Wildlife Category

Wildlife Posts. For over 4 decades Tusker has led thousands of intrepid travelers on awe-inspiring adventures around the world. Tusker’s fully supported treks allow you to fire up your passion for adventure in faraway places.

REEF MADNESS

By Tusker Trail on December 1, 2011 in Environmental Category, Global Category, Wildlife Category

All is not well in the world of coral reefs in our oceans.

The consensus among many scientists throughout the world seems to be that the future of coral reefs is an absolute nightmare.

RETURN TO KAFUE PART II

By Tusker Trail on September 1, 2011 in Africa Category, Wildlife Category

Seventeen years ago, when Eddie Frank led his anti-poaching mission through the grasslands of Kafue National Park, there were less than 1,000 tourists visiting Kafue each year. Today, over 7,000 visitors enter the park annually, and the elephant are back, no longer terrified by the sight of humans. In Kafue, the tide is slowly turning.

RETURN TO KAFUE PART I

By Tusker Trail on August 1, 2011 in Africa Category, Environmental Category, Wildlife Category

Tusker founder Eddie Frank organized an anti-poaching mission in Kafue National Park, Zambia’s oldest and largest park, in the summer of 1994.

During the mission, Eddie and his team were shot at many times as they worked to confiscate illegal ivory and meat, and catch government officials red-handed in the game. Their fearlessness made them local legends.

FLIGHT PATTERNS

By Tusker Trail on June 1, 2011 in Africa Category, Wildlife Category

Many European birds are known to use Africa as their winter home. But in recent years, numerous species have decided not to return to Europe after their stay, or return in far less numbers.