I often bemoan the obsession about the “Big 5”, and it is right … many of the very largest animals are not in the Big 5 (how about the giraffe, or the hippo?), and also many of the prettiest or most interesting aren’t in that group either (cheetahs anyone?). It’s an old-fashioned hunter term that should really be done away with … but it is proving to be having many lives.

For me, what an African safari is all about is discovering the full range of animals, and that’s many hundreds of them. In fact we have about 400 species of birds alone on our reserve … some of them tiny, and super cute, to the most impressive, such as the elephant, the largest animal on land.

Here’s what I mean by tiny and cute: the bush baby! It’s the smallest of all primates (yes, it is a small monkey), and they are just adorable. Hard to see them up-close, as they are very shy, so it is all the more amazing to see them so close-up. Adorable!

And when I talk about impressive and close-up, well, this is it!!