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Namibia – Desert Adapted Lions & Other Wildlife with ORYX Guest Shravan Rao

My desire to see desert-adapted lions originated from the “Vanishing kings: desert lions of Namib” videos from National Geographic. It was easy to dismiss the idea as far-fetched because they are known to be incredibly difficult to find. Hope got rekindled from Marius Coetzee’s reel of a desert-adapted lion in July 2024.   From the ... Read more
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Namibia – Desert Landscapes & Wildlife Photo Tour with Dale Morris

My ORYX tours tend to have a wide range of photographic subjects. After all, variety is the spice of life, right? But this year’s Namibia tour surpassed all my previous ORYX trips in that regard.   My guests and I went from training our camera lenses on dead desert trees and nocturnal desert spiders, to ... Read more
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Tswalu Kalahari with Daniel Bailey

Imagine embarking on a journey to one of the most remote and breathtaking corners of Southern Africa, where the endless dunes of red sand meet the vast sky, and every sunrise brings the promise of adventure. This is the essence of a private photo safari to Motse Lodge at Tswalu Kalahari, guided by ORYX leader ... Read more
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Tswalu Private Game Reserve with Penny Robartes

In May 2023, I led a couple on a private Photo Tour to Tswalu Private Game Reserve. Tswalu is a luxury eco-tourism property that was pioneered by the Oppenheimer family’s vision to restore the astounding biodiversity of the Kalahari and support sustainable conservation. It is the biggest privately protected wildlife reserve in South Africa. I ... Read more