A safari guide tells true stories of life in South Africa's Kruger National Park and Botswana's Okavango Delta. Written with gentle humour evocative of Gerald Durrell.

Only 19 when he left Australia, Peter Allison arrived in Africa thinking he'd have a short holiday before going home to a 'proper job'. But Peter ended up falling in love with the continent and its wildlife, and after a few years was hired by Southern Africa's largest safari operator to train all their experts; over a decade later, his short holiday in Africa still isn't over.