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Birding Africa – A Father/Daughter Trip

On February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 By lori
Birding in Africa

Since I was a young girl, conversations with dad were more often than not interrupted by him raising his hand like a stop sign and announcing with great importance, “Listen, there’s […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, Animal Heroes, Safari, Wildlife3 Comments

Giraffe Dies in Unusual Circumstances

On May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 By lori
Giraffe in Botswana's Delta

I’m watching a spotted hyena whittle away at the slimy, saliva softened, sun-bleached jaw-bone of a dead giraffe. It’s all that remains from a giraffe that likely died after a long chase and fatal […]

Posted in African Bush, Animal Experiences, Animal Stories, SafariTagged death in the bush, giraffe, hyena15 Comments

Becoming an Animal Communicator – Is it Real?

On May 1, 2022May 8, 2022 By lori
Lori Robinson animal Communicator

I’m sitting in a circle of women (and one man) in a living room lined with overstuffed chairs, small porcelain replicas of cats and dogs, and flowered wall-paper.  A golden […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, Animal Stories, InspirationTagged animal communication

Meeting Max the Rhinocerous

On January 10, 2022January 21, 2022 By lori

Rhinocerous have always appeared to me to be elusive, other-worldly beings. Most people, including me, who have been lucky enough to see a rhinoceros in the wild don’t usually speak […]

Posted in African Animals, Animal Experiences, SafariTagged Rhino, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros7 Comments

Greeting Jane Goodall’s Chimpanzees of Gombe

On October 6, 2021January 31, 2022 By lori
Lori Robinson leads trip for Jane Goodall to Gombe Stream

Our boat lands on the  sandy shores of Gombe Stream National Park where 26 year old Jane Goodall and her mother Vanne first arrived in July, 1960.  Soon afterwards Dr. Jane’s ground […]

Posted in African Animals, Animal Experiences, global wildlife conservation, Jane Goodall, SafariTagged Chimpanzees, Gombe Park, Jane Goodall7 Comments

Animal Communication with a Chicken

On September 29, 2021May 7, 2022 By lori
Talking to a Chicken

“You want an animal communication session with your chicken?” I asked, not able to hide the myriad of thoughts racing through my mind. In the several years since I started […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, Animal Stories, Popular

How Touching Whales Helped Me Get A Divorce

On January 31, 2020March 22, 2021 By lori
Lori Robinson touching whales in Mexico

When one of the largest animals in the world surfaces within two feet of my kyak, and people scream from the upper deck of a nearby Santa Barbara, California whale- […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, Animal Stories, Inspiration, Wildlife11 Comments

Great African Safaris are Not Tours

On April 16, 2019January 30, 2022 By lori
women only safaris with Lori Robinson

“Great African safaris are not tours. They are experiences.” Lori Robinson, Safari Specialist Since 2004 There are many reasons why you shouldn’t wait to go on a safari. You can […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, SafariTagged on safari.1 Comment

The Rock with an Elephant Soul

On October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 By lori
Your Cansell paints elephant rock in Northern Rangelands trust

My safari guide says, “there’s a rock painting” he wants to show me.  I’m in the Northern Rangelands region of  Kenya, staying at Sarara and their newer sister camp, The […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, Elephants, global wildlife conservation, Inspiration13 Comments

African Elephant Safari

On June 11, 2017May 14, 2022 By lori
Lori Robinson on Becoming an Animal Communicator

Being with African Elephants on safari is unlike being around any other animal.   Elephants are like us, but better, says Daphne Sheldrick. They share consciousness and emotions, elaborate communication and […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, Elephants, SafariTagged Jabu, Morula9 Comments

Giraffes: Passion, Candy and Kisses

On March 2, 2016July 13, 2017 By lori

It’s an unexplainable phenomena. Through all the years I’ve been leading safaris in Africa, with no understanding of how or why it happens, each group has more sightings of one […]

Posted in Animal Experiences, SafariTagged giraffes13 Comments

Kissing Giraffe at Giraffe Manor

On February 1, 2016January 18, 2022 By lori
baby giraffe from Saving Wild

I’ve been in Africa many times on my birthday and this year my present to myself is staying here in Nairobi at the Giraffe Manor. It’s one of my favorite […]

Posted in African Animals, Animal Experiences, PopularTagged giraffe, Giraffe Center, Giraffe Manor, Nairobi Hotels28 Comments

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