Lioness

Title – Lioness
Date – April 2007
Location - Tanzania

This photograph of a wild lioness was taken from the safety of a vehicle, but it certainly still sends a shiver down the spine of anyone who understands even the basic inherent danger these animals pose to all they come across; be that antelope or humans. Beauty and the beast all rolled into one.

Understanding the dangers around you will allow you to reduce the risks you face when so far away from home. Beyond The Blue understands that for those people who lack experience of world travel there can be a lack of understanding of the dangers that are out there and complacency can step in very quickly.

Most people when on safari in Africa feel completely safe in the vehicle in which they are travelling and there is no real fear of the dangers just outside your window and this complacency can get you into serious difficulties.

Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop is designed to help individuals assess risk on every step of their way; through dynamic risk assessments, we help candidates to appreciate the importance of the decisions they make as they travel. When we cross the road we carry our a dynamic risk assessment by looking left and right, when in the heart of the Serengeti there are a few more considerations to keep in mind.

Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com

Image – ©Philipp Mayhew

Wildebeest

Title – Wildebeest
Date – April 2007
Location - Tanzania

The Wildebeest or Gnu as it is also known, is one of Africa’s best known antelope. Found throughout the easterly and southern part of the continent it roams the woodlands and open plains of the region in large herds to protect itself and others of the group from predators.

The annual migration of the wildebeest in Kenya and Tanzania sees some 1.4 Million wildebeest join other herbivores as they travel over 1800 miles in order to stay in areas that provide adequate grazing. This Migration is certainly one of the best known of all the animal migrations that take place on almost every continent. But time has had an effect on the numbers involved. If 1.4 million seems to be a large number then consider the sight that would have existed before Africa was ‘colonised’, when tens of millions of these animals would have taken part in this spectacle.

Beyond The Blue was set up to help prepare individuals for the latest phenomenon, the migration of people all over the world as they seek to explore new locations and new experiences. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop can help you to enjoy your trip with the knowledge to do so safely and with confidence.

Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com

Image – ©Philipp Mayhew