|   About/By Thomson Staff, Giving Back

Thomson Safaris Runs for the Elephants

We’re proud to announce Thomson Safaris along with the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos is hosting a 5k run to raise funds...

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  |   Wildlife

Africa’s Endangered Species by the Numbers

Around 100 years ago, wildlife in Africa flooded the plains in droves. Hundreds of thousands of rhinos, and lions and millions ...

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

The Nose Knows: Amazing Elephant Trunks

Elephant trunks are much more than oversized snouts! These amazing appendages are integral to almost every part of an elephant’...

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

Guinea Pig Lookalikes, Elephant Cousins: Rock Hyraxes

We’ve all thought it before, at the big extended-family reunion, or the more-the-merrier holiday celebration or wedding: “am I...

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

Be A Number One Tracker…of Number Twos

There are many signs guides use in the field to help them find animals; the nearest source of water, the flick of a tail from...

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

How The Big Five Made The Cut

We tell all our guests to keep an eye out for the “big five” species—lion, rhinoceros, leopard, cape buffalo, and elephant—beca...

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  |   A Safari Category List, About/By Thomson Staff

My Experience at the International March for Elephants

  Thomson Safaris staffer, Katie Ann Havas marched to raise awareness of the illegal ivory trade at the International March for...

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