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- Comment Thread:
- Comments: Tammie | Thanks Sonja - I've just emailed you the itinerary :)
- Comments: Sonja Elwood | Hi Tammie I would love cost details also and itinerary etc. Many thanks Sonja
- Comments: Jani Gordon | Please send me the itinerary and pricing. Beautiful photos.
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Jani - just sent you an email :)
- Comments: Michelle Leverton | Hi I was just enquiring on the cost and also what it includes. Thank you kindly
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Michelle - thanks for emailing me through my contact page. I have just sent you the itinerary and cost. Single supplements have been waived on this trip, which means no extra cost if you're travelling on your own!
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Terrie, sending you an email now with the itinerary and costing. The tour's not full yet but I do need to confirm numbers asap as Wilderness is only holding the accommodation for me for a limited time!
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Adam I've just sent you an email with the itinerary and costing. I'd love to have you and there are still some places left but I have limited time to confirm the numbers with Wilderness Safaris so let me know soon! Best, Tammie
- Comments: Lauren kontus | Hi Tammie! Sounds amazing! This is something my mum and I would love to do! I am also interested in the costs and the itinerary breakdown. Thanks you!
- Comments: Tammie | Great to hear Lauren! I've sent you an email
- Comments: Terrie Kavanagh | Hi Tammie can you tell me how much the tour will be please.I presume that's just including travel within Namibia? I am enjoying listening to your audiobook of Dry Water in my car at the moment. Could you let me know about the tour even if it is full...for future reference.
- Comments: Adam | Hi Tammie, This trip looks incredibly special, given the knowledge and history you have in Namibia. Would it be possible to pass on further details for this trip? (Goodluck with the Asia wide premier of LEBE)
- Comments: Lynne Elander | I'm also interested in specifics (dates, costs, etc.) I am excited to see that you use Wilderness Safaris camps, as I had absolutely WONDERFUL experiences with them in Botswana in 2010 (3 camps across the delta plus Toka Leya in Livingstone) Thanks
- Comments: Vinitha | Hi Tammie! Your itinerary sounds great. Pls email me the costing and inclusions pls. Thanks :)
- Comments: Jill | Hi! A Having just demolished Elephant Dance I would love to know details - cost etc - of any upcoming safaris being offered in Africa! Thank you
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Jill, at this stage I have two safaris going in 2016 to Namibia and Zimbabwe, and 2 spots left for a single male each for my Kenyan and Namibian safaris this year. I'll drop you an email!
- Comments: Moira | Hello Loved reading about your work Re safaris-: Can send email of anything 2016 Sally with 8 on 29 th nov Probably sold out . Price . Itinary Would be great Best Moira
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Moira - I'll send you an email. I still have places on my Kenyan, Zimbabwean and Namibian safaris for next year. Love to have you along!
- Comment Thread:
- Comments: Kylie | I can definitely confirm that Save the Elephants is a wonderful place to volunteer. I did an internship and my Masters research with them and now beginning my PhD. The knowledge and experiences of the researchers at STE is incredible and their research sites are stunning.
- Comments: Henriette Crouse | www.naankuse.com also doing amazing work for wildlife orphans and the bushman community of Namibia.
- Comments: Tammie | Good to have your feedback Mirinda. Thanks for highlighting the importance of ethics in volunteering. It's something that everyone considering volunteering should be aware of. Always ask the question about what conservation impact your volunteering efforts are having, and their overall organisation's. Maybe the folks at Harnas will reply to this post. Thanks also for the heads up about Twala.
- Comments: Tammie | Thanks for your comments Henriette and Kylie. I've also heard good things about Naankuse - related to the Harnas family and offers amazing accommodation too just outside Windhoek.
- Comments: Ginny Scholes | In August 2013 I volunteered with EHRA for 2 weeks in Namibia on the desert elephant project and then went on their charity desert trek to raise further funds. I loved every minute and would go back in a heartbeat. It was inexpensive compared to other projects, well run and it felt as though all funds were going to the project and not lining organisers pockets. The camp is set in a stunning location and the accommodation quite unlike any other!
- Comments: Mirinda Thorpe | Hi Tammie. After reading on your website about volunteer opportunities I would like to provide feedback on Harnas after volunteering there for 2 months in 2010. After a period of time a few unanswered questions arose, including: Where are all these baby animals coming from? Why are there so many for volunteers to raise? And why is their history and stories not always shared with volunteers? I don't doubt that some animals are rescued as either orphaned or injured, though unsure if this is the case for all of them. It seemed there were often many baby animals with their provenance unaccounted for. I have heard similar questions from other volunteers and staff. Given all this I will personally not recommend this project to people. Finding ethical wildlife volunteer projects in Africa can be somewhat challenging. There is one in Zimbabwe that I would recommend for their ethical practices: Twala Trust Animal Sanctuary run by Sarah Carter. Having visited there twice I do not doubt her ethics and that the animals there are rescued, as she does not breed them. https://www.facebook.com/TheTwalaTrustAnimalSanctuary
- Comment Thread:
- Comments: Tammie | Hey Maggie - that's awesome! Delighted to have you on the trip! I can't wait either - it's a great group :) Just 2 spots left now. Sent you an email with further details.
- Comments: Maggie Knewstub | Am SO looking forward AFRICA again, have been away far too long. Have lived vicariously through you and your books for ages. I am sitting in a motel, here to do a WIRES rescue course,with no one to tell about my trip,except the computer!!! SOOOOOOO happy. Cheers, Maggie.
