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FZS boosts SENAPA anti poaching measures

Posted by dc on April 16, 2013
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Reblogged from Wolfganghthome's Blog:

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FRANKFURT ZOO TO BOOST SECURITY IN SERENGETI

Information was received from a regular conservation source in Arusha that the Frankfurt Zoological Society, one of Tanzania National Park’s staunchest supporters over the past decades, has set aside fresh funding to boost in particular anti poaching capabilities in the Serengeti National Park.

It was this park which over half a century ago caught the eye of Prof.

Read more… 481 more words

A must read about the Serengeti, Tanzania.

Travel Photography: Streets of La Paz, Bolivia

Posted by dc on April 13, 2013
Posted in: Safari photography, travel photography. Tagged: Bolivia, iPhone, La Paz, Peru, travel photography. 1 comment

When roaming through the streets of the wonderful city of la Paz, Bolivia, I left my photo gear in the hotel and took photos with the iPhone only. Actually, I have to admit, I do love the iPhone as a travel photographers camera – you can use it and hardly no one notices you are taking a picture. If the light situation its rather simple, the iPhone makes great images.

LaPaz1

Above you see a corner in the La Paz old town, climbing the steep streets requires being in good shape, because the city is situated in an altitude of around 3.600 m! In the picture above I liked the organization of all the cables and wires, and the cars show a bit how steep the streets can be.

 

LaPaz2

In Bolivia and Peru they have around 3.000 sorts of potatoes! These countries is where the potato origins from, brought by the spanish conquerors back to Europe. The picture above shows a typical street market stand.

 

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Great African Lodges: Katavi Wildlife Camp, Tanzania

Posted by dc on April 12, 2013
Posted in: Africa Tourism, Great African Lodges. Tagged: Great African Lodges. Leave a Comment

One of the last true wildernesses in Africa is Katavi National Park, situated in a very remote part of Tanzania. As this parks lies completely off the beaten track and does not belong either to Tanzanias popular parks in the countries Northern circle (Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara NPs) or Southern circle (Selous, Ruaha, Mikumi NPs) it is only scarcely visited.

But this is Katavis greatest asset – you will hardly meet other visitors when in the park, and there is plenty of wildlife around. Huge herds of buffalo, zebra and hippo roam plains and lakes, and there are relevant numbers of carnivores around: lion, leopard, even cheetah. In Katavi you can even encounter African wild dogs. Of course you can stay in the national Parks camp sites, for those of you who like it more posh there is  Katavi Wildlife Camp.

Katavi wildlife camp by Foxes Safaris

The camp is open from June through to end of February.  Rainy season in this part of Tanzania normally commences around November, and the park does have black cotton soil which is very difficult when wet. Access to the parks is quite demanding when you self drive with your own vehicle or hire 4×4, but for this lodge you might want to fly-in, which is possible from Dar-es Salaam as well from Ruaha NP. Charter flight services from Arusha are no problem either.
Katavi Wildlife Camp by Foxes safaris
How much does it cost? List prices are like follows:
The high season rate is US$445 plus $60 park fees per person per night.  This rate includes full board accommodation, 2 game drives per day in open vehicle with guide, tea, coffee and laundry.  This is valid June through to the end of October.
The low season rate is US$395 plus $60 fees.
  • More information and how to contact you find here: tanzaniasafaris.info

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South Africa Attempts New Strategy to End Rhino Poaching with 'Tainted' Horns

Posted by dc on April 9, 2013
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Reblogged from ecoapari:

Unable in recent years to stave off rhino poaching for good in Krugar National Park, park officials have taken matters into their own hands and resorted to injecting ectoparasites into the horns of 100 of its rhinos.

If the parasites are consumed by humans, they may cause nausea, vomiting and convulsions, among other side effects. In addition to making consumers very ill the parasites are accompanied with a pink dye that can be detected at airports with x-ray scanners.

Read more… 58 more words

I guess a new strategy is bitterly needed!

Crossing borders in Africa – hints and tips / Grenzen passieren in Afrika – Tipps

Posted by dc on April 5, 2013
Posted in: Safari photography, Safari tips, Selbstfahrer, travel Africa. Tagged: border documents, border posts, borders, Grenzübertritt Afrika, Grenzen in Afrika, Selbstfahrer Grenzen Afrika, selfdrive Africa. 5 comments

Crossing borders in Africa is a special challenge: You have to do just only a few things right, but can no matter what, fail big anytime. Here are some hints and tips I found out to be useful when crossing frontiers, border posts, airport immigrations or police road blocks in Africa. These hints are for self-drive Safaris, immigration on airports, and travel means of all other kinds.

