His knowledge was honed by the briefings he gave to passengers when flying them to the camps and lodges in the Okavango, Linyanti, Chobe and the neighbouring Victoria Falls area.
Meet James H, a safari expert at Yellow Zebra Safaris. He is a professional pilot and he has an in-depth knowledge of Botswana and South Africa.
His knowledge was honed by the briefings he gave to passengers when flying them to the camps and lodges in the Okavango, Linyanti, Chobe and the neighbouring Victoria Falls area.
James' experience within the industry comes from years working as a senior training captain for Wilderness Safaris (Botswana's leading lodge owner) and as a camp manager at &Beyond's Phinda Game Reserve. He has spent many years flying clients across Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe and has stayed in many camps across the region. James has dual citizenship and a family home in South Africa. At Yellow Zebra, James works as a Southern Africa specialist with a focus on Botswana, South Africa and Victoria Falls.
James returns to South Africa every year to see his family and in 2017 he visited Cape Town, the Winelands, and Kruger and its private reserves.
Botswana, South Africa and Victoria Falls.
Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania and Mauritius.
James was born in Kent to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He developed a love for Africa during childhood trips starting from a very young age, normally being the youngest guest in the camps. When he finished school he moved to South Africa and studied to be a commercial pilot with the aim of flying in the bush. When not flying he made sure to exercise his camping, tracking, birding and photography skills on self-drives.
In July 2017 James and his wife (who he met in Botswana) decided to start their married life back in the UK.
James has an extensive knowledge of Botswana, South Africa and Victoria Falls. All of these are destinations he knows inside out and they are the areas he focuses on at Yellow Zebra.
I am so fortunate to have a wealth of magical memories from Africa. It is therefore very difficult to single out the most memorable of them all, but it would probably have to be Christmas in the Timbavati in 1996.
Christmas is a special time when you are 9 years old, but when you are from the Northern Hemisphere and it’s conventional to have cold wintery weather, a first Christmas in South Africa’s summer is certainly memorable.
We were staying at &Beyond’s Ngala Safari Lodge, and the world was so green and alive. I went to bed on Christmas Eve and during the night there was a tropical-style downpour. I woke up excited for presents, but little did I know that there had been so much overnight rain that the bone-dry riverbeds we had seen on the previous day’s game drive had transformed into raging torrents. For me and many others this was an excellent present, especially since it meant Land Rover river crossings were in order, quite the Christmas adventure!
"Yellow Zebra Safaris, Motswari and James Harrington make a dream come true! The entire process was a pleasure and I can't say enough about the experience itself. I would highly recommend Yellow Zebra Safaris to anyone seeking a fabulous African adventure."
Chitabe Camp is widely regarded as one of Okavango’s finest game-viewing camps.
Nxamaseri Lodge is best known as a fishing lodge, but is also particularly good for birdlife, as there is a fantastic range of waterbirds here.
Intimate, unspoiled, and full of character, Zarafa is one of our favourite camps anywhere.
This is a great camp with access to game-driving areas as good as any other camp in the region.
Jacana Camp is located in the Jao Reserve, a private reserve that’s one of the most naturally beautiful parts of the entire Delta.
Vumbura Plains Camp is the flagship of the concession and one of Africa’s most luxurious safari camps. It’s also one of Africa’s most expensive properties.
