Trip Report: Botswana’s Savute & Khwai Photo Tour 2019
2018 saw the creation and execution of ORYX’s first scheduled photo safari to Botswana, my Savute & Khwai Photo Tour. With it being such a well-designed photo safari with stunning accommodations and locations, combined with excellent wildlife sightings and photo
Exotic India: The Spirit of Varanasi – Northern India Photo Tour Part 2
Documenting the Spiritual Capital of India Prelude: Before I met my guests for the Ranthambore section of our tour, and therefore the beginning of our Tigers & Varanasi Photo Tour 2019, I arrived a few days earlier in India to visit
Exotic India: Tigers Of Ranthambore (Women-Only Northern India Photo Tour) Part 1
Into Tiger Land I walked down the hall towards the lobby. It was nearly time to meet my guests and having personally travelled with 2 out of the 4 ladies, and knowing the 3rd, I knew that my guests would be
Chasing the Giants of Botswana’s Mashatu & Savute
A Private Photo Safari with Penny Robartes It started with a message on my Instagram account. A message filled with curiosity, hope, and a lot of commitment and excitement. My soon-to-be guest is an Elephant lover and had a desire to
A Morning in the Mara North Conservancy
The Mara North Conservancy is really a “one in a million” destination that is teaming with wildlife. I don’t ever think that I have heard of a guest returning to either Serian’s Original or Ngare camp and have had an
Zambia’s South Luangwa – The Valley of the Leopard
South Luangwa National Park in Zambia is a destination that needs to be experienced by wildlife lovers, and I was not let-down by my recent week-long stay there in the beginning of this July. My safari took me to both ends
Botswana’s Savute & Khwai Photo Safaris
“Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer’s paradise… an escapist’s Utopia.” ~ Beryl Markham There is much to be said for this tour of visual and experiential contrasts. I have just returned from leading
Life of Predators
“Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer’s paradise… an escapist’s Utopia.” ~ Beryl Markham Many first-time travellers to the African continent visit the famed Masai Mara National Reserve, targeting the months of July to
Maasai Mara National Reserve vs the Mara North Conservancy
Which destination is for you? “Photographing wildlife is exhilarating to say the least. To be able to encourage people to feel the emotions I do for the subject in my frame, just by looking at my image, is testament to the
