September is a stunning time in the Luangwa. The lagoons are all dry, the river is the only source of water and the game is abundant along the remaining waterways. Dusty conditions filter the light leaving soft golden sunshine in the morning and evening, and [...]
Our first evening drive appeared to be a leopard-based event! Always good for photographers who always go weak at the knees at the opportunity to take shots of these spotty beauties. And it's not hard to see why when we get sightings such as this. [...]
As a result, I have been on safari lots but not had much time at my computer to upload the photos! Here is a small selection from the last couple of weeks, including a wonderful lion sighting from around a week ago. We were lucky [...]
Grasslands are less common in the most widely-used areas of the park, so we sometimes find the more unusual creatures there. Earlier this season, I found a young caracal in the scrub near the river, a first for me and probably the only sighting this [...]
We have a huge area for our own use, inhabited by the full range of game that Luangwa offers, including a number of the less-well-known species such as Caracal, Serval, Hartebeest, Reedbuck, Common Duiker and Sharpe's Grysbok. We have had encounters with lion and hyaena [...]
I'm very pleased to say that Matamanene Camp in Liuwa Plain, where I run my photographic safaris, has been nominated in The Times Travel section as the best in Africa for photographers! This is a huge accolade for me and for Matamanene Camp and I [...]
I was out yesterday morning, and enjoyed some great sightings with a group of bull elephants as they crossed the river. Unfortunately, the memory card that I had installed became corrupted so I don't have any of those photos!! (I have since re-formatted it and [...]
My second large assignment was to photograph the wedding of young British couple, Sam and Abbie, who are living in Malawi. They celebrated at Flatdogs Camp, on the banks of the Luangwa River, after a beautiful ceremony on a riverbank in the park. Here is [...]
My apologies for a long silence - the early part of the season is always very busy with starting up, and this year has been especially so because we've been opening a new camp. Nkhonzi Camp is up and running; a rustic bush camp in [...]
I have recently returned from a trip to Liuwa Plains National Park in the Western Province of Zambia. It is an area with rich cultural heritage as well as wonderful wildlife. The Lozi people of that area have a history which goes back as far [...]
