Posts filed under: Africa

A leopard in a Mashatu tree. These majestic trees, aka Nyalaberry trees, are prolific in Botswana’s Northern Tuli reserve, and give their name to Mashatu game reserve, part of Northern Tuli. The trees have become known as Mashatu trees because...
Tiger Tiger, burning bright,  In the forests of the night;  What immortal hand or eye,  Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Willliam Blake, Songs of Experience 1794 When you sit in the Zimanga night hides in the early hours of the...
Chobe lapa! Scrolling through the long reel of memories and subjects still running through our heads following our latest nine night visit to the Chobe, it’s proving difficult to find the best place to press pause and begin our latest...
The benefit of being able to set up calmly and ease yourself gently into your photography session – that’s what you imagine you’d be able to do on a night hide session on Zimanga private game reserve in South Africa,...
Part of the magic of safari photography is Africa’s ability to throw surprises at you and confound your expectations.  So perhaps we shouldn’t have been surprised by the results of our first foray into African camera trapping. But we were....
It’s just gone dark. We are watching a lion shake off the lazy slumbers of a hot afternoon while adjusting our camera settings in the hope of some shots of him looking predatory under the spotlight. Dinner will have to...
A baby hippo, round as a ripe aubergine, is relaxing close to his mother on the banks of one of Africa’s mighty rivers. We drift in slowly so as not to disturb them. Peeping over the lush grasses the youngster...
The new Pangolin Chobe Hotel, which opened last year just in time to receive guests on our September Uniquely Chobe safari, has been named ‘Best New Hotel in Africa’ in the prestigious World Travel Awards. With its sweeping roof, shaped...
With a vast range of different photographic safaris in Africa to choose from, how do you find the best one for you? Here are some tips based on more than 20 years of visiting the continent to photograph its wildlife:...
The lightning is break-dancing across the Lebombo Hills and the rain that’s collected in the canopy above our heads is gushing down in a mean impersonation of Vic Falls. (Having seen the forecast we agreed flight shots weren’t going to...