Safari Stories

Oct 03 2024 47 ep. 29 mins 9

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Trunks & Tracks Co-founders Jomi Krobb and Hadley Pierce share wild stories about what life is like on safari in the African bush. Safari Stories is a light-listening podcast with short episodes to make you laugh, learn about the bush, and fall in love with Africa.

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Episode 46: Dinaka Part 2

Oct 03 2024 27 mins

We head back out to the Dinaka lion pride that same afternoon, this time watching them come to the camp waterhole for a drink before the youngsters decide to play in the lodge and then confront the resident honey badger

Episode 45: Dinaka Part 1

Aug 30 2024 23 mins

We're in the Central Kalahari this week, at the fabulous Dinaka Camp, where we chat about a truly insane morning spent with a pride of lions.

Episode 44: South Georgia

Aug 16 2024 37 mins

After a bit of a summer hiatus we conclude the Antarctic part of this season with an episode about the crown jewels of the Southern Ocean, South Georgia, a marine wildlife mecca.

Episode 43: Action on the Antarctic Peninsula

Apr 26 2024 34 mins

This week, we plunge into the frigid waters off the Antarctic Peninsula and recount some epic sightings, including watching humpback whales feed (from a nearby zodiac), a large pod of killer whales bow-riding the ship, and leopard seals hunting penguins.

Episode 42: The South Shetland Islands

Apr 19 2024 35 mins

Land ho! After crossing the Drake Passage, we finally reach the South Shetland Islands and all the amazing wildlife that calls it home. Jomi shares what it’s like going out on your first excursion (a zodiac cruise or landing) and some of the most memorable sightings he has had there. Think: playful seals, newborn gentoo penguin chicks, and some gnarly interactions between nesting

Episode 41: Crossing the Drake Passage

Apr 05 2024 33 mins

How does one get to Antarctica? What’s it like to cross the Drake Passage? This week, we talk about what traveling down to Antarctica entails, from getting to Ushuaia, to heading out through the Beagle Channel, and into the famously turbulent Drake Passage. We also introduce some of the wildlife you might encounter at the start of an expedition to the southern-most continent. Wan

Episode 40: Exploring Antarctica, Part II

Mar 26 2024 42 mins

In the second part of ‘Exploring Antarctica,’ we discuss Scott and Amundsen’s race to the South Pole and Shackleton’s Transantarctic Expedition saga…the famous story of the Endurance.

Episode 39: Exploring Antarctica, Part I

Mar 26 2024 31 mins

What’s it like to spend months down in the Antarctic? It’s the world’s driest, highest, coldest, windiest and least inhabitable continent and Jomi has spent the last two austral summers (northern hemisphere winters) exploring it. This season, we explore it with him. Part one of this two-part episode sets the scene of the remoteness of the inhospitable Antarctic continent by t

Episode 38: Lions Galore at Vumbura Plains

Aug 11 2023 29 mins

Three days packed full with amazing lion sightings. That’s what awaited us during our most recent return to Vumbura Plains camp. From three massive males feeding on a buffalo kill, to a lioness nursing her cub beside her lechwe kill, to an adorable reunion between the cubs and mother lionesses of a pride, it was an action packed, lion filled stay, and we are bring you all the det

Episode 37: Wild Dogs Dig a Den at Chitabe

Aug 04 2023 27 mins

We’re back at Chitabe this week to round up the second part of our recent safari there. Sightings included following a large male leopard hunting by day and seeing a pack of 19 wild dogs digging their dens (plural) for TWO pregnant females.