The Man Who Reads the Desert

Super Sande started out fixing tyres, unblocking toilets and patching tents at Jack's Camp. Thirty-two years later, he's regarded as one of Africa's greatest safari guides. Peter Allison sits down with his old friend and safari partner to talk about learning to read the Makgadikgadi, why the best guides never stop paying attention, mentoring young guides and how a simple introduction to a neighbouring village grew into schools, clinics and the Elephant Express - proof that conservation starts with people.