in South Africa. She had been rescued, rehabilitated and […]

GO GET QUOKKA’D! | ROTTNEST ISLAND WA

GO GET QUOKKA’D! | ROTTNEST ISLAND WA

If you haven’t heard of a quokka or ever even seen one, you just have to read our recent posting on Travel2Next.com [youtube]https://youtu.be/QaIanCRtwgc[/youtube]

KEVIN RICHARDSON | HOW TO FEED A BLACK LEOPARD | SOUTH AFRICA

KEVIN RICHARDSON | HOW TO FEED A BLACK LEOPARD | SOUTH AFRICA

Kevin Richardson is known world wide as the Lion Whisperer, but most people wouldn’t know that he also has black leopards at his Lion Sanctuary near Johannesburg in […]

KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER – FEEDING LIONS | SOUTH AFRICA

KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER – FEEDING LIONS | SOUTH AFRICA

THE LION WHISPERER The world knows Kevin Richardson as the Lion Whisperer, a man’s man, a lion’s man, a Wrangler of Lions. Well see him […]

KOKO – A HORNBILL WITH ATTITIUDE – TUFI DIVE RESORT – PNG

KOKO – A HORNBILL WITH ATTITIUDE – TUFI DIVE RESORT – PNG

KOKO, ON-SITE RESIDENT ‘TERRORIST’ OF TUFI DIVE RESORT We arrived at Tufi Dive Resort for a two week diving trip. We knew it was going […]

MVEZO, SOUTH AFRICA | BIRTHPLACE OF NELSON MANDELA

MVEZO, SOUTH AFRICA | BIRTHPLACE OF NELSON MANDELA

MVEZO, A CHANCE FINDING We had experienced the Sardine Run and sadly had to leave to slowly make our way south to Cape Town. We […]

NELSON MANDELA DAY – BEULAH’S DAY OFF – COFFEE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA 18TH JULY

NELSON MANDELA DAY – BEULAH’S DAY OFF – COFFEE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA 18TH JULY

NELSON MANDELA DAY – 67 MINUTES OF CHARITY WORK Nelson Mandela or Madiba as he is affectionately remembered is a huge influence here in his […]

SHAMWARI WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE, SOUTH AFRICA

SHAMWARI WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE, SOUTH AFRICA

SHAMWARI WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE Shamwari Game Reserve is approx. 1 hr north east of the coastal town of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. The reality […]

SNORKELLING WITH HUMPBACK WHALES | MOOLOOLABA, QUEENSLAND

SNORKELLING WITH HUMPBACK WHALES | MOOLOOLABA, QUEENSLAND

SNORKELLING WITH HUMPBACK WHALES, MOOLOOLABA, QUEENSLAND It was a beautiful day for snorkelling with humpback whales off the magnificent Sunshine Coast. The sky was azure […]

SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMALS – HORNBILL MATES WITH HUMAN | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMALS – HORNBILL MATES WITH HUMAN | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

DID YOU KNOW THAT SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILLS ARE ENDANGERED? South African animals include the Southern Ground Hornbill which is classed as ‘vulnerable’ on the IUCN […]

TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN KILLS PEOPLE |CAPE TOWN

TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN KILLS PEOPLE |CAPE TOWN

TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN KILLS PEOPLE…I KNOW THE FEELING! Table Top Mountain was recently voted one of the new 7th wonders of the world. It is […]

5 THINGS TO DO IN COZUMEL MEXICO

5 THINGS TO DO IN COZUMEL MEXICO

THINGS TO DO IN COZUMEL MEXICO Cozumel is a small limestone island surrounded by crystal clear aqua blue waters, just off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. [youtube]https://youtu.be/IfY3MBTqPcw[/youtube] […]

VOLUNTEERING WITH KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER | SOUTH AFRICA

VOLUNTEERING WITH KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER | SOUTH AFRICA

Kevin Richardson’s story Kevin began as a wildlife park worker in Johannesburg South Africa, where he soon developed a particular interest in big cats, especially lions. […]

VOLUNTEERING WITH LIONS | KEVIN RICHARDSON ‘LION WHISPERER’ SOUTH AFRICA

VOLUNTEERING WITH LIONS | KEVIN RICHARDSON ‘LION WHISPERER’ SOUTH AFRICA

Volunteering With Lions At Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary I love animals. Domestic cats, Big Cats, lions especially. Always have. Always will (should have been a […]

SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMALS – WARTHOGS EAT APPLES? | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMALS – WARTHOGS EAT APPLES? | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

