Hayley has been directing at WildEarth right from our very first LIVE game drives in April 2007. She has decided to return to her family in the UK, where she will be pursuing her career in TV directing ... although probably not wildlife.WE are all very sad to see her go, but WE do understand. [...]
On the 25th of February Rex and Alex headed out, searching for the hidden sun under the thick African clouds and for what was hiding around the next corner!Rexon wanted to go and see what was happening at the local waterhole and headed towards Gowrie main. Just onto Gowrie main- west of Shabam road the [...]
Some of you may have heard a new voice directing recently. Well that UK accent is Sue. Fresh from the British TV industry Sue is an accomplished director and producer, who has been known to pick up a camera from time to time. She trained at the world famous BBC as an editor and has [...]
WE managed to get the starter motor sorted out and now we have another problem. This time the distributor on the Tank has worn out one of its parts, and, you guessed it, they don't make them anymore. So James is on his way into Hoedspruit where he will manufacture a new part with the [...]
Yesterday evening, during Dinamossi's try out drive, the Tank's starter motor broke again. This has happened a few times before and is partly due to the constant stopping and starting and partly because the Tank is made up of a Chev engine, a Landrover Discovery gearbox and the rest is a Landrover Defender. Jan and [...]
On the afternoon of the 13th February Pieter heard Charles on the Djuma radio channel report two wild dogs heading for Quarantine from Philemons cut line. WE had just left the big grassy plain known as Quarantine where a large heard of Impala were graizing as they meandered to Gowrie waterhole.A few minutes later WE [...]
The Beacon Mapimpane - Female....Tuesday morning, a small 12 seconds after half past 5, Central African Time here in Djuma in the Sabi Sands, Pieter, our benchmark and fabulous presenter, opened our morning drive with, again no idea what was going to be around the next corner, as he threaded along the winding roads of [...]
We have borrowed a map from Djuma with all the road and place names on Western Gowrie so you can figure out where the 'tank' is on the drives. The image above is a little small to be able to read, but if you click on it you'll get a bigger version.It is amazing how [...]
Over the past few days a whole bunch of technical problems have presented themselves simultaneously. An uninterupted power supply failed, which is mainly why you have been seeing the sorry sign so often, the chargers have not been working properly, which is why WE have had battery problems, the main video switch in the final [...]
WE are going to be seeing a few new faces in the next days. Starting with this afternoon when Patrick will be doing the second part of the drive. Patrick is from the small village of Dixie just outside the Sabi Sands reserve, which is also Rexon's and Texan's home. Patrick has been guiding for [...]
