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Trunks & Tracks Co-founders Jomi Krobb and Hadley Pierce share wild stories about what life is like on safari in the African bush. Safari Stories is a light-listening podcast with short episodes to make you laugh, learn about the bush, and fall in love with Africa.
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Land ho! After crossing the Drake Passage, we finally reach the South Shetland Islands and all the amazing wildlife that calls it home. Jomi shares what it’s like
going out on your first excursion (a zodiac cruise or landing) and some of the most memorable sightings he has had there. Think: playful seals, newborn gentoo penguin chicks, and some gnarly interactions between nesting penguins and predatory skuas.
How does one get to Antarctica? What’s it like to cross the Drake Passage? This week, we talk about what traveling down to Antarctica entails, from getting to Ushuaia, to heading out through the Beagle Channel, and into the famously turbulent Drake Passage. We also introduce some of the wildlife you might encounter at the start of an expedition to the southern-most continent. Wandering albatrosses, humpback whales, and…you guessed it…penguins!
In the second part of ‘Exploring Antarctica,’ we discuss Scott and Amundsen’s race to the South Pole and Shackleton’s Transantarctic Expedition saga…the famous story of the Endurance.
What’s it like to spend months down in the Antarctic? It’s the world’s driest, highest, coldest, windiest and least inhabitable continent and Jomi has spent the last two austral summers (northern hemisphere winters) exploring it. This season, we explore it with him. Part one of this two-part episode sets the scene of the remoteness of the inhospitable Antarctic continent by taking a look at how it was initially explored. While Jomi has been able to do this from the relative comfort of a large modern vessel, the original explorers of the region faced more trying challenges.
Jomi and Hadley go to the renowned Chitabe, whose reputation as one of the top camps in one of the most productive parts of the Okavango does not disappoint one bit as predators show up in numbers. They include a cheetah mother with SIX cubs, a young leopard trying not to drop its impala meal and four lions that try to ruin the leopard’s day.
Are lions nocturnal? Not entirely, and definitely not at Tubu Tree. Join us in the Okavango Delta as we recount some epic sightings of lions hunting during the day. What was on the menu? Find out here...
We’re back! After a healthy hiatus, we come back to you while on safari in Botswana's Okavango Delta, reflecting on a few incredible days at the wonderful Tubu Tree Camp. We talk about our gifted guide, Kambango Delta, discuss some Tubu leopard family history, and how we’ve seen more leopard history in the making!
Three days packed full with amazing lion sightings. That’s what awaited us during our most recent return to Vumbura Plains camp. From three massive males feeding on a buffalo kill, to a lioness nursing her cub beside her lechwe kill, to an adorable reunion between the cubs and mother lionesses of a pride, it was an action packed, lion filled stay, and we are bring you all the details of the various sightings in this week’s episode.
We’re back at Chitabe this week to round up the second part of our recent safari there. Sightings included following a large male leopard hunting by day and seeing a pack of 19 wild dogs digging their dens (plural) for TWO pregnant females.
Jomi chats with Cannon Winkler about his Walks of Life art, a series of paintings inspired by his time in the African bush. Cannon uses direct moulds and castes of tracks which he paints onto canvas to create his paintings. A portion of proceeds from selling the paintings are donated to African Parks. We talk about what Cannon enjoyed about his time in the bush, what distinguishes his paintings and why we both find African Parks such a worthy cause to donate to.
On our last day in the Okavango Delta, we have a series of sightings at Mombo Camp that absolutely blow our minds and leave Hadley speechless and Jomi in tears. A young male leopard puts on a spectacular show for us, attempting to snuff warthogs out of burrows on the ground before climbing into a tree above the burrow to try for an aerial approach. The next day, we spend the whole afternoon with the same leopard. The sighting begins with the leopard having has his first romantic encounter with a female and ends with what Jomi and Hadley say is an image they will never forget for the rest of their lives. This is truly a must-listen episode, action-packed from beginning to end.
We are back in the Delta and talking about our time at Tubu Tree Camp, a camp set in the trees on an island in the Okavango Delta. While looking for leopard (the area is renowned for its leopard viewing), we stumbled upon so many other animals and ended up spending hours alone with a pack of hunting and playing wild dogs. Listen as we share some of our favorite sightings, why this camp is so special, and which animal decided to den her cubs in the lodge’s main area bathroom.
This week, we’re back at Vumbura Plains talking about the second game drive we went on in this slice of safari paradise. Seeing various nocturnal animals by day, another elephant carcass, tracking lions through channels from one island to the next, and an incredible sighting of a predator stalking some very large prey to cap off the drive: this is another action-packed episode from the heart of the Okavango.
“From the moment we landed, we were in safari heaven.” This week, we are at Vumbura Plains on the northern side of the Okavango Delta. The area has to be one of the most productive safari areas we have ever been to. Listen in as we share the story of our incredible drive from the airstrip to the lodge which included elephants, buffalo, and two cheeky warthogs chasing a pack of wild dogs away from a waterhole! The madness continues as we go off on our first game drive that was action packed from the moment we left the lodge. Listen in to hear what we saw!
A lion pride feeding on an elephant carcass, herds of elephants swimming across the Linyanti channel, and so much more. This week, Jomi and Hadley come to you from Botswana’s Linyanti Wildlife Reserve. Find out how it’s different from the Okavango Delta, why it’s so special, and what amazing surprise Jomi and Hadley got while out on game drive! Bonus: find out which special bird Jomi finally managed to see after years of looking for it!
This week, Jomi and Hadley come to you from Botswana’s famed Okavango Delta. They tell stories from their time at the stunning Qorokwe Camp, including stumbling upon a pride of lions walking across a rickety wooden bridge and tracking down the famed male lion known as “Tripod,” and more!
This week, we reflect on our latest trip to South Africa, specifically recalling some of our favourite sightings while in the Kruger National Park. From seeing a male white lion, to strange baboon behaviour, and cheetahs on the hunt, this episode is all about the safari stories!
This week, Jomi is by himself in the Kruger National Park, reflecting on a month well spent in the South African bush. He recalls some highlights from his last week in South Africa, which include a camping excursion to the unique Makuya Game Reserve, an afternoon spent looking for Pel's fishing owl and a morning birding adventure with old friends and an unlikely visitor. Jomi reflects on why he and everyone else should spend at least a small part of every day in nature and how it can help everyone going forward.
In this week's episode, Jomi sits down with Hein Myers to chat about Marataba, a game reserve in South Africa where they both worked as guides several years ago. They recall some of their favourite vehicle and trail-based sightings, which include a very special black rhino sighting at a dam, encounters with territorial hippos, male lions using tactics to hunt impala successfully, habituating leopard cubs, and a few gnarly moments that they will likely never forget.This episode is all story-telling action and shows how much Hein and Jomi both enjoyed working in this very special reserve.
In Season 3's first episode, Jomi and Hadley come to you live from the South African bush. They sit down with Mike Anderson and tell stories of their most recent safari to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Tune in to find out where the name "Kgalagadi" comes from, what makes this part of the world so special, their top three most memorable sightings, and one of the strangest sightings they've ever had of a very ambitious ground squirrel.
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