Travel, Photography, Conservation and Random Thoughts
Girls on Tour part 1. Join Anne and I on our road trip around Namibia. Anne’s first time in Africa and my return (long waited) to Namibia after 8 years promise a whole set of adventures. Desert driving, overweight Jackals, the best apple pie ever, beautiful road and a lot of laughing, join us as we explore Namibia in the biggest car (is it even a car) we’ve ever driven.
This is the interview I gave Yussef Rafik (website: yussefrafik.com) regarding why I do what I do. Really interesting questions. I hope you enjoy it!
Conservation, travel, Africa, Camus, photography….we discuss many topics ! How does photography have a positive impact in conservation? What is conservation ? Who I look up to and why literature is so important to opening our minds and hears around us. Philosophy, Art, Conservation, Biology….a truly cross-discplinarh interview. I hope you find it informative :)
Join me as I go looking for the beautiful, endangered and imposing Silverback Gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Monster ants, broken radio, machetes, armed rangers, emotion and beauty, this was one of the most beautiful encounters I’ve had the chance to experience. Find tips and anecdotes, alongside a detailed story of a unique adventure.
At the ripe age of 15, I did a work placement for my school at WWF - UK. That’s when I heard about Virunga National Park for the first time. A few months later, they officially launched their campaign against Soco, a British company seeking to drill oil in the National Heritage site - which was completely prohibited by Congolese law.
4 years later, as a young conservationist completing her second year at university, and preparing an internship at The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, I thought it was the right time for me to visit Virunga. Things were more stable politically, although with Kabila cancelling the elections in the DRC -meant to take place on 21st August 2017 - I didn’t know if I’d have another opportunity.
After completing my two-week intensive conservation internship at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Kenya) to become a Young Conservationist and Lewa Ambassador, I came back with more than just photographs and memories (via Honey Guide Safaris).
I came home with a more precise idea of what conservation is to me, and how I want to get involved.
Here, I compliment my previous one, which was more of a narration (see Climbing Kilimanjaro). You'll find a more global approach, based on my experience, and on what I would have liked to have known beforehand. Hope it helps, and if you have any questions, feel free to comment!
My first ever solo(ish) African adventure! I'd been wanting to write about my experience for some time now (hard to think it's already been 5 months!) To share it of course, but also for myself. I realised that every time I told the story, I relived it fully. So I thought writing it down must be on a whole other level of re-immersion. And… reading multiple blogs and recounts of other people’s treks helped a lot for the preparation and anticipation. So if my advice/story can be of any help, then why not?
Here, you’ll find a more or less detailed account of my climb (I’ve tried to include as much as I could…this definitely doesn’t do the actual version justice of course, but nothing ever will).
The following post is dedicated to Advice on Climbing Kilimanjaro.
