Christmas feels a little different here in the Luangwa. Hot and sweaty is the order of the day, with the high chance of rain being the only similarity with a UK Christmas. Here a roosting flock of Egrets gave us our Christmas tree. The hippos [...]
.....have well and truly arrived now. There is long green grass everywhere, the lagoons are filling and the chorus from the birds is deafening as they prepare for breeding. I took a nice drive in the park a few days ago and was pleased to [...]
You would think that with all the nice new grass around, the elephants would be content to feed and not pay much attention to anything else. Not so with this young bull who showed considerable bravado and aggression towards me when I tried to take [...]
As the rains arrive, and the storm clouds build, we get some awesome sunsets. Here's one from a week ago, and even though I've seen a thousand sunsets, I still took a number of photos of this one! And when you turn with your back [...]
This is the time of year for baby animals. Baboons, monkeys, impalas, puku, warthogs, and especially elephants. This little one was only a few hours old. The mother's legs were still covered in blood and he was very shaky on his own legs. We struggled [...]
It's not too often that everything comes together to give a perfect scene, but I was lucky to observe one the other day. Beautiful morning light, a clean view of the animals, gorgeous colours and a lovely intimate moment....some days it seems so easy!
There's a small spring nearby where many animals drink when there's no other water around. A couple of hippos made it their home this year as well, but recently one of them succumbed to the lack of nutrition and died in the lagoon surrounding the [...]
I've just finished a fantastic 3-day photo safari with a group of guests from Germany. Apart from being good fun, they enjoyed some great photo opportunities, and got some fantastic pictures. Here is a selection of mine, in no particular order. A stunning leopard who [...]
I was lucky recently to find a leopard hidden in a tree early in the afternoon. She was very sleepy and had a full belly so we knew she wouldn't go far until it got nearly dark. We continued our drive and returned to the [...]
The Carmine Bee-eaters have been here in force for the last couple of months. I went to spend some time at the colony yesterday morning and took many photos which I'm still wading through. However, this one appealed to me because the flying bird just [...]