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  • Be prepared, know the rules: Know what you will have to pay for visa, your vehicle, customs, any other fees that might come. Have all documents ready and handy.  The more you are prepared, the less you can get cheated or talked over to pay for whatever you do not need to pay, or asked for documents you might not need. 
  • If possible, try to get visas before you enter the country or show up at the border. I made the experience that things are handled much more easy when you already have your official visa stamp in your passport, and it saves time and paperwork, too.
  • Always have enough cash with you, if possible in more than one currency. It happens, that fees or tariffs are raised recently, or that the internet connection for the credit card is not working. Always have more cash money with you than your preparations tell you. Additionally, it pays off to have not only the countrys currency with you you plan to enter, but as well some regional currency like South African Rand (is accepted in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe border post), and of course, US Dollars (More about money issues when traveling in Africa you find in this posting). Some currency you get hardly anywhere else outside the country, like Botswana Pula or Zambia Kwacha.
  • Be polite, respectful and charming: Whatever happens, do not argue and do not yell. Who yells in Africa or is having anything like a colonial attitude towards the officers, has already lost. Be charming, better: make a joke. Laughter really breaks the ice in a difficult situation, in Africa more so than elsewhere, is my impression.
  • Let people help you: Asking for help can sometimes work wonders. Ask bystanders or local boarder crossing people what could be the trick if you get stuck in any administration issues. African bureaucracy might not be very transparent sometimes, but often the locals do know the means to avoid problems.
  • Have enough time with you: Often problems occur because people are in a hurry. Do not let that happen. You lose your momentum, when you are in a hurry.
  • Watch your language: Do not think officers will not understand your language. I have met very very funny and charming immigration officers at the Zimbabwe border who spoke miraculously well German. They told me they have learned it only at being at the border all the time – growing up with learning often more than one regional or tribal language teaches you being a fast language learner.
  • Crossing borders in Africa with a vehicle means more preparation and bureaucracy than anything else. Do not rely on the car hire company to equip your vehicle with everything you might need. Nowadays many African countries do require to have not one, but two triangles, and a medical kit. Keep these items handy. In Zimbabwe traffic rules requires the need of some special reflectors on your car, just to give an example. In Tanzania police will definitely ask for the “driving license for Tanzania” – which means the international driving license. Know exactly the rules and fees you will have to pay and do not rely on guides/touts at the borders  trying “to help you”.
  • Have a Plan B: you have trouble in one border post – if possible, try another point to cross the border. This might only be helpful for self drive safaris, not at airports.
  • Finally: Do not pay any bribes.

Wer in Afrika Grenzen passieren möchte, sei es bei der Einreise am Flughafen, oder als Selbstfahrer mit einem Fahrzeug, sollte sich nicht von Forenberichten oder ähnlichem ins Bockshorn jagen lassen, sondern sich gut vorbereiten. Hier einige Tipps und Hinweise aus meinen Erfahrungen, wie man einfach, problemfrei und stressfrei afrikanische Grenzformalitäten erledigt:

