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Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley

BHS Safari Company

Campfire Conversations is hosted by safari guide, Brett Horley, and welcomes listeners to a virtual fireside chat in Africa. Over a drink of choice and alongside a campfire, Brett sits down with a variety of special guests and friends who lead adventurous lives and careers in the bush. These stories are real memories, experiences, and opinions intended to entertain and allow listeners an escape to Africa. Pour yourself a cold one and join us!

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S5 E10: Jeff Hyer - travel advisor, nature show host,...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2025/06/18

This Campfire Conversation brings Montana-native Jeff Hyer and South African oke Brett Horley together in the misty mountains of Magoebaskloof, and it is a chat all about nature destinations (Africa and around the world), making childhood dreams come true, near-death experiences, an undying loyalty to Swarovski Optics, and discussing why people choose to go on safari (and why they don’t).A few things you should know about our famous friend before you go find him and subscribe to his YouTube

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00:26:32

S5 E9: Deep dive into Zambia with BHS safari experts...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2025/05/28

Last year, we had a bumper Zambia safari season, which got us excited about a deep-dive episode dedicated to it, but we have been singing the praises of this destination for years. It is known as the "rising giant" and it truly does feel like it's still somewhat untapped. After Covid, a relatively lesser known Lower Zambezi National Park gained popularity, but don’t let that fool you - it’s still spoilingly uncrowded. Our BHS safari experts, Jo Cooper and Geraldine Morelli, come

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00:32:37

S5 E8: Safari stories with special guests, Darryl &...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2025/05/07

Darryl and Paul are two treasured BHS safari guests, and by this point we've lost track of who drives the adventure - us or them? Either way, the stories that have accumulated over these epic trips we've shared are worth putting on a platform like this. There have been high highs - moments that are impossible to replicate - and there have been automotive breakdowns that have lasted hours, batteries that burst into flames, and somewhere in between we've found the perfect balance of adventure and

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S5 E7: Jeff Williams & Pat Goodwin with Brett Horley

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2025/04/16

In this episode, Brett celebrates good friends Jeff Williams’ and Patricia Goodwin’s brand new book - Dangerous Animals of Southern & Eastern Africa. This long-awaited conversation that details not only the entertaining stories and fascinating encounters that led to the content in their book, but also 15 years of shared experiences in special places that BHS has been a part of. With the greatest of pleasures, Brett sat down with Jeff and Pat in Hoedspruit (featuring European bee-eaters, crested

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00:18:55

S5 E6: Gary Franklin & Brett Horley - 13 years of safari

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2025/03/21

https://www.bhs-safari.co/Gary is one of the original BHS travellers, putting his adventurous spirit in the hands of a 20-something Brett Horley almost 13 years ago when he was a guide on a conservation course. Sleeping under the stars and walking the rocky baobab-strewn outcrops of Mapungubwe was only the beginning of the Franklin explorations, which now span more than a decade with BHS. Camping out in a sweltering hide in the Kruger National Park, celebrating 20th wedding anniversaries with best

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00:26:45

S5 E5: Mércia Ângela - wildlife vet in Gorongosa...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2025/02/07

Dr Mércia Ângela raced from a meeting in Maputo about rabies disease control to join us virtually for this campfire conversation, so we are very grateful that she carved out the time to talk to us! This Mozambican veterinarian is part of the superpower team that is rebuilding and expanding the biodiversity of “Africa’s Lost Eden” - Gorongosa National Park. A destination that is HIGH on the wishlist for many of our safari goers, and indeed ourselves. We’re travelling to Gorongosa with guests in

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00:33:30

S5 E4: Suyash Keshari - India & tiger safari expert

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2025/01/09

Joining us from Delhi - headquarters of Ameliya Safaris - is Indian safari guide, filmmaker & on-screen presenter Suyash Keshari, who you are more than likely to have stumbled across on social media. His popular following is a testament to the addictive nature of his exciting wildlife content, and after working with Suyash to plan a tiger safari for repeat guests of ours, we knew we wanted him in the hotseat to talk more about his country and its complex and incredible wildlife offering.Suyash

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00:28:11

S5 E3: Dr Ian Whyte - Kruger Park animal scientist...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/12/04

Dr Ian Whyte joins us on the podcast for the second time - back by popular demand after his tales from a 30+ year-long career in the Kruger National Park left our audience wanting more.This episode follows on with even more stories from Ian's life in wildlife conservation, where close calls, hair-raising encounters, and what Ian calls "dodgy moments" in his career, leave us with no doubt that he has a very hard working Fairy Godmother! The bond he created with wild lions during the many years

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00:40:08

S5 E2: Grant Beverley & Andrew Briscoe - Kruger...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/11/14

Do you know “the Kruger Park shop smell”? How many little round soaps with their white waxy packaging and green SANParks sticker do you have in your toiletry bag? Grant Beverley reckons one could bottle the smell, sell it overseas and make a small fortune from nostalgic expats. Andrew Briscoe describes his Kruger memories as “formative” and remembers a cheetah kill from 1994 like it was yesterday. Brett Horley’s favourite Kruger moments are the skottle breakfasts, and putting together the camping

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00:54:06

S5 E1: Ben Coley - African Astronomy & Celestial Events

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/10/22

Ben Coley is a Professional Field Guide and Astronomy Educator who believes "Astronomy is the root of everything and to understand it is to achieve the ultimate connection with nature."For nearly two decades, he has entertained his guests with tales of the heavens as a part of their safari experience, and he has authored FGASA’s Specialist Astronomy Qualification, weaving an astronomical passion and knowledge to the country's advanced guiding qualifications. Having worked with Ben in the past to

