In 1993, eight of us drove from Cape Town to Lusaka in a hippie kombi, then onto Dar es Salaam in the Tazara Express and a ferry to Zanzibar. I still love exploring the wonders of Africa and have I travelled through most of South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana and Madagascar.

When Clive was young, his family moved to a small town in Mpumalanga called Machadodorp, they would often visit the Kruger National Park, as it was only a 100 kilometres away. This was where his fascination with wildlife began, his favourite animal is the elephant, these gentle giants display complex social and emotional behaviour, and they value their families more than most animals.

Favourite Destination:
Botswana has the largest population of elephants in Africa, the people are incredibly warm and friendly and the game reserves are unfenced. A couple of years ago, my wife and I were the only people on a game drive that left Ghoha Hills in an open safari vehicle at 6am. We headed into another beautiful African sunrise and on to the Savuti Marsh. Here we witnessed Carmine Bee Eaters, flying alongside and enjoying their breakfast as the insects were released into the air by the game viewer vehicle making its way through the tall grass. We marvelled at the large herds of buffalo and zebra and the entertaining warthogs that run with their tails in the air, like an antenna. We enjoyed lunch under an ancient baobab tree and located a resident pride of lions before returning back to Ghoha Hills at 3pm, having seen just two other vehicles in a 9 hour game drive. The untouched expanse of Botswana is a tonic for the soul.

Most Treasured Wildlife Experience:
Imbali Safari Lodge. Seeing a young male leopard that was chased by a large ferocious male lion. The leopard clambered up a tree that was leafless, while we sat watching this silhouette of the leopard from our game viewer until the lion got bored and moved on to laze in the nearby river bed. Our game ranger alerted us to this unusual high pitched sound coming from within the dry grass, this was the mother calling her cub, a few minutes later, the leopard cub jumped down from the tree and joined his mother as they made their way to a small hill, lay down and posed for the most amazing photos.