Sound is one of the most powerful stimulants of the imagination… close your eyes, and listen up!
Recorded on Earth.
Awe is the only accurate description for what I feel when hearing this kind of rumbling…as if on a molecular level. What a privilege to have a wetter than average start to the rainy season. Enjoy this slightly longer than usual piece.
Camping amongst a grove of Tamboti trees around a geo-thermal spring allows for the magical auditory cacophony of thousands of Double-banded Sandgrouse fluttering in to come and slake their thirst after a seriously hot summers day.
Drumming and dancing in Southern Angola. On our latest motorcycle adventure we stopped at a Cuca-shop next to a massive baobab tree to buy a few beers (you can hear us discussing the extortionate price) and there was a group of very jovial people celebrating life…
A family of Green Wood-hoopoe’s cacophonous and allelomimetic calls…yes, I do want you to look allelomimetic up yourself…
Trickling flow from one of the numerous spectacular springs in Makuleke.
A young single ele bull in an open area taking exception to our presence.
Sunrise on the banks of the Luvuvhu River in the far North of Kruger Park, South Africa.
A small herd of elephant happening upon a pride of lion feeding on a giraffe carcass, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
A large pride male sneezing before rising and walking off. Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
One of the pride males roaring at dawn just below camp in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
Ele bull doing a head-shake-ear-flap on the banks of the Luvuvhu in Makuleke, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
A single lioness roaring at The Glade on the Mwagusi River (listen to the echo) in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
About 100 elephants criss-crossing the Mwagusi River in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
On the banks of the Olifants River I heard the tapping and investigated to find a Bearded-Woodpecker foraging in a dead Knobthorn tree.
Indulge in a therapeutic auditory exploration of dawn recorded from my stoep…