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ORYX’s Vanishing Tribes of the Omo Valley Tour will take us to one of the wildest and most ethnically diverse places on Earth – the Omo Valley. This is a cultural photo experience during which we will interact with several tribal communities who still live almost exactly as they did hundreds of years ago. Sadly, … Read more
When you get to travel to an area that rivals the Omo Valley in photographic opportunities, you know you’ve got a special trip at your disposal! Found on the World Heritage list, Lake Turkana is in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province and the Kenyan tribes residing on its shores live a traditional life as hunter-gatherers and … Read more
Mongolia is a vast central Asian country boasting a rich history, with its most notable inhabitant the famous Genghis Khan whose 13th Century empire spread vast distances across Eurasia. Mongolia remains a wild, sparsely inhabited nation – indeed it is the world’s second largest landlocked country, and has one of the lowest population densities of … Read more
A Svalbard Photo Tour in Winter is a unique photo experience that very few photographers have had the pleasure of experiencing. During the months of March and April the light conditions on Svalbard are quite simply magical with soft, pastel shades of orange, pink and blue that bathe the landscapes in an otherworldly light that … Read more
Photographing Royal Bengal Tigers in their natural environment for the first time has often been said to be a “never to be forgotten moment” in life. With this species combination of sheer size and muscular stature, the raw power it exudes with every step it takes, the wild beauty found behind its eyes, and of … Read more
So true! I’ve just gotten back from another one of my Omo Valley tours with 3 ORYX clients where this quote played in the back of my mind day in and day out as we travelled the dust roads on either side of the Omo River, visiting the magnificent Surma, Hamar, Karo and Mursi tribes. … Read more
The power of photography truly knows no bounds. It opens the photographer to a different world, to one where we start looking at everyday subjects around us with refreshed eyes as we start to see the potential stories that surround us. When going on a ORYX Photo Tour, we are further encouraged to take a … Read more
I haven’t visited a more photographically diverse place than Madagascar. “What lens should I bring along today?” was a question that fellow ORYX photo tour leader Dale Morris and I had trouble answering whilst hosting ORYX’s Madagascar Photographic tour in 2017. The one minute we’re photographing a lemur up close, the next minute there’s an … Read more
Portal Point, Antarctica Portal Point – my guests’ and my first landing in Antarctica. Ever. Our first experience of Antarctica. Ever. It was so much more than I have ever dreamed, and I know my guests’ feelings reflected those of mine. It shone in their eyes and smiles. Such spectacular scenery surrounded us. Ice-blue icebergs … Read more
This was an excursion that made me feel very reflective, and cradled a somber atmosphere close to it. Many, many years ago, this area was teeming with whales. There have been accounts recorded from people who worked there of seeing hundreds of whales within this natural harbor’s walls. Now? There are none, as Grytviken is … Read more
