Documenting the Spiritual Capital of India Prelude: Before I met my guests for the Ranthambore section of our tour, and therefore the beginning of our Tigers & Varanasi Photo Tour 2019, I arrived a few days earlier in India to visit Varanasi for 2 full days to familiarize myself with the city in order to … Read more
Into Tiger Land I walked down the hall towards the lobby. It was nearly time to meet my guests and having personally travelled with 2 out of the 4 ladies, and knowing the 3rd, I knew that my guests would be at the designated meeting place earlier than the confirmed time. Rounding the corner and … Read more
In the build up to World Rhino Day, we at ORYX are pleased to announce our latest donation of US$6,315 to our conservation partners Rhino’s Without Borders. This brings us to a total of US$24,636 in support of these iconic animals. The Rhinos Without Borders project has seen significant progress, and it is an honour for us to be playing our small part in the protection of this planet. Below is a selection of Rhino images from a few of our Photo Tour Leaders and Partners. We hope you enjoy!
Here at ORYX, we offer a photo tour that offers a rare opportunity to spot and photograph the world’s rarest big cat, the Snow Leopard. In conjunction with the same guides and trackers as BBC’s Planet Earth II, this photo safari takes you into the heart of the Himalayan Mountains, which supports the world’s highest … Read more
Tigers are truly majestic, a jewel in Indian wildlife tourism. ORYX Guest, Shobha Gopinath, details her experience of photographing the regal cat in Ranthambore National Park on recent India photography tour. (This article originally appeared on Shobha Gopinath’s travel blog, “Travel Tales From Here and There.” Noor’s thoughts: The sun is relentless. The temperature has soared to … 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
Tiger, tiger burning bright. That’s how the poem starts… My guests and I are here in Ranthambore National Park on our tiger photography tour, in North-West Indian state of Rajasthan, and this striped beauty that we are photographing is not burning bright; but rather, burning up. It’s April, one of the driest “Warmest” months in … 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
India is a country that is bewilderingly beautiful. Its overflow of colour and variety of wildlife, people and topography are truly diverse, and it is this juxtaposition of widely varied themes that makes India so compelling. It’s a country that is as unique as the stripes on a tiger! A dedicated India Tiger Tour is … Read more
