They say it’s who you know. I say it’s rather what and who they know. For my trip to Zakouma National Park in Chad, I chose Zambezi after establishing that the company’s managing director, John Berry, and his righthand lady, Amanda DeSimone, had both visited the reserve.
When I left the UK on 14 March 2020, Covid-19 had barely raised its head at airports, and the only time I had my temperature taken was in N’Djamena.