  • Sei vorbereitet: wer genau weiss, welche Unterlagen, Dokumente, Papiere er mitbringen muss, der ist im Vorteil. Das Gleiche gilt für Gebühren und Steuern jeglicher Art. Wer sich hier akribisch vorbereitet, ist im Vorteil, sollten irgendwelche Gebühren oder Dokumente gefordert werden, die es nicht geben dürfte.
  • Visa im Heimatland besorgen: Das mag einige Euro/Franken mehr kosten, macht sich aber definitiv bezahlt: weniger Schlangestehen am Flughafen, weniger Papierkrieg, mehr Zeit. Und irgendwie beeindruckt das hochoffizielle Visa der Botschaft jeden Grenzbeamten – glaube ich!
  • Habe genug Bargeld dabei, wenn möglich, mehrere Währungen: Man sollte sich auf keinen Fall darauf verlassen, dass an der Grenze Geldautomaten stehen die funktionieren, oder Wechselbüros, oder dass Kreditkarten angenommen werden. Cash is king when you travel in Africa! (Siehe auch Beitrag zum Thema “Geld in Afrika”). Eine regionale Währung wie der südafrikanische Rand ist hilfreich und wird an Grenzen zu Botswana, Simbabwe und Namibia angenommen! Us Dollars natürlich auch. Euro weniger.
  • Sei respektvoll, freundlich und offen: Freundlichkeit ist eine unterschätzte Eigenschaft für Reisende, aber besonders in Afrika oft der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Wer schreit, pöbelt, kolonial wird, hat verloren. Charme und ein Witz sind sehr oft der Türöffner, auch verfahrene bürokratische Situationen zu lösen.
  • Lass dir helfen: Oft wissen die lokalen Grenzgänger sehr genau, welche Tricks und welches Wissen hilfreich sind, eventuelle bürokratische Schikanen, fehlende Dokumente oder was auch immer  zu umgehen. Die Leute fragen hilft, sich helfen lassen oft auch. Ich habe nie erlebt, dass ein Hilfegesuch abgeschlagen wird. Fragen, freundlich sein, offen sein. Manchmal hilft auch Dummstellen, das aber nur als letztes Mittel! An einigen Grenzen (u.a. Südafrika zu Botswana, Botswana nach Sambia) gibt es Hilfe von professionellen Grenzübertrtrittshelfern, natürlich gegen Geld. Vorab unbedingt die Leistung und die Bezahlung klären. Und NIE den Reisepass aus der Hand geben!
  • Bring genug Zeit mit: Drucksituationen entstehen, weil Leute denken, sie sind unter Zeitdruck. Lass das nicht geschehen, bringe ausreichend Zeit mit, so kann dich auch niemand anderes unter Zeitdruck bringen
  • Pass auf, was du sagst: Ich konnte es nicht glauben, wie hervorragend die freundlichen Greznbeamten an der Grenze zu Simbabwe Deutsch sprachen. Hätten sie nur so vom Hören und Sprechen mit Touristen gelernt. Also: Vorsichtig sein, was man sagt, manchmal wird man verstanden am Ende der Welt…
  • Plan B: Wer an einem Grenzübergang Probleme hat, sollte wissen, wo die nächste Alternative ist. Für Selbstfahrer sinnvoll, nicht am Flughafen, ich weiss…
  • Selbstfahrer in Afrika: Für die Überführung eines Mietfahrzeugs oder des eigenen Fahrzeugs über afrikanische Grenzen gelten jeweils andere Regeln, Dokumente und Gebühren. Auch hier gilt: Vorbereiten, und nicht auf andere verlassen. Bei der Übergabe des Mietfahrzeugs am besten mit einer Checkliste die regionalen Besonderheiten abarbeiten. In einigen afrikanischen Ländern benötigt man ZWEI Warndreiecke. In einigen einen Verbandskasten, in anderen nicht. In Simbabwe werden spezielle Reflektoren gefordert. Und den internationalen Führerschein nicht vergessen. Diesen stellt die lokale KFZ Stelle aus, nicht die Gemeinde oder das Bürgeramt.
  • Und zum Schluss: Zahl keine Bestechungsgelder. Das macht alles nur noch schlimmer.

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Serengeti Lions in Golden Light in wildphotomag March-April 2013

Posted by dc on April 4, 2013
Posted in: Safari photography, Serengeti, Tansania, Tanzania, wildlife photographers, wildlife photography. Tagged: DC Loew publications, DC Loew Wildlife Photography, Löwen, Löwenfotos, lions, Serengeti Golden Light, serengeti lions. Leave a Comment

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Wildphotomag from South Africa published some of my lions pictures from last years Serengeti Safari, please check it out in the March/April 2013 issue, page 13. Most of these pictures were taken around the Mara kopjes in Southern Serengeti, with two mornings full of the famous Serengeti Golden Light.

In der März-April 2013 Ausgabe des Wildphotomag aus Südafrika könnt ihr einige meiner Löwenbilder aus der Serengeti finden. Sie entstanden auf meiner letzten Safari und sind grösstenteils im südlichen Teil der Serengeti geschossen, im berühmten “Golden Light”!

 

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New Tanzania National Parks Tariffs for 2013/ Gebühren für Tansanias Nationalparks ab Juli 2013

Posted by dc on April 2, 2013
Posted in: Africa Tourism, Tansania, Tanzania, travel Africa. Tagged: TANAPA tariffs 2013, Tansania Gebühren für Nationalparks 2013. 1 comment

Here is TANAPAs new tariffs, the authority which is operating all the National Parks in lovely Tanzania. The new tariffs and entrance fees to all Tanzania National Parks are effective from July 1st, 2013.

new Tanzania tariffs

This information gives you some hints how much you will have to pay for your next safari and how much your safari operator has to pay just to get you inside park borders, e.g. Serengeti, Tarangire or Arusha National Park.

Tanzania National Parks FINAL TARIFFS FOR 2013-2015

Über obenstehenden Link könnt ihr die neuen Tarife für den Eintritt in die Nationalparks in Tansania einsehen. Das ist sowohl für Selbtsfahrer als auch für Besucher, welche mit einem Safarianbieter Tansania besuchen möchten, von Interesse. Insbesondere die grossen und meistebsuchten Parks wie Serengeti, Tarangire oder die Perle von Arusha Nationalpark sind aufgeführt.

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