Hello Everyone, Be sure to take a look at the recent photos from the Pete's Pond Safari. Thanks, Pondies, for taking all of these wonderful pictures and sharing them with us. http://forums.ngm.com/photos/default.aspx Keep 'em coming! Take care...
Hello Everyone, The Pondies have posted a few pictures form their time at Mashatu. Check them out. Safari Photos Highlights and Photos from TopBroomrider's are new: http://forums.ngm.com/photos/default.aspx Be sure to comment on these photos and send...
From National Geographic magazine: Follow conservationist Michael Fay and his team as they trek on foot across untamed Africa. Includes photos, dispatches, interactive maps, and more. Read the article »
Here is our eagerly anticipated first dispatch from Julie and the Pondies:
From National Geographic News: Climate change, sprawl, and alien-species invasion are threatening South Africa's fynbos, the main vegetation type of the smallest, yet richest, of the world's six floral kingdoms. Now conservationists are using...
From National Geographic News: Hear a lion's roar in a still African night or watch antelope mill about a water hole as a leopard skulks in the thicket, and it's clear why southern African tourism is famous for its safari adventures. Now, the...
From the September 2000 National Geographic magazine: In Botswana a pride of lions lives large. Read the article »
From the September 2006 National Geographic magazine: Rarely witnessed behavior marks the predator-prey relationship of a pride of lions and a herd of Cape buffalo on a marshy island of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Read the article »
South African Safari From National Geographic Adventure magazine: Adventure-approved trips just right for right now. Read the article » Best New Trips in Africa National Geographic Adventure picks the 25 best new outfitted trips. Read the article...
Inspired by the WildCam Africa Web cam that has become such a part of their lives, ten community members are traveling to the location of the WildCam—Pete's Pond at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana, Africa—to experience in person the...
From National Geographic Adventure magazine: Elephants bathing in the afternoon sun, lions stalking red lechwe, eagles snatching fish out of the water, you won't find such an explosion of life anywhere else on Earth. Read the article »
Determining Time Differences Read the article » The time in Africa in eight to ten hours EST. Making Telephone Calls Read the article » Making telephone calls from the United States to Africa can be tricky. Photographing Africa Read the article...
NGM and Google Earth National Geographic has developed a new and exciting vehicle for engaging learners. It has linked much of its Africa archives to 3-D satellite imagery from Google Earth. You can find Google Earth at http://earth.google.com . Here...
From the December 2004 National Geographic magazine : When Botswana's seasonal floodwaters transform a parched plain into Africa's largest oasis, there's no better time to slip beneath the surface of the Okavango for a look around. Just watch...
From the September 2001 National Geographic magazine : In southern Africa, transfrontier reserves hold the promise of restoring ecosystems, bolstering tourism, and creating trust among nations of a war-torn continent. Includes an article excerpt, photos...