3 Sept, 2011 - Documentary on the Camel
The UK's Channel 4, as part of their documentary series 'Inside Nature's Giants', has recently looked at the Camel - 30 August 2011. The documentary is based in Australia where Dromedary camels were introduced in the 19th century for transport as the country was developed. Eventually no longer needed they were left to roam wild and now number well over a million and form the largest feral camel population in the world. However their success as a non-indigenous species with no natural predators has meant some culling has to take place.
The programme is focused on showing - through a dissection of a culled camel - how the camel is so well adapted to desert environments; a fascinating insight into the camel's anatomy and physiology that enables it to deal with heat and lack of water. Inside Nature's Giants: The Camel
15 Aug, 2011 - Slide Shows and Video Clips
We are organising our photographs - and some from expedition members - into slide shows. Some are now available under the 'Photos+Videos' section, so if you need to travel briefly into the desert from your desk.......
21 Dec, 2010 - THE WIND OF CHANGE EXPEDITION 2012-2016* 2013-2017
The World’s first Oceans and Rivers Circumnavigation.
Many people have sailed around the world. But no one has ever made a continuous circumnavigation via the ‘land route’, travelling the two greatest rivers on the planet – the Amazon and the Nile, and the two greatest oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic.
* Further preparation time required as we need to develop our own boat for the expedition.
See top menu bar for further information.
NEW SPECIES - Who says the world is all explored? - ten new species only scratches the surface of what has been found this decade...
"Decade of Discovery, a collaboration between Conservation International and the BBC's Natural History Unit, will be broadcast at 20.00BST on Tuesday 14 December on BBC Two".
CHECK OUT OUR JOURNAL FOR NEW ARTICLES ON DESERT SURVIVAL SKILLS
9 Dec, 2010 - Christmas Gift to the one you love: CONFLUENCE HUNTING - Tailor made expeditions to go where no man or woman has been before.
There are still a few 'confluence points'- where lines of longitude and latitude meet- that have never been visited by human kind- well not in the last 5000 years- that lie in the Egyptian Sahara. Some are behind monstrous dunes requiring a 10-15km walk in. At some stage someone will probably go and claim them- so why not you? Be a real explorer- just like Scott and Amundsen- and go to a theoretical point- like the Pole- and claim it for yourself.
For more on the delectable pastime of confluence hunting click on the Degree Confluence Projectand check out our journal for articles about it.
To make this expedition work we'll need a minimum of four people- or two paying double- a maximum of eight and it will take nine days - basically two weekends and a week. The cost will be no more than 2000 euro a person. This is a tailor made so you'll need to get your group or wallet primed before we set it up.
LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP (LRDG) JOURNEY USING WWII JEEPS
NEW 2 December 2010
If you have an interest in the LRDG or would just like a special adventure in the Western Desert with WWII jeeps then this journey being organised and run by Toby Savage is an unique opportunity.
Image from Tony Savage's Website © Tony Savage
Veteran sahara explorer Toby Savage will be leading this epic Long Range Desert Group inspired journey using two WW2 jeeps in Easter 2011.
They still have places on what is a genuine first of its kind since the end of the second world war.
More information at TobySavage LRDG
The LRDG, the brainchild of Brigadier Ralph Bagnold, was an elite special force, an intelligence gathering unit with the unoffical motto - "Not by strength but by guile". Bagnold had earlier explored the Egyptian desert with other explorers known informally as the Zerzura club; he put this knowledge to use during the war. The Explorer School are lucky to have a piece of silica glass donated by one of the last members of the Zerzura club fellow LRDG founder Rupert Harding Newman.
DESERT JOURNEY - GILF KEBIR AND THE GREAT SAND SEA
UPDATE 15 September 2010
As explained below we are unable to organise and run our desert expedition this winter because of new regulations recently announced by the Egyptian government which affect the area we wanted to explore below latitude N23.
However if you are interested in seeing the northern part of Gilf Kebir including pre-historic rock art sites 
(with a day of exploring a valley system on foot) and the great sand sea then we would like to recommend a trip being organised by our friend Mahmoud Mohareb of Tribe Expeditions.
The journey, which starts and finishes in Cairo, lasts 15 days (14 nights) and runs from 21 Dec 2010 to 4 January 2011.
The outline itinerary is:
Cairo- Fayoum- Valley of Whales – Bahariya – White Desert – Dakhla – Mud Lions – Central Gilf Kebir – Bagnold Stone Circle – Wadi Assib – Aqaba Pass – Wadi Sura ( swimmers cave – Mestikawi-Foggini Cave ) – Plateaux Top –Lama Monument - Wadi Hamra – Exploration Area – Silica Glass Area – Clayton Camp – Great Sand Sea – Petrified Forest – Birr Wahed – Siwa Oasis – Marsa Matruh – AL Alamein – Cairo .
Although a different kind of journey compared to our intended expedition this will be an adventure where you will see many things and get a wonderful taste of the desert, camping under the stars in remote places, and see ancient pre-historic rock art. You will also get to visit the unique Siwa oasis after travelling up through the stunning dune corridors of the great sand sea.
Download a day-by-day itinerary with pictures and description, and contact details:
Gilf Kebir and Great Sand Sea
NEW DESERT EXPEDITION - GILF KEBIR
UPDATE 30 August 2010
We regret to say that because of new regulations recently announced by the Egyptian government we shall be unable to run our expedition this year. For us to go to our exploration area (below latitude N23) we would have to take eight armed policemen as well as the usual military officer which apart from being prohibitively expensive would also change the nature of the expedition along with uncertainty about control of what we could or could not do on the ground each day. The introduction of this new regulation does not seem to be due to any new security assessment.
However we are looking to make suggestions for people who would like to visit the Gilf Kebir area above latitude N23 and will post details shortly.
Richard.
DESERT EXPEDITION FROM DAKHLA TO SIWA OASIS.
First people to walk the Great Sand Sea
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At the Roman temple Deir al-Hagar where Rohlfs and his team inscribed their names at the top of a pillar
It is with great pleasure that we announce the successful completion of the 2009-2010 expedition which followed in the camel tracks and footsteps of the 1874 Rohlfs' expedition.
Over a year in preparation and 27 days in the desert we managed the same route that Rohlfs followed but did not lose any camels (he lost ten) though we came close on one occasion.
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In the great sand sea following a dune corridorThe route took us through 700km of the most turbulently dune filled areas in the world. We found hidden valleys never before visited (there were no tracks in some places for days), stone tools, flint knapping stations, a cache of pots in good condition and some of the most spectacular desert scenery we have ever seen.
The final team were: Richard Mohun, Robert Twigger, Claudia Grimm, Piers Dunn, Patrick McHugh, Dr John Crockett, Ali Zeydan, Hassan Massut, Salah and Abdullah Hamed.
Unlike Rohlfs, who rode a horse and camel some of the way, Twigger, Mohun and Crockett eschewed camel travel to walk the entire distance by foot, thus becoming the first people ever to traverse the Great Sand Sea this way.
4th February, 2010