DID YOU KNOW THAT WARTHOGS LOVE APPLES? MOHOLOHOLO WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE It was quite unexpected when we came across ‘Pumba’. We had been out on […]

YELLOW WATER BILLABONG CROCODILES | KAKADU NT

YELLOW WATER BILLABONG CROCODILES | KAKADU NT

We were recently up in the Top End of Australia in Darwin. Tony has a very old friend up there who owns IndoPacific Marine Education […]

Orangutan Samboya Lestari

Top 7 Facts about Orangutan Voluntourism | Indonesia Borneo

Planning an orangutan adventure? Here are 7 facts you really need to know! Samboja Lestari Sanctuary is in East Kalimantan, Indonesia/Borneo. A short drive from […]

Honey Badger

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A BABY HONEY BADGER CALLED JULIUS | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

JULIUS, THE HONEY BADGER Honey badgers are found in South Africa, Middle East and India. They are in the same family as weasels and are generally […]

Bush Babies Fly

AFRICAN ANIMALS – BUSH BABIES FLY | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

BUSH BABIES AT MOHOLOHOLO Ok, call me nieve, but prior to doing a volunteer stint at Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, I had never heard or […]

Water mongoose

AFRICAN ANIMALS – WATER MONGOOSE | KEVIN RICHARDSON SOUTH AFRICA

WATER MONGOOSE Whilst volunteering to work at Kevin Richardson’s Lion Sanctuary near Johannesburg, we came across Monster and Agua, two water mongooses. Or is it water […]

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AFRICAN DIVE ADVENTURES – DIVE LODGE, MARGATE | SOUTH AFRICA

 “DIVER VILLA”, MARGATE African Dive Adventures is husband and wife affair, run by Roland and Beulah Mauz. Their dive operation has 20 years or so […]

Baby White Rhino Moholoholo

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A BABY RHINO CALLED OLIVE | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

A BABY WHITE RHINO CALLED OLIVE Olive was a baby white rhino who was rescued by Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. She was about 6-8 months […]

Meet handsome Oscar, a big lizard pet living in Qld Australia

BIG AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS – A LACE MONITOR CALLED OSCAR

Meet A Monitor Lizard Pet Named Oscar Lace monitors or lace goannas are from the monitor lizard family. In Australia, they are more known as […]

African jackal

AFRICAN ANIMALS – BLACK BACKED JACKAL | KEVIN RICHARDSON SOUTH AFRICA

KEVIN RICHARDSON’S WILD JACKAL I have never been up close and personal with an African jackal before. I had seen them from a distant on […]

Born Free Northern Centre Shamwari

BORN FREE FOUNDATION, JEAN BYRD | SHAMWARI, SOUTH AFRICA

We were privileged to visit the northern Born Free Animal Rescue and Education Centre at Shamwari Game reserve in South Africa. BORN FREE FOUNDATION PROGRAMS […]

Born Free Southern Centre Shamwari

BORN FREE FOUNDATION, JULIE WARD | SHAMWARI, SOUTH AFRICA

MOTHER EARTH is a very unusual but symbolic statue that greets visitors to the Southern Centre of Born Free in Shamwari. ELSA THE LION The […]

Cuscus, residents of Tufi Dive Resort

CUSCUS COME ALIVE AT NIGHT- TUFI DIVE RESORT, PNG

Cuscus At Tufi Dive Resort I had never heard of a cuscus before, let alone see a spotted cuscus If you had described one to me […]

DIVING WITH CROCODILES | DARWIN NT

CROCOSAURUS COVE – DIVING WITH CROCODILES Whilst staying in Darwin for a few days we decided to explore Crocosaurus Cove in downtown Darwin’s CBD. A […]

LAPPET-FACED VULTURE | DRACULA MOVE OVER, MEET BULA | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

MEET BULA, A LAPPET-FACED VULTURE Bula was a young lappet faced vulture, a permanent resident at Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre, nr. Hoedspruit in South Africa. […]

Kevin Richardson- white lion

FILMING WITH KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER | SOUTH AFRICA

If you have not yet heard of Kevin Richardson – WHERE have you been? Just google ‘Lion Whisperer‘ and you will see so many amazing […]

FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE CARING FOR LUCIUS A ‘CHALLENGING’ CARACAL | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

LUCIUS…. I had never seen an adult caracal up close and personal. And never thought I ever would. Not so. A short stint at Moholoholo […]

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Photos of the Galapagos Islands Check out our latest Gallery photos taken whilst spending a spectacular week touring the Galapagos Islands on a live-a-board in 2007. […]

