by Wendy Buckley | Jul 21, 2016
I have a fitness routine in Mfuwe of gym/run and bike ride. Gym work out is at a near by lodge Track & Trails and the owner Pete has set a small gym (as below) for guests and he is a gym junky and allows me to visit anytime. Due to Mfuwe having flat roads and...
by Wendy Buckley | Jul 7, 2016
Meet Chabota, she is the daughter of Harold Shumbwamuntu Flatdogs Camp Human Resource, Hospitality & Camp; Community Manager who not only secured our Zambian working permits for us back in December 2015 though both Jamie and I work very closely with Harold on a...
by Wendy Buckley | Jun 30, 2016
We love our home at Flatdogs, it has a beautiful karma with lots of windows, light, kitchen, big bathroom, bedroom downstairs and one upstairs, enormous walk in pantry for our mountain bikes (not much food) and a huge lounge & dining area. I went with a Moroccan...
by Wendy Buckley | Jun 30, 2016
Jamie and I flew out of Sydney June 12, 2016 heading back to work at Flatdogs with Jenny and Alyson my sisters on board. It was so sad to leave our family and friends though having Jenny and Al with us made it a bit easier. Emily (our deeply caring granddaughter )gave...
by Wendy Buckley | Jun 11, 2016
My desk is located in an office off from the Reception area which looks up the main access into the camp. I arrived at work on Friday and Richard our Nightwatchman who had worked the night shift escorting guess and watching out for the safety of the camp called me to...
by Wendy Buckley | Jun 11, 2016
Elephants rule in our camp, well not really rule though Flatdogs Camp is committed to protecting and working with these awesome animals. They are one of the most stunning and intelligent creatures on this planet and Flatdogs has herds walk through regularly eating the...
by Wendy Buckley | May 14, 2016
Shopping in Mfuwe is a very personal and fun experience and we thought it fun to share the experience with you and have attached a few short video clips.The main shopping street of Mfuwe, actually the only shopping street being the main drag of the town consists of...
by Wendy Buckley | Apr 29, 2016
Simply put Jamie and I after 8 weeks in camp feel we are on a detox from our fancy first world life we left behind in Sydney. The meaning of detox is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body…well it’s...
by Wendy Buckley | Apr 18, 2016
Being a worst case scenario type of person when Jamie and I agreed we would apply for work in a remote bush camp in Africa I wanted to prepare for as I say “worse case situations”. This sounds negative though I do like to take responsibility for myself and people...
by Wendy Buckley | Apr 8, 2016
The first moment I spotted an African Fish Eagle was at sunset on the Chobe River where it borders Botswana and Namibia back in 2007. The large bird was sitting silently on a high dead tree hunting for its dinner in the river. From that moment onwards I have been in...
