John Varty & Tiger Canyon

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Tiger Canyons Safaris


Hello Friends
“The only constant in life is change”
Bertrand Russel.
After 18 years of doing tiger conservation, I am stepping down as head of Tiger Canyons. The day to day running of Tiger Canyons will be in the capable hands of Rodney Drew.
I will continue to do a limited amount of exclusive & big cat safaris including the Nine Lives Safari.
Nine Lives Safari
Itinerary:
1. The Nine Lives Safari starts at Tiger Canyons: 4 nights.
Visit the den site where JV put the lion cub Savannah into Julie’s litter.
Visit the den site where JV lay under Tigress Julie while the cubs suckled.
Visit the place where Ron swam across the Gariep River & mauled the cow.
Visit the tree where the monkey jumped out of the tree & tried to swim across the Gariep river.
Visit the site where Corbett attacked JV & relive the bravery of Julianne Reid, Julie Brown & Phumlani Mchunu.
Visit Tigress Julie’s grave where Tibo lay on the grave after Julie was buried.
2. Travel to Londolozi: 4 nights
Visit Shingalana camp from where Gill & JV rehabbed Shingalana.
Visit the site where Elmon Mhlongo stalked the rhino with Shingalana on his back.
Visit the site where the hyenas robbed Shingalana of her duiker kill.
Visit the Mashabene where the mother Leopard buried her cub in the sand after lions had killed it.
Visit Python rocks where a Python swallowed Manana’s cub & later re-gorged it after Manana attacked the Python.
3. Fly to Luangwa Valley: 4 nights
Visit Shingalana camp & Shingalana’s grave.
Visit Leopard island where Little Boy & Little Girl were released.
Visit the Luangwa River where JV addressed the Zambian Cabinet on privatization of the parks while Shingalana sat in the audience.
Visit the camp site on Leopard island where the camp burned down after Little Boy had bitten the gas pipe.
Visit the helicopter crash site & relive the incredible flying skills of Rob Parson & bravery of Karin Slater, John Knowles & Lloyd Gumede
Hear the story of Nelson Mandela visiting JV in the hospital at Milpark after the crash.
Visit the site of where the hippo knocked JV out of the banana boat.
Visit the site where a tuskless elephant cow chased JV for 3 kilometres.
Visit the Luangwa River where a fisherman rescued JV off the island after he was surrounded by crocs as told in the book Nine Lives.
4. Fly to Masai Mara: 4 nights
Visit the site where JV & Warren Samuels got the perfect Cheetah kill & later calculated her running speed at 58 miles per hour.
Visit the site at paradise crossing where 19 gazelles were taken by the crocs as they crossed the Mara river.
Visit the site of the famous Lion hunt where Ngotoi lost his life & Nanga lost his fingers & Sopia got mauled.
Visit the site where Half Tail got shot in mouth by an arrow from Oligashan’s bow & the Vet later removed the arrow.
Visit Sopia’s boma where Half Tail the Leopard got caught in the snare & then died as she jumped out of a tree.
Meet JV’s partners Lekakeny, Sopia and Cordylla & Karino.
Visit the site where the buffalo chased Karino & Elmon Mhlongo into a tree & JV was left on the ground.
Nine Lives Safari is an old style adventure with singing, dancing & story telling around the campfire. Accommodation in Luangwa & Masai Mara is under canvas.
Various people will join the Safari to relive the experiences including Julie Brown, Julieanne Reid, Elmon Mhlongo, Lekakany Sukuli, Karino Sukuli, Beatrice Ndutu, Gulam Patel, Yusuf Patel, Karin Slater, John Knowles, Lloyd Gumede, Warren & Heather Samuels, Andries Druksak.
The sixteen day Safari will be led by JV & Gillian van Houten.
If anyone is interested in going on this safari, then please contact Sunette: [email protected]
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