Africa Bites: Scrapes and Escapes in the African Bush
“This is the best book of short stories about Africa that I have ever read.”
– Peter Allison: “Don’t run whatever you Do” & “Don’t look behind You”
Lloyd takes you on an evocative fast-paced journey through some of the wildest places of Africa as he re-lives colourful vignettes from his career as a safari guide as well as his adventurous childhood.
He tells about the formative moments that have left him and his clients amazed, frightened and delighted by the manifold surprises that bush adventures always throw up.
This is a charming, funny, thoughtful and jaw-dropping series of tales that illustrate Lloyd’s enthusiastic delight in being in the wilderness with his clients. Forthright yet light-hearted, here is a story-teller whose suspenseful narrative emphasises the courage and resilience of the Africans (and clients!) that he encounters on his African odysseys.
Confessions of an African Safari Guide
“Truths, Tales and Taboos of the safari life”
So, who is the jeep-jockey in the khaki uniform and the sweat-stained hat, this person you entrust
your life to when you venture into the African wilderness? What’s his back-story, why is he even in
this bush-guiding gig, really…and what does he think of you? What secrets does he keep, what
chances does he take and what lies does he tell? And which colleagues and clients does he
remember? And why?
Lloyd Camp wrote about how thrilling and addictive African wildlife safaris are in his first book,
Africa Bites. In Confessions, Lloyd’s thoughtful stories continue to intrigue, provoke and amuse.
The enthralling and often bizarre world of safari guiding continually delivers evocative theatre;
now, Lloyd reveals some of the truths and tricks that ensure a dazzling safari experience, while
also underscoring the fervour, foibles and frailties of safari guides. His stories interrogate the
actions of the people he has worked with, laugh at some fondly held safari legends told as
inviolate truths, and question many of the casual life assumptions of the safari guests in his care.
Lloyd is not afraid to lampoon himself…or to poke fun at anyone else! This is a refreshingly
forthright view – edgy, heart-warming, personal, pointed, often hilarious, sometimes dark – of the
strange and compelling people, ludicrous predicaments and harsh realities that he has
encountered on his journeys through the African wilderness.
And if you think you recognise yourself in this book, you’re right!