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Penny Robartes 
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I recently completed a private photo safari with a repeat client. While both small group and private phot tours each have their own merits, the beauty with my guest embarking on private photo tour with me was that we could work on her specific goals and interests for the duration of our time together. … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Whether booked as a private photo safari, or run as a group photo tour, my Kenya – Life of Predators Photo Tour has always given my guests a wonderful wildlife photography and experiential adventure.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”50775″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While the name insinuates that the photo tour is about the predators of the Mara, our photographic exploration in … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Giza Mrembu; a Beautiful Darkness. A truly apt name for a melanistic Leopard whom has captured the attention and dreams of wildlife photographers and naturalists around the globe. As a professional wildlife photographer and international photographic tour leader, I was inexplicably drawn to this cat whose behaviour is as interesting as her aesthetics, from a … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Part 1: Laikipia Wilderness, Kenya [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”49830″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In July 2023, I joined 3 repeat private safari guests on a photo tour that was pretty wild and mesmerizing. While these ladies are a lover of nature and its wildlife, they are fans of African felines and so I out together a photo tour … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Part 2: MalaMala Private Game Reserve While we had a great wildlife and photographic experience at Ngala, I was extremely excited to be back at MalaMala and to show mu guests exactly why this reserve is one of my ultimates to travel to for wildlife photography. As with Ngala that lies north of … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Part 1: Ngala Private Game Reserve It is March, and I get to welcome my regular private guests from Austria on a photo safari to two iconic wildlife areas in South Africa during a season that they have never experienced before. Welcome to Ngala & MalaMala Private Game Reserves in South Africa … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In May 2023, I led a couple on a private Photo Tour to Tswalu Private Game Reserve. Tswalu is a luxury eco-tourism property that was pioneered by the Oppenheimer family’s vision to restore the astounding biodiversity of the Kalahari and support sustainable conservation. It is the biggest privately protected wildlife reserve in South Africa. … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] And the whirlwind of a year of travel continues! Having returned back from Tswalu in the Kalahari where I led a private photo tour, a week before this tour commenced, it’s been an epic year of guiding my guests to incredible wildlife destinations such as Tanzania for culture & wildlife photo tours, both private … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] In my previous blog post, Tribes of the Southern Serengeti, I wrote about the cultural photographic experience my guests and I had on two different private photo tours that took place in January and March 2023. When in the Southern Serengeti, it is hard to not be taken in by the utter beauty … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] India,home to over a billion people in arguably the world’s richest cultural landscape, India is an a Asian photographic destination with no equal. This great nation boasts staggering geographical diversity ranging from deserts and forests to tropical, palm-lined shores and snow-capped peaks. Bewilderingly beautiful, India’s overflow of colour and variety of wildlife, people and … Read more