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00:26:17

S4 E9: Destinations Unknown (ft. Pedro Quirino & Jo...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/05/15

Have you ever heard of Socotra? Neither had we, until we met Pedro Quirino - a Portuguese tour guide, eternal adventurer, and outdoors enthusiast who has travelled to this mysterious "treasure island" off the Horn of Africa and has introduced us to scenes we could only compare to something out of Avatar. Once we heard about this island of biodiversity that used to belong to the ancient continent of Gondwana, we got to researching and are now of the understanding that this is one

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00:31:11

S4 E8: Destination Zambia (ft. Alaska) with Brett...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/04/24

Our destination of 2024 and 2025 - Zambia - is a "rising giant", an enigmatic safari destination that delivers just as much punch whether it's a first-time or many-time repeat destination. Its alluring national parks are sprawled between major river systems, floodplains, swamps, and ancient trees, and you can explore by boat, on foot, in a canoe, and on game drive. Leopard sightings that match and surpass the Sabi Sand, crazy bat migrations, wild dogs, swamp lions, shoebills, hippos,

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00:28:56

S4 E7: Christina "Mufasa" van der Merwe

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/04/03

This episode comes with a PG warning, and it couldn't be more entertaining. These are truly the UNTOLD stories from behind the scenes on safari involving guides, guests, friends, and colleagues in the industry that some might never have considered would make it onto a podcast. But thanks to our treasured friend and superior safari chef, Christina “Mufasa” van der Merwe, we have a no holds barred Campfire Conversation that takes us through reels of bush bloopers that’ll have you belly laughing

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S4 E6: Destination Botswana with Brett Horley & Jo...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/03/13

Welcome to another destination-focused episode of the podcast, hosted by Brett. In this Campfire Conversation, Brett is joined by Jo, who is, by now, a regularly featured safari expert on the pod and who's got bush stories crazy enough to match Brett's. When it comes to Botswana, there are stories upon stories of rogue wildlife in campsites, breakdowns, black-outs, and utterly mesmerising moments in some the world's most pristine natural ecosystems.Brett travels to Botswana on average 6

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00:23:00

S4 E5: Ambrose Letoluai ft. Charlotte Arthun - Black...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/02/21

Seeking out the rare and enigmatic creatures of this wild continent has always been a primary motivator for BHS and speaks right to our Explorer archetype. So, when there was barely a chance (but a chance nonetheless) to see a black leopard in Africa back in 2017, Brett and a couple of die-hard friends set off to meet the researchers and guides who had been tracking these elusive cats in a dramatically vast landscape, and that's when we first crossed paths with the legendary Ambrose Letoluai.A

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00:29:56

S4 E4: Dr Ian Whyte

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/02/07

Retired animal scientist, elephant specialist, and ornithologist with a career that spanned 37 years at South African National Parks (SANParks), Dr Ian "Masthulele" Whyte has published papers on managing Kruger National Park's elephant population, the value of elephants vs biodiversity, elephants as a keystone species, different contraceptive methods, and translocation issues, to name a few. This episode is a conversation with a LEGEND. Dr Whyte was one of Brett's earliest

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00:28:40

S4 E3: Destination Uganda with Brett Horley & Jo Cooper

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2024/01/11

This episode is the first in a series of destination-focused episodes we'll be sharing in this season of the podcast. We're re-introducing you to Jo Cooper, who was our very first guest back in 2020 in season 1 - he is a safari guru, overland extraordinaire, an expert at African border crossings, navigating roadside marketplaces in the most bustling cities across southern and eastern Africa, and he's as at home on the beach as he is in the bush. Since our first chat in 2020, Jo has

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00:41:24

S4 E2: Dr Kyle & Carrie Middleton - Ground-hornbill...

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2023/12/21

Kyle (recently completing his PhD) and Carrie (currently working on her PhD) have been leading the research and conservation of southern ground-hornbills in the Greater Kruger Park for the last seven years as part of a longterm study run by the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology that has spanned the last 23 years. They've tracked breeding behaviour, group dynamics, vocalisations, and the impact of changing environmental factors on these endangered "thunderbirds" through

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00:26:12

S4 E1: Ian Harmer (ft. Jo Cooper)

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2023/11/21

Devoted Zimbabwean and professional guide of over 34 years, Ian Harmer is an experienced and passionate anti-poaching ranger with a convincing argument for legalising the rhino horn trade. He is a human historian and salt of the Earth human himself who "grew up in the hills" outside Bulawayo and still lives there. He called in to talk to us from his home in the magical Matobo Hills, while we sat on the banks of the Klaserie River. We shared a couple of Windhoek lagers as we discussed the

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01:41:33

S3 E4: Matt Lindenberg & Justin Sullivan

Campfire Conversations with Brett Horley ·

2023/07/24

This one's been a long time in the making... What started as an exploratory conversation between Brett and his two guests - friends, Matt Lindenberg and Justin Sullivan - has now (a year later) become a relationship between colleagues and collaborators of BHS in conservation and in epic adventures. A lot has happened since this recording, including the tragic loss of Anton Mzimba, a friend and an inspiring leader in the treacherous world of anti-poaching. We listen to this with a sense of

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