Callum Perry is currently based in Amersham, England, but part of him still belongs to the wild landscapes of Southern and East Africa. He first arrived in South Africa at 18 on a volunteer placement just outside Pretoria. What was meant to be a short stint quickly turned into something bigger. He fell in love […]
The first time Picket Chabwedzeka left home for the city, it wasn’t to become a ranger or a trainer. It was to juggle plates and textbooks. “I moved to South Africa and was working while studying part-time,” he says. “For three years I lived in Goodwood, studied at Pentech and UNISA, and worked as a […]
Before he was a freshwater scientist in the United Kingdom, Tapiwa Zimunya was a boy roaming mountains. “I’d say my love for nature stems from the environment I grew up in,” he says. Forests, rivers, and rolling peaks surrounded his grandfather’s homestead in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe. “There wasn’t much technology back then. These […]
In the far eastern corner of Botswana, where the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers meet, and the borders of three countries fold into one another, lies the Northern Tuli Game Reserve: 72,000 hectares of rugged mopane woodland, sandstone outcrops, and some of the highest concentrations of elephants for private reserves in Southern Africa. It is a […]
First light in Kafue National Park arrives with motion. Puku step out of the grass as the light spreads, ground hornbills boom across the plains, and a thin ribbon of river wind glints in the early glow. On the far edges of this vast Zambian wilderness (well beyond tourist tracks), patrol teams are already lacing […]
Each morning, before the sun burns through the mist rising off Lake Upemba, rangers gather in formation at the HQ of Lusinga and the Upemba National Park’s substation. They salute the flag, receive their orders, and set off (sometimes for days at a time) into a landscape few outsiders have ever walked. Their job is […]
In Kenya’s northern highlands, where acacia-dotted plains rise towards the snowcapped peaks of Mount Kenya, the rangers of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy begin their day in darkness. They lace up their Jim Green AR8s, sling their packs over their shoulders, and head out across 62,000 acres of wilderness, one of the most successful conservation landscapes in […]
“When I was ten, I read When the Lion Feeds,” says Paul Stones, who today runs one of southern Africa’s leading safari hunting companies. “From that moment, I knew I wanted to work in the bush.” More than three decades later, that boyhood dream has taken shape as Paul Stones Safari Africa, a professional hunting […]
Rangers in Zambia’s Nsumbu National Park face some of the continent’s toughest patrol conditions. Rocky ground, thorny bush, snakes, and long hours on foot mean durable footwear is essential. That’s why Jim Green was proud to provide boots to patrol teams in the Nsumbu Area Management Unit, including the high-performing Alpha Teams. “Our rangers find […]
In 2024, rangers at Gonarezhou National Park collectively walked over 862,000km on foot patrols. That’s the equivalent of circling the Earth more than 25 times on foot. Covering that kind of distance requires more than grit; it requires gear that lasts. Rangers describe their Jim Green boots as “Very comfortable and highly durable, especially with […]
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