Adventure tourism is a sector of the travel industry that our August edition cover sponsor, SATIB Insurance Brokers have specialised in for many years. Obtaining tailor-made liability risk transfer cover for adventure operators is no easy task, considering the diversity of potentially hazardous activities that are offered by adventure tourism operators (read more on pages 32-38).

The December edition front cover features one of the dominant male lions of several prides that roam free at Lalibela Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This issue explores the factors that affect game carrying capacity to establish why some game reserves provide more Big Five sightings than others (page 16). On the topic of conservation, we also look at the unfortunate consequences of wire snare poaching in game reserves (page 18).