I find it deeply freeing when flying in a bush plane to look out of the window and see the landscape change from human-occupied land to more wild, remote and untouched wilderness. Nature has a way of instilling a peace that settles deep into your bones and opens your eyes to new attractions and experiences. … Read more
2018 saw the creation and execution of ORYX’s first scheduled photo safari to Botswana, my Savute & Khwai Photo Tour. With it being such a well-designed photo safari with stunning accommodations and locations, combined with excellent wildlife sightings and photo opportunities that exceeded all of our expectations, you can guess how excited I was to … Read more
A Private Photo Safari with Penny Robartes It started with a message on my Instagram account. A message filled with curiosity, hope, and a lot of commitment and excitement. My soon-to-be guest is an Elephant lover and had a desire to visit Botswana to witness and photograph the gentle giants that are found in this … Read more
Beautiful Botswana. Botswana, the beautiful. Whichever way you’d like to dub it, there is no doubt as to its aesthetic splendour. Funny that this should come from someone who has never even been to this part of Southern Africa but the Okavango Delta was on my bucket list long before I joined the ORYX team… … Read more
“Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer’s paradise… an escapist’s Utopia.” ~ Beryl Markham There is much to be said for this tour of visual and experiential contrasts. I have just returned from leading ORYX’s brand new tour offering to Botswana and I am still in a … Read more
I’d never stepped foot in Botswana prior to my visit to Duba Plains Expedition Camp – I most definitely want to return! Duba Plains is situated in the heart of the Okavango Delta – an ecological area famed for it’s natural beauty and abundant wildlife. It’s also fairly well known to be darn pricey. I … Read more
