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If you’ve been on our Instagram or TikTok you would have seen that the video below has had more than a million views on Instagram and over 27 million views on TikTok! Here is the story that accompanies the video, read it first so you get the context of what actually happened! Richard has been…

A mini blog on what to expect when you embark upon a primate adventure in Uganda. For years, Rich and Matt, as professional guides, have been hosting and guiding treks into Uganda and Rwanda. One of the core reasons (although not the only one) is to host incredible primate trekking safaris. Rich and Matt provide…

The battle of Leopard 🐆 vs. Warthog 🐗 @matt_meyer_africa our Co-Owner tells us this riveting story. When I was still a guide at Mala Mala, we were tasked with a patrol one day in an area North West of Mala Mala that doesn’t have any well used roads on it. We found an old fire…

@matt_meyer_africa our Co-Owner tells us the story. I was still working at Mala Mala and enjoying a morning coffee with guests when we heard a buffalo bellowing loudly close to Sable Camp. We quickly jumped in the vehicle and followed up on the calls. We found the poor buffalo being ripped from the hind legs…

Another chilly morning and we set out on drive. We’ve had so many amazing sightings of lions, leopards mating and elephants passing right by the car, I decided to take it easy and head down to the Sabi River for some coffee and explore some of the smaller things that nature had to offer. After…

One of the ways we’re going to keep you in the loop with everything that’s happening on the ground, is by posting our ‘Tales from the bush’ here. Keep your eyes peeled every week for our new posts and new articles about safaris in Africa, photography tips and skills and exciting and anecdotal stories from…

We’re ‘circling’ back to Botswana as we’re talking about an animal migration that no-one really knew about until the mid-2000s. Isn’t that amazing? We thought we everything about animals and their movements yet even David Attenborough hadn’t identified this one yet!  In the 1950s and 60s, Botswana put veterinary fences to fight outbreaks of foot-and-mouth…

Did you know that the biggest animal migration on earth takes place all year around? The Migration starts in the south eastern part of the Serengeti Ecosystem of Ndutu Plains in Tanzania where the animals (Wildebeest & Zebra) calve their young. They choose this spot as it’s short, sweet grass made mineral rich by ancient…

It may feel overwhelming to plan your first safari but it shouldn’t be. The largest and most established destinations in terms of proliferation of animals, reserves, game lodges and tourism infrastructure are: Part of Arc Earth’s role is to get a brief from a client and help the client visualise and mind map what they…

Last November, we decided to go to a beautiful camp in the Southern Kalahari, close to the Molopo River. This reserve on the South African side is huge, over 100 000 hectares. On the first night, we heard 2 lions roaring but from opposite directions. We spent the next day tracking them, but although we…