‘Believe me my young friend,’ says Rat to Mole in Kenneth Graham’s‘’Wind in the Willows’’, ‘there is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats’… …and when the boat is a Pangolin photo boat...

The best things come in threes – well that’s what they say. Except maybe leopards. Leopards are singletons, shy, solo, stand-offish, masters of mystery and stealth. You don’t spot one readily, pardon the pun, and getting the chance to photograph...

Lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, leopard… the legendary Big Five species everyone wants to shoot. Thankfully these days that’s mainly with a camera. All five are thrilling to encounter…and photograph. But it’s not easy. It’s not for nothing these guys have...

It was great to find ourselves back on Zimanga private game reserve with new guests at the start of June, so soon after our previous visit and with a full seven nights ahead of us to enjoy the exciting photographic...

It’s always an exciting sight when you come in to land at Kasane airport in Botswana and suddenly, after flying high over mile upon mile of Chobe National Park bushland, you’re met with the snaking curves of that mighty blue...

The wind takes a deep sigh and enters the house through the broken windows. It deposits a dusting of sand in the parlour then wafts out the open front door like a phantom… This is how the Namib desert is...

It’s the quiver tree’s distinctive shape that makes it so photogenic. It’s one of the most striking natural symbols of Namibia, a nation with no shortage of such icons.  These strange, spiky plants aren’t trees at all, but a type...

Classic jewels and hidden gems. Grand-scale scenics and intimate, low-angle close-ups. Namibia is about both extremes – and what lies between. Of course, it’s about photographing the sweeping and sinuous vistas of endless sand, and the big game of the...

It’s not every-day you find yourself the filling in a lion/elephant sandwich, but that’s what our guests experienced on the Botswana leg of our final 2017 visit to the Chobe and Zimanga, just a few short weeks ago. We were...

‘How should I set up the autofocus on my camera?’  It’s one of the most common questions asked by our safari guests, a question we addressed recently in an article in Amateur Photographer magazine. If you missed that article, here’s...