Trip Report: Botswana’s Savute & Khwai Photo Tour 2019
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
A Madagascar Photo Tour – By Astrid Bluemel
Madagascar is often referred to as the “Eighth Continent” because of its exceptionally unique and isolated fauna and flora. This legendary uniqueness is reflected everywhere with its five endemic bird families, quirky lemurs, colourful chameleons, lizards, snakes, frogs and fascinating
Exotic India: The Spirit of Varanasi – Northern India Photo Tour Part 2
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
Exotic India: Tigers Of Ranthambore (Women-Only Northern India Photo Tour) Part 1
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
A Rhino Photo Portfolio
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
Chasing the Giants of Botswana’s Mashatu & Savute
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
A Pantanal Photo Safari – by Terry Jackson
Considered one of the ten "mega-diversity" countries of the world, a Brazil photography tour is an adventure to the vast Pantanal, an endless mix of backwaters, lakes, rivers, gallery forests and forested islands. This is the planet’s largest tropical wetland and
A Morning in the Mara North Conservancy
The Mara North Conservancy is really a “one in a million” destination that is teaming with wildlife. I don’t ever think that I have heard of a guest returning to either Serian’s Original or Ngare camp and have had an
