The devoted conservationist Michael Rattray has recently died. It was a pleasure to interview him about this water conservation reserve that he created.
A stay at Klaserie Drift Misava Camp brings some spectacular sightings
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Travels around Africa
When I was a kid, my favourite part of the year was the annual two week holiday when my parents took me off to explore other countries. Maybe I loved it so much because I grew up in England, which meant lots of rainy grey days and dull food. Africa's such a fabulous, varied and just plain enormous continent that it deserves a travel section all to itself. Besides, I live here, so I'm biased. Every other country and continent is getting lumped together as the other bits of the planet. If you don't like that, you're clearly not full of African soul. Pop over sometime, you'll love it!