A Giraffe Called Gerald

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A GIRAFFE CALLED GERALD | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

A GIRAFFE CALLED GERALD Volunteering at Moholoholo was a lot of fun for many reasons, one of them being the free roaming of a few […]

A giraffe called Melman

AFRICAN ANIMALS – A GIRAFFE CALLED MELMAN | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

A REAL GIRAFFE CALLED MELMAN Melman was a giraffe at Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre, nr. Hoedspruit in South Africa. She had been rescued, rehabilitated and […]

Rottnest Island quokka

GO GET QUOKKA’D! | ROTTNEST ISLAND WA

If you haven’t heard of a quokka or ever even seen one, you just have to read our recent posting on Travel2Next.com [youtube]https://youtu.be/QaIanCRtwgc[/youtube]

KEVIN RICHARDSON | HOW TO FEED A BLACK LEOPARD | SOUTH AFRICA

Kevin Richardson is known world wide as the Lion Whisperer, but most people wouldn’t know that he also has black leopards at his Lion Sanctuary near Johannesburg in […]

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KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER – FEEDING LIONS | SOUTH AFRICA

THE LION WHISPERER The world knows Kevin Richardson as the Lion Whisperer, a man’s man, a lion’s man, a Wrangler of Lions. Well see him […]

KOKO – A HORNBILL WITH ATTITIUDE – TUFI DIVE RESORT – PNG

KOKO, ON-SITE RESIDENT ‘TERRORIST’ OF TUFI DIVE RESORT We arrived at Tufi Dive Resort for a two week diving trip. We knew it was going […]

MVEZO, SOUTH AFRICA | BIRTHPLACE OF NELSON MANDELA

MVEZO, A CHANCE FINDING We had experienced the Sardine Run and sadly had to leave to slowly make our way south to Cape Town. We […]

Mandela Day 67 mins of charity

NELSON MANDELA DAY – BEULAH’S DAY OFF – COFFEE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA 18TH JULY

NELSON MANDELA DAY – 67 MINUTES OF CHARITY WORK Nelson Mandela or Madiba as he is affectionately remembered is a huge influence here in his […]

Shamwari Wildlife and Rehabilitation Centre

SHAMWARI WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE, SOUTH AFRICA

SHAMWARI WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE Shamwari Game Reserve is approx. 1 hr north east of the coastal town of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. The reality […]

SNORKELLING WITH HUMPBACK WHALES | MOOLOOLABA, QUEENSLAND

SNORKELLING WITH HUMPBACK WHALES, MOOLOOLABA, QUEENSLAND It was a beautiful day for snorkelling with humpback whales off the magnificent Sunshine Coast. The sky was azure […]

SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMALS – HORNBILL MATES WITH HUMAN | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

DID YOU KNOW THAT SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILLS ARE ENDANGERED? South African animals include the Southern Ground Hornbill which is classed as ‘vulnerable’ on the IUCN […]

Table Mountain Platteklip Gorge hike

TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN KILLS PEOPLE |CAPE TOWN

TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN KILLS PEOPLE…I KNOW THE FEELING! Table Top Mountain was recently voted one of the new 7th wonders of the world. It is […]

THINGS TO DO IN COZUMEL

5 THINGS TO DO IN COZUMEL MEXICO

THINGS TO DO IN COZUMEL MEXICO Cozumel is a small limestone island surrounded by crystal clear aqua blue waters, just off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. [youtube]https://youtu.be/IfY3MBTqPcw[/youtube] […]

VOLUNTEERING WITH KEVIN RICHARDSON LION WHISPERER | SOUTH AFRICA

Kevin Richardson’s story Kevin began as a wildlife park worker in Johannesburg South Africa, where he soon developed a particular interest in big cats, especially lions. […]

Kevin Richardson lions

VOLUNTEERING WITH LIONS | KEVIN RICHARDSON ‘LION WHISPERER’ SOUTH AFRICA

Volunteering With Lions At Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary I love animals. Domestic cats, Big Cats, lions especially. Always have. Always will (should have been a […]

Warthog Moholoholo South Africa

SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMALS – WARTHOGS EAT APPLES? | MOHOLOHOLO SOUTH AFRICA

DID YOU KNOW THAT WARTHOGS LOVE APPLES? MOHOLOHOLO WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTRE It was quite unexpected when we came across ‘Pumba’. We had been out on […]

Saltwater crocodile in Kakadu

YELLOW WATER BILLABONG CROCODILES | KAKADU NT

We were recently up in the Top End of Australia in Darwin. Tony has a very old friend up there who owns IndoPacific Marine Education […]