SwissAfrican Travel Service

20/04/2017

Together with andBeyond and Great Plains Conservation we believe that translocations are a fundamental way to secure the ongoing survival of endangered species. And this is what we did, a few weeks ago one out of twelve rhinos could be transferred from South Africa to Botswana by the support of SwissAfrican Foundation. Felix is now happily roaming around somewhere in rhino's paradise on earth; the Okavango Delta.

20/04/2017

Beautifully captured the essence of Desert Rhino Camp - well done Wilderness Safaris!

Desert Rhino Camp is the result of a forward-thinking rhino conservation partnership between Wilderness Safaris, Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) and three Namibia...

21/10/2016

Mystic and beautiful - Lake Kariba

14/10/2016

03/02/2016

Conservationists and filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert sat down with Ellen to discuss their fascinating documentary, "Soul of the Elephant."

03/02/2016

28/01/2016

Breaking News: We have a new team member. His name is Voldemort. Isn't he cute? And he is vegetarian, too.

16/01/2015

New pictures of our recent Ruanda/Congo trip on instagram

14/01/2015

An experience you'll never forget: Mountain Gorilla trekking in Ruanda. We are about to put new photos of our recent trips on the website soon: www.swissafrican.ch

27/11/2014

SwissAfrican on safari! And the Okavango Delta never disappoints...

17/11/2014

Serra Cafema Camp, Kunene River, Namibia

"River at world's end... The Kunene River cuts through the Namib Desert like a glittering ribbon of life, at odds with the surrounding desert wasteland..."

Serra Cafema is extraordinary - the setting, the eco-ethos, the people - that much is a given. But now treat yourself to one of the most beautiful sets of images we've seen of our camp in Namibia's Kaokoland - thanks to TravelPlusStyle.com.

http://www.travelplusstyle.com/in-our-lens/photos-by-ts-serra-cafema-kaokoland

14/10/2014

WOW!! What a shot!

01/09/2014

Sad news from Desert Lions Namibia. Iconic Terrace Male.

What a legend he was... from the Desert Lions website http://desertlion.info/news.html

"Iconic Terrace. The “Terrace Male” (Xpl-68) was a remarkable lion. With the aid of new technology, like satellite radio collars, we had a window of opportunity to learn a vast amount about lions that live in an extreme environment. We may not yet understand the significance of his activities and behaviour, but it certainly changed our views on lion movements and social dynamics. Importantly, the information also helped us to appreciate the variability and complexities of lion behaviour ecology. Xpl-68 carried a satellite collar for 762 days and 12,265 location data points were recorded. During this period he moved over an area of 40,081 sqr km, including a trip into Angola (see map below). He walked 12,838 km at a phenomenal average of 17.1 km per day. He regularly walked more than 50 km per day with a maximum of 71.2 km. These statistics exceed all known records of lion movements anywhere in Africa by a significant margin."

25/08/2014

Bee-eaters cuddled up in Upington in the Northern Cape - Jaco Botha

25/08/2014

Two giraffe welcome in the dawn on the southern most fence line of the NamibRand Nature Reserve. Nambia

14/08/2014

Very excited about Wilderness Safaris' new baby!

08/07/2014

26/06/2014

25/06/2014

What a fabulous way to start the week! The UNESCO World Heritage Site list has reached 1000 with the inscription yesterday of the Okavango Delta!

This is a major milestone in the long term efforts to protect the Okavango Delta and we are very proud to have been the first company to offer a letter of support to this program back in 2010.

From the IUCN's site: Okavango Delta (Botswana). This delta in northwest Botswana comprises permanent marshlands and seasonally flooded plains. It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the river Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronised their biological cycles with these seasonal rains and floods. It is an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes. The Okavango delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, such as the cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.

See the full list of most recent sites at http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/world_heritage_list_reaches_1000_sites_with_inscription_of_okavango_delta_in_botswana/ #.U6fcLPmSw_m

19/06/2014

Leopard on Torra rock - been waiting for 4 years for this combination! At Etendeka Mountain Camp - Namibia, with Big Sky Lodges - Namibia.

19/06/2014

Well done Cyril Mugglin! Wonderful photos, beautiful country, great talent!

04/06/2014

Andrea just returned from Uganda full of impressions and great memories… To experience the last remaining mountain gorillas in their natural habitat was simply unforgettable. The highlight was without doubt Apoka Lodge of Wildplaces Africa in the remote Kidepo Valley - one of the last holy grails of safari…

04/06/2014

A sense of place...

The mighty Zambezi River, 'those' falls in the distance, and Toka Leya Camp in the foreground...

OK, who's homesick now?

Photo © Mike Myers

04/06/2014

To quote Graham Simmonds: "Yesterday has to go down as one of the wildest at Mombo... Legedema the leopard on the boardwalk in the afternoon, herd of elephant in camp, herd of buffalo sleeping under Tent 1 and then to top it off, lions escaping INTO CAMP after their buffalo kill at the staff village was taken over by 50 hyaena...!"