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Best Wishes for the Festive Season

Published: 24 December 2021
Elephants in the Savannah

As we near the end of 2021, another tumultuous year across the world, we are looking forward to a new year for all filled with joy and hope for the future and wanted to wish you all the best from the Matson-Ridley team.

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Glimmers of Hope

Published: 07 October 2021
Green Ring Tail Possum

- INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS TO RESUME -

After a long pause of 18 months so far, and what will be close to two years of a hold on our African safaris, there are definitely glimmers of hope emerging and we are really looking forward to coming out of our chrysalis and spreading our wings again very soon.

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Good News

Published: 26 June 2021
Kimondo Tent

It's the start of the winter school holidays in Australia, our favourite time of year in Far North Queensland.  There’s lots of good news in this month’s blog and plenty to warm your heart from Africa. 

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Elephant News

Published: 20 May 2021
Akagera Elephant Herd

In March this year, twenty years after the first genetic studies identified that central and west Africa's forest elephants were genetically distinct from savannah elephants, the IUCN finally recognised forest elephants as a separate species.

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The Nature Connection

Published: 15 March 2021
Godefroid and Farm

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. —Albert Einstein

Last week the Australian government released news that from 1st April the cost of flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin to Cairns will be discounted by 50% up til the end of July.  If you've been thinking of taking that nature holiday somewhere within a couple of hours flight-time here s your chance to grab a cheap flight and experience the restorative benefits of North Queensland's ancient rainforests, stunning reef and outback savannahs.  Matson & Ridley Safaris now offers a booking service for our favourite operators in North Queensland to offer you our choice of explorations and adventures with the best guides and accommodation options available.  Travel operators in Cairns are really doing it tough due to their heavy reliance on international tourism, so your travel dollars will really make a difference up here. If you are thinking of heading up this way, please drop us a line and we'd love to help you plan your escape back to nature.

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