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- Comments: Robert Livingstone-Ward | Looks terrific! The above photos are top drawer, and it's satisfying to choose places that give back to Africa! Robert
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Bill and Gail Thanks for your comment and great to have your interest in my Okavango Delta conservation adventure in Nov/December. The dates have moved a few days earlier, so we kick off on 26 November in Maun, and return on 3rd December. I hear you on the weather front and it will be warm at that time of year. The good thing about those camps, which you know if you’ve been there, is that the rooms are built for maximum ventilation and they also have fans in the rooms. The rains cool things down too. I do love winter in the Delta as well, but there’s something special about the wet season that so few people see (the locals know this, which is why often that’s when more locals travel there!). When I lived in Africa it was actually my favourite time of year. In short, it’s the ‘green’ season which means (1) it’s green and luxuriant (2) you get amazing big storms (great photographic opportunities around the cloud formations and sunsets), (3) there’s lots of water for mokoro-based game viewing and (4) best of all, there’s lots of baby animals. Apart from being super cute, all those newborns also provide a feast for predators like jackals and cheetahs. Some of my best ever sightings have been in Africa’s green season! Here’s a great site where you can read more about December in the Delta - http://www.wilderness-safaris.com/countries/botswana/when-to-visit Being from Brisie and having lived in Zambia I’m sure you’d be fine (I say as a fellow Qlder who also lived in Africa!), but it’s really up to you. Another advantage of going in Nov/Dec is its much less expensive! Let me know what you think. I still have a few spots left on this trip, but they’ll go in the next two weeks and deposits to secure accommodation are due next week as these camps book out at a crazy rate, even in low season! Best, Tammie
- Comments: Gillian van den Bok | Hi Tammie, my dream would be to come on one your Safari's. I can't make this December but wondered if you are planning to do any next year? Regards Gillian
- Comments: Bill Dalby | Hi Tammie Gail and I are interested. Can you provide a little more detail especially re the weather in December. We have been to Botswana twice staying at Xigera and Chitabe. Both are really good for animal viewing. We also lived in Zambia for 3 years so we are really comfortable in Africa. Just need a little more info please especially re climate as it might be too hot at that time of year for us. If this was a winter trip we would definitely be in. regards Bill and Gail Dalby (we are in Brisbane)
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Gillian I'd love to have you on one of my safaris. I'm making plans for conservation-focused safaris to Namibia and Kenya next year, and I've added you to my subscriber list so you'll be up to date as the information comes in. If there's enough interest I may do the Okavango Delta again too.
- Comments: Cynthia House | Wow, what I wouldn't give to see the glorious Okavango Delta. Having just read your first book I fell in love with Africa all over again. Your vivid and very human writing style inspired me and gave me renewed hope for the future of the beautiful animals that the world would be so much poorer without. As an artist on a mission to paint as many endangered wild cats it was thrilling to read about your wonderful experiences and so gratifying there are people like you in the world to speak for those who cannot. Cynthia
- Comments: Cynthia House | Wow, what I wouldn't give to see the glorious Okavango Delta. Having just read your first book I fell in love with Africa all over again. Your vivid and very human writing style inspired me and gave me renewed hope for the future of the beautiful animals that the world would be so much poorer without. As an artist on a mission to paint endangered wild cats it was thrilling to read about your wonderful experiences and so gratifying there are people like you in the world to speak for those who cannot. Cheers Cynthia
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Cynthia Thanks for the lovely feedback. There really IS hope for endangered species because increasingly we're seeing the public getting involved and joining causes to make change happen. Please join my Let Elephants Be Elephants anti-ivory campaign in Asia and help us spread the word that it's not cool to buy ivory - https://www.facebook.com/LetElephantsBeElephants?ref=hl Two people have just dropped out of my Okavango safari for this Nov/Dec - why not join us?! This is a special price that I won't be able to repeat again due to the opening of my company :) Tammie
- Comments: Sue Anderson | Hi Tammie Your safari sounds amazing and would love to do but can't this year. I am hoping you might run similar again. I love your passion and commitment to Africa, the people, animals and organisations who support them. I have just finishing reading your book 'Pllanet Elephant' given to me by my very good friend Wendy Fairweather. We are hoping to do our first trip to Africa with Wendy and Frank next year. I was so saddened though to read about the increase in the poaching of ivory and subsequent decline in the elephant and rhino populations and the suffering of those poor animals. But also the inspirational people who work tirelessly and often in dangerous conditions to save these wonderful animals. Thank you for telling your story. Best wishes, Sue
- Comments: Tammie | Hi Sue - many thanks for your comments and good to hear the messages in 'Planet Elephant' hit home with you! I will definitely be running more trips to Botswana in future, so please join my mailing list to hear about them. I'd love to have you on one of my trips!
- Comments: Bud Higgins | Oh Tammie, I adore wonderful Xigera ! I first fell in love with the camp when I was invited to the opening 15 years ago and have been wowing groups with that slice of heaven, ever since. I wrote about Xigera in 'African Eulogy'. I have posted your safari details to a few of my Oz contacts - so hopefully it will whet their appetite to join you. They may like to visit me in Cape Town - and experience mass feedings of all my poor kids in the townships, with my NPO - Tinmugs - Warmly Bud Higgins
- Comments: Tammie | Thanks so much Bud! I've had two cancellations for my Okavango trip this year (26 Nov for a week) so do let me know if you know anyone who might like those places. Leave your website details here so people can learn more about the great work you're doing with the kids in townships in CT.
- Comments: Guy Perry | Dear Tammie, Have just finished your latest book Planet Elephant- wonderful. You are a very talented lady. Is the documentary Elephant Wars still in storage? If so can we(It will take a lot of us) try to resurrect it somehow? Best regards and keep up your wonderful conservation work. D.Guy Perry BVSc Onderstepoort 1971
- Comments: Tammie | Thanks Guy - I've dropped you an email :)