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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Ethiopia, a country located in the Horn of Africa, is bisected by the Great Rift Valley and to many, this may conjure images of caustic lakes, searing rock and desolate thornscrub, however these features belie the fact that this is country is home to highly fertile soils and abundant rainfall in the highlands that … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As a child growing up in a Welsh slum beneath an ever-present drizzle of rain, Dale Morris suspected there might be more to life than collieries and damp sheep. He had seen glimpses of a wider, vastly more wonderful world in wildlife documentaries. Steamy jungles full of glamorous primates. Arctic ice flows where white … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Ethiopia, a country located in the Horn of Africa, is bisected by the Great Rift Valley and to many, this may conjure images of caustic lakes, searing rock and desolate thornscrub, however these features belie the fact that this is country is home to highly fertile soils and abundant rainfall in the highlands that … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “There are big days and there are small days – which will it be?” This line from Warhorse played on my mind as I struck out from Johannesburg for Addis Ababa to lead my first Ethiopia photography tour. Not only was it my first time to the country but the photographic focus of the … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ethiopia’s tourism growth rates are increasing exponentially, and for good reason. The country is rich in culture, history, geographic splendor and of course wildlife. I have led multiple photographic tours to Ethiopia’s Omo Valley to photograph remote tribes, but this would be the first time I venture to the Bale and Simien Mountains in search … Read more
ORYX’s “Suri Tribe Photo Tour” will take you to one of the wildest corners of Ethiopia – Kibish in the Omo Valley. This is a cultural photo tour during which we will interact with, and photograph the Suri Tribe community. Sadly, development and the ravages of modernization are threatening this unique tribe, and as such … Read more
ORYX’s “Suri Tribe Photo Tour” will take you to one of the wildest corners of Ethiopia – Kibish in the Omo Valley. This is a cultural photo tour during which we will interact with, and photograph the Suri Tribal community. Sadly, development and the ravages of modernization are threatening this unique tribe, and as such … Read more
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
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
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1606815059005{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]He quickly shifted his AK47 when he noticed me starring at the barrel which was jolting from side to side as we navigated the bumpy gravel road en route to Surma territory, home the Suri people. I wasn’t fazed though… it doesn’t take long to get comfortable and … Read more
