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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] A Private Tigers & Mountain Gorillas Photo Tour, Part 1 On the 21 February 2025, my repeat guests and I would embark on a photographic exploration and experience covering two endangered species; one critically so, and both as large as life. From the 21 February to the 2 March 2025, we … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] In July 2024, sitting at a table under the night sky in Botswana, my guests and I were discussing new destinations that they wanted me to suggest for them. They were looking for something very different, a wildlife experience that perhaps they haven’t yet had. This was our second private photo tour together, … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 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. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”50952″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”50949″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is the essence of a private photo safari to Motse … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Part 2: MalaMala Private Game Reserve While we had a great wildlife and photographic experience at Ngala, I was extremely excited to be back at MalaMala and to show mu guests exactly why this reserve is one of my ultimates to travel to for wildlife photography. As with Ngala that lies north of … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Part 1: Ngala Private Game Reserve It is March, and I get to welcome my regular private guests from Austria on a photo safari to two iconic wildlife areas in South Africa during a season that they have never experienced before. Welcome to Ngala & MalaMala Private Game Reserves in South Africa … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 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. … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In August 2022, I led my Kenya – Best of the Mara Migration Photo Tour which took my guests and I to Kenya’s Masai Mara for a week of wildlife photography and a whirlwind of sightings and experiences. As calendar months go, the annual Great Migration typically reaches the plains of the Masai Mara from … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After saying farewell to three of the four guests on my Sabi Sands: The Big 5 Photo Tour, so began my remaining guest’s private photo tour where we would spend an additional night at Inyati before getting a transfer the following morning to our next location; Sabi Sabi Game Reserve. It was quite strange heading back … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“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
