Safari Blog

It is a little difficult to choose from well over a thousand photographs from a whole year’s safaris, and then with the slow internet speeds it takes an entire evening to upload the fifty or so images that have been chosen! But here are some images from our safaris in 2012. I always find it very [...]

Once again — it happened — life just took over and the idea of writing a blog was shoved further and further into the foggy recesses. I could swear that it’s now almost time for the new safari season to start. Last year was possibly the busiest I’ve had, with nine safaris. Now that may not sound [...]

It has been a while. So long in fact that Ive forgotten how to work this blog writing thing.  So its taking a lot longer than necessary. It is the off-season so safaris now are few and far between. We have been on Zanzibar island building our new house. This, of course, involves frequent trips [...]

When Im selling safaris, its often difficult to explain what the camps and the tents are like. Well, its easy for those who have already been on one, or two, or three safaris … but for new people, not so easy. So here are a few photos of the Ker and Downey Tanzania camps just for you [...]

In February I was lucky to be asked to play the role of Crocodile expert in a documentary produced for Japanese National Television. We did our filming along the Grumeti River in the Serengeti   This of course meant kilograms of paperwork need to be obtained: film permits; offroad driving permits; walking permits etc etc. But it [...]

Okay so it took a while. The first step was to get a website and that was a big step. Then it took several years to get used to that. And now, Craig Doria Safaris has a blog; and a Facebook page; and a Twitter page (although I havent even visited the latter yet). Its all [...]

LATEST NEWS AND HAPPENINGS FROM 2010 Another year gone and the temptation is to wail and moan at the fact that 2010 seemed to only be 6 months instead of the normal 12 months. But that would the same as making old peoples groans each time you get out of a car, or climb out [...]

News from the 2009 Safari Year I really am no longer going to call it the “Safari season”. I’ve been losing out by encouraging people to travel only during the traditional safari season, while a couple of friends in the guiding business are doing safaris right through March, April and May. Then in November they [...]

Highlights of the last season 2008 So … another year has gone. How is it that they go so fast? Whoosh … and here I am ready to start the next year’s safaris. Even Christmas holidays have already been done, so now it’s the US trip departing in about four days time. I will be [...]

Highlights of the season 2007 Well once again the year has left us gasping and wondering where it went! One looks at the bookings at the beginning of each year and thinks ‘well December is ages away and so many safaris away — so much can happen between now and then.’ And indeed so much [...]