You have made good progress in keeping to your selected direction, but so far, you have not come across any signs of human activity. The sun is dipping towards the horizon, so it is easier to keep to a southerly path. You hasten your pace, glancing ever more frequently to your right at the sun…
You have lost the trail that you were banking on to get you back to camp before dark. The prospect of spending a night alone in the bush is not a rosy one. What is the next step…? You decide that you need to choose a direction and stick to it. You think that when…
You have calmed the rising panic that you felt when you realised that you were abandoned in the wilderness, and you have considered your options. If you follow the group that left you behind, you will be heading into unfamiliar country, you reason. If you lose their tracks, there is nothing around you that you…
Imagine, for one horrible moment, that you are lost in a featureless wilderness, immersed in the domain of animals who can kill you and some who would very much like to snack on you. You don’t know which way to go. There is no phone signal, so calling for help is not an option. You…
One of the scariest experiences a person can have is to realise that they are utterly lost in the wilderness with no clue which way to go. I know. I have been there. It must surely rank alongside the helplessness of being diagnosed with a terminal disease or, perhaps, realising too late to do anything…
We live in far north-eastern Botswana on a heavily wooded property that overlooks the Chobe / Zambezi River confluence. We have a constant parade of wild animals around our boundaries. Elephants, buffalo, hyaena, hippo and leopards are regulars as are bushbuck and an assortment of other herbivores and small predators. We have, rather scaringly also…
When he heard news of the three missing young men, Haydn Willans, the manager of Muchenje Campsite, was in Ireland. He took immediate action and briefed the Kasane WhatsApp group in Botswana in the following post on 8 April 2024 at 12.23pm. Good morning, Help is urgently needed. 3 guests travelling under the name of…
While wilderness recharges souls made weary by modern lifestyles, the bush can be fatally uncompromising for the unwary. My friends John and Lorraine Bullen, who had done several overland safaris with me in Botswana as well as a fishing trip in the Okavango, went on safari on their own in Botswana in a remote area…