Books by Neil Robins

What do cheetahs get up to?Whilst on safari in northern Botswana, Gabriel and his clients watch an adult cheetah, he later calls Charlie, walking along in the bush. Later, in his tent, Gabriel wonders to himself what a cheetah might do during a typical day on the savannah. He imagines Charlie meeting many other species of animals and birds, eventually going to the exciting ostrich races with his brother and sister. At the end of Charlie's "day", when the races have finished, Gabriel imagines all three cheetahs settling down on the river bank to watch the sunset and listen to the sounds of their home, Africa.

These are the adventures of two safari guides in Africa. As best friends since their early days at school, each of them has developed a passion and an abiding love for the ways of Africa, its culture and its fauna and flora. The opportunity to pass on their knowledge and experience of their environment to others is for them, an added bonus.Their stories take us on a variety of individual journeys where for instance, Sam and his clients survive a terrifying lion charge; where we witness an extraordinary event involving a stricken zebra foal at a lonely waterhole. We read about Gabriel and the buffalo, and how the realities of life and death on the Savannah are brought dramatically home to one unfortunate traveller, and we experience the greed and cruelty of animal poaching.The wild waters of the "Mighty Zambezi" very nearly claim the life of one of our guides, whilst another finds himself trapped by an unfamiliar species. Finally, we read about what can go wrong on safaris, either through mistakes or sheer bad luck. Wherever they go and whatever adventures they have, Sam and Gabriel's primary goal is to enable travellers from many parts of the world, to be a part of a unique experience that will remain with them forever.