MASSIVE DISCOUNT ON RATES FOR LEGENDARY LUANGWA TOUR - SEPTEMBER 2018 We are offering a discount of GBP £1,000 off the advertise rate on my Legendary Luangwa Tour from 18 - 26th September 2018. This trip makes use of two camps in the Luangwa's finest [...]
Cranes are surely Nature's most elegant birds. There is a bird centre in Johannesburg which enables visitors to see many of the world's 11 species of Cranes very close up - which is wonderful - but nothing compares to seeing them wild and free in [...]
The more time I spend on safari, the more I seek different and unusual lighting opportunities. While I still love the soft, golden light of late afternoon, I sometimes find that it's too sweet, too saccharin, especially if you leave the warm sun behind the [...]
March is a month of uncertainties. Is the rainy season coming to an end? Will the river flood its banks? Will the National Park's roads survive, or will they succumb entirely to the mud and water? Does that clear blue sky mean that a period [...]
I was in the bush recently, and I enjoyed a wonderful sighting of wild dogs playing after a hunt. The action required high-speed drive setting to be enabled, and I was very glad that I have that setting selected as a standard. (A while ago, [...]
We have known for some time that the greatest threat to the wild places on our Planet is the growth of the human population. As our numbers rise, we encroach into areas where we used not to tread, either to expand agricultural production, obtain natural [...]
We have had an unusually dry couple of months in the Luangwa, with not much serious rainfall since December. This will have its problems later in the year but, for now, it allows us to drive much more widely in the park that we normally [...]
By the time we reach February, the nature of Zambia's rainy season is beginning to change: we see a shift from the gradual build-up and impressive thunderstorms, to a more steady, persistent frontal rainfall. Skies are overcast, often giving cool days with intermittent rain throughout. [...]
Photographers often use black and white conversions to add dramatic impact to scenes where the colours are either poor or not important. Monochrome conversions - when used appropriately - generate some of the most impressive wildlife images of all. Given that Nature is full of [...]
It’s hard to identify what it is that so attracts safari goers to leopards; some say it’s their secretive nature and apparent scarcity, and yet in many of the best safari areas, sightings are readily available to guides who know how to find them; some [...]
