Hanging around Uganda… watching the chimps grooming… showing camaraderie and topping up their protein.
Chimps grooming we have to share
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Who remembers the ad?
Happy Hippo day!
Happy hippos we have to share
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Happy Valentines Day…
Romance and Safari go and hand in hand.
Need an idea for a Valentines gift? Give us a call and start planning for this time next year… two Valentines with one call.
Romantic adventures we have to plan
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Where would you like to go camping in the wild listening to lions roaring, hippos grunting and hyaenas whooping through the night?
Campfire coffee we have to share
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Where would you like to go on a wild camping safari? ☕️ 🔥 ☕️ 🔥
Early morning coffee experience we have to share
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Hyaena and lion interaction is seldom friendly. Make that never. Despite this large clan of hyaena having scared off the rest of the lion pride from a hippo kill, a solitary female lion was determined to get in the odd bite. Brave lioness!
An extraordinary interaction witnessed by clients on safari in Kenya in the Mara North Conservancy.
What a noise - the whoops and cackles and bone crunches. And all while the predators are hyper vigilant and listening to every sound.
Did you notice how they hyaenas lifted their heads in unison at a new sound?
Feeding frenzies we have to share.
Thank you 📷 @ottiliebarnes
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Male hippos are highly territorial. He will emerge from the water and use a dung midden - a spot where he repeatedly does he business 💩. As he defecates he rapidly flicks his tails (round and round like a propeller) spreading it in all directions. A bit of a show of dominance to all those other hippos lying in the water having a grunt and guffaw.
The nutrients from the dung enter the food chain where they live. Doing their bit for the environment - nothing wasted here.
Territorial behaviour we have to share
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Happy New Year
After a digital detox we are looking forward to a busy year planning your adventures and sharing our own. Whether it’s camping out under the stars, walking through the bush, champagne at sunset, photographing birds, fishing in remote locations, or whale watching from a private island. Whatever your African dream -we have you covered.
Africa awaits to fulfil your adventure cup. Contact us as Lankester White safaris.
Adventure planning we have to share
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Next Christmas Multi Generational Travel Anyone? @themantaresort @lankesterwhitesafaris #lankesterwhitesafaris #family #familytravel #multigenerationaltravel #christmas #christmasholidays #luxury #family #onceinalifetimeexperience #80thbirthday #safari #beach #sailing
Best regions to see… Part Two: Cheetah
In no particular order:
🇧🇼 Botswana
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇿🇦 South Africa
Agile, fast and with the ability to turn on a tickey. Cheetahs favour dry grasslands and open plains where they can outrun their prey.
To book your safari with the best chances of seeing the magnificent cheetah, contact @lankesterwhitesafaris for honest and expert
Cheetahs we have to share
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🔈🔈The call of the Indri. One of the most beautiful and haunting sounds in nature. Their eerie wailing alerts other groups to their whereabouts. Heard here in the Andasibe National Park in Madagascar, the Indri is the largest of the lemurs, living in close family groups of 2-3 that call out to each other about every hour or so. (And just because they are large doesn’t mean they are easy to see - your neck takes a bit of a hammering lemur watching!)
Like all lemurs, their habitat is under constant threat. And like other lemurs, cannot be relocated having adapted to their very specific environment. For the Indri it is the lowland and montane forests on the Eastern coast of Madagascar.
We are privileged not to remember the first time we heard a lion roar or the rumble of an elephant - but our first Indri call was a heart stopping, eyes well up moment. Happy happy world lemur day. And also, GO BOKKE.
Wailing Lemurs we have to share
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The art of noticing…
Madagascar is heaving with creatures and plants and people and activities to notice. Staring up into the canopy with your binoculars to find a rare Helmeted Vanga (a bird) , or walking at night to find chameleons of all shapes and sizes. Watching a local musician balancing on his tiptoes for his entire performance, or witness a local fisherman bring in his haul using only a hand line. Taking time on the beach to watch flying fish or whales pass by… Studying a Net Casting spider or the spikes of a now being digested Tenrek poking through the skin of a tree boa constrictor… the mind just boggles.
We loved exploring Masaola National Park which lies in the north east section of this massive island. It is 2.400 square km of rainforest and marine reserve - to put in perspective, the Masai Mara in Kenya is 1300 square km.
You can plan to hike a long and fascinating trail through the forest , but you need a guide to not only help you find and identify everything - but also to keep you moving! It’s quite possible to barely move and remain enthralled for a couple of hours.
Our base at Masoala National Park was a little spot of heaven. Follow to learn more about our incredible adventures from Masoala Forest Lodge.
Malagasy treasures we have to share.
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Brown lemurs on Nosy Mandabe… heading for #masoalaforestlodge. Malagasy heaven.
Brown Lemurs we have to share
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Whales just filled the Nosy Ankao bay. On the way out for our drift snorkel along the reef with marine biologist Julie and Hardy of encyclopaedic knowledge… we were treated to whale calves and whales breaching and whales tails. 🐋 🐋 🐋
From the enormous humpback whale to those tiny chameleons!🤯🤯
Whales tails we have to share.
#miavana #humpbackwhales
Sometimes, you just gotta say it as it is. And it was. It was seriously @&*% cool to see a chameleon that tiny.
Seriously cool stuff we have to share
SOUND ON
Good morning!
Nothing but the cacophony of bush life over the Grumeti welcoming the day.
Bush Sounds we have to share
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Watching this Buffalo today during his morning rumination -meditation- mud bath reminded me of a quote I recently read and how apt it is when considering the recent red list debacle that affected so many tourism industry players. And life in general..
“Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.”
By author Dale Dauten 👏 👏
We have always said time in the bush seems to expand, as we are given the gift of space from the digital world and from other daily distractions. Time in the bush gives us the much needed opportunity to ruminate ourselves, if not in an actual mud bath! ( although that’s also been done!)
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The territorial call of a female Leopard is one that sends tingles up ones spine… in the background are the warning calls of Impala as they catch site of her.. it’s just all so thrilling.. the feeling of actually being here is indescribable. It’s certainly a lot better than watching it on Instagram or on TV! #reality #realsafariexperiences #africa #leopard #bigcats #bigcatsforever #luxurytravel #luxuryafricansafari #privatetravel #exclusivewildlife #excited #thornybushgamereserve #southafrica #wild #callofthewild #experiencewehavetoshare #lankesterwhitesafaris
The indisputable king of the jungle... well earned and never taken for granted. A lions territory is only as secure as his own strength and leadership. He cannot pretend to be stronger than he is. He cannot bluff his way through a territorial dispute, or put a spin on an unwillingness to face the realities of his environment or shift the blame for his incompetencies. His weaknesses are quickly laid bare and deposition is swift for the unworthy.
Experience we have to share.
#kingofthejungle #onlytheworthy #trueleadership
So much in our world has been rocked, but what never changes is how sweet a baby elephant is. We were so privileged to spend time with this super relaxed breeding herd. It’s the green season… there is new birth, there is the new year ahead of us. We are loving the family time in the bush - a time for regrouping and looking back at the good things and looking forward to the future..
( yes, this is what a relaxed breeding herd actually looks like)
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