Heads up: some links are affiliate links. It’s 4am in the Masai Mara. The air is cold enough that you can see your breath. You’re wearing every layer you packed, clutching a cup of coffee that’s already going lukewarm, waiting to climb into a Land Cruiser with people you met eighteen hours ago. Your guide […]

Heads up: some links are affiliate links. I get ridiculously seasick. I’ve also been on six Baja trips and have made nearly every gear mistake the Sea of Cortez can throw at you. This is what I’ve learned to pack, what I’ve learned to skip, and what I wish I’d known before my first expedition. […]

I went to Baja the first time because of Instagram. I’m not too proud to admit it — I get sold to by social media like everyone else. Six trips later, I’m not planning to stop. Jacques Cousteau called the Sea of Cortez “the aquarium of the world,” and the phrase does more work than […]

Heads up: some links are affiliate links. Before I could pick up a camera — before I was even born — my parents lived in Africa. For most of the 1980s they were based in Botswana, moving through Zimbabwe, Liberia, and wherever else caught their attention. I grew up with the evidence of those years […]

If you plan a trip the way other people plan investments, this is for you. You research where the money goes, who runs the operation, what gets left behind when you leave. You read carefully. You travel slowly. You’d rather drive eight hours to a guide who knows the river than fly to one who […]