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Sabi Sand: Big 5 Photo Tour with Penny Robartes

This new South Africa Photo Tour by ORYX could not have started on a more positive and upbeat note. Out of my small group of four guests, three were return guests with me not having seen the one gentleman since 2019. It was a happy reunion all round, and our new guest was enveloped into ... Read more
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Trip Report – Madikwe: Big 5 & Hides Photo Tour 2022

“Anything specific that you are interested in photographing?” I asked “Wild dogs!” they all replied. It’s a question I ask at the start of every photo tour and at most destinations this particular answer leaves me quite perturbed as wild dogs can be notoriously difficult to find, fortunately on ORYX's Madikwe Photo Tour, this is ... Read more
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Private South Africa Photo Tour with Penny Robartes – Part 2

After a phenomenal last morning at MalaMala and a delicious breakfast, we departed on our shuttle to Ngala Private Game Reserve which is a private concession located in the Timbavati Game Reserve. This area too, shares an unfenced border with the legendary Kruger National Park and therefore, animal and birdlife are prolific and rich. Ngala Private ... Read more
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South Africa: Private ORYX Photo Tour to MalaMala Game Reserve with Daniel Bailey

From the 28th June until the 2nd July 2022, I hosted a private ORYX photo tour to MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa. Once again MalaMala lived up to its reputation with great predator sightings. Over the course of four night stay we viewed, and photographed ten different leopards, two prides of lions, two male lion ... Read more
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Private Photo Tour to South Africa with Penny Robartes – Part 1

Having joined me previously in both Botswana and Kenya, South Africa was first on my list knowing what my private guests' photographic & preferred species of choice were. I hand picked MalaMala Game Reserve and Ngala Private Game Reserve for their 3rd photo tour with me as these two South African wildlife destinations offer near-unparalleled wildlife ... Read more
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A Photography Tour in South Africa

The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is nothing less than the best location in the world for an African photo safari. Not only is it home to one of the densest concentrations of wildlife in Southern Africa, with numerous predators & a healthy herbivore population, but it also represents some of the finest opportunities in Africa ... Read more
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Private Photo Tour to MalaMala Game Reserve with Daniel Bailey

I have recently returned from a six-night private ORYX photo tour to the world-renowned MalaMala Game Reserve, in South Africa. From the 19th to 25th April 2022, I led a private photo tour for a guest to MalaMala. The goal for my client was to learn more about camera settings, work on her composition and ... Read more
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Private Photo Tour to MalaMala : Storytelling in South Africa

Once again MalaMala Game Reserve lived up to its reputation of providing some finest game viewing opportunities in Southern Africa. The game drive excursions produced multiple memorable sightings of Africa’s most sought-after wildlife species. On this private ORYX photo tour, I led a guest on a three-day tour to MalaMala Game Reserve, sandwiched between the ... Read more

Dreaming of the World’s Big Cats

You may ask yourself, why have we created a wildlife photography program designed to see a number of the world’s big cats? What is it about big cats that makes them so special? As anyone who has spent time with a big cat will tell you, they exude a number of qualities that magnify their ... Read more