The A-listers, the headliners, the bucketlisters and the wishlisters, the iconic, the classic, the must-sees and the Big Five. There’s no doubting the magnetism of Africa’s celebrity species. But sexy as they are these superstars are by no means the...

With our trips to Zimanga sadly postponed to next year, we asked Charl Senekal, the man behind the reserve’s unique photographic opportunities, to give us an update on what’s been happening in our absence. Hi to everyone from the southern...

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...

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 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...

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 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...