Selinda Spillway: A Birdwatcher’s Secret Garden
It is popularly believed that the Selinda Spillway is one of the most alluring and untamed regions of Botswana; a hideaway in the country’s northern marshland territories. This exquisite wildlife conservancy lies between the Okavango Delta panhandle in the west and the Linyanti Swamps in the east, along the floodplains of the Selinda Spillway. This watercourse ebbs and flows with the presence of floodwaters each year, offering...
Em Gatland Wows Us with Her Black & White Wildlife Images
Up and coming wildlife photographer Em Gatland knows a thing or two about the safari lifestyle. Having spent time traversing the arid thickets of Kruger and the weaving waterways of the Okavango Delta, she’s become an expert in capturing exceptional wildlife moments through her lens. She’s camped, stayed in luxury lodges and spent many evenings under the black canvas speckled with stars in the hopes of capturing the most...
Mala Mala and Mashatu Safari – Client Feedback
Mala Mala and Mashatu Safari Returning guests of Sun Safaris, Christine and Detlef, needed to be in the far north of the Kruger National Park for their son’s graduation as a Safari Guide! The guiding school is located in the private Makuleke concession in the Kruger National Park. This was the perfect excuse to go on safari! Starting with a charter flight from Johannesburg, the couple landed at Mala Mala, within the Sabi Sand...
Awe-inspiring Angles on Wildlife Photography
Wildlife photography has a big, big place in this world. Whether it be a passion or a career, for art or for marketing; photographing wild animals all over the world is a culture. Canon or Nikon (or neither of the above), cameras and photography have evolved over time, and now, in a time when people feast with their eyes, imagery of animals in their natural habitats is used for not only pleasure, but for education, conservation, and...
White lioness and a Trilogy Male mating in the Klaserie!
What an epic sighting in Kruger: White lioness and a Trilogy Male mating! Guests and the media team of Chloe Cooper, Carolynne Higgins and Kevin MacLaughlin were in the right place at the right time to witness this amazing wildlife sighting of one of the Trilogy males mating with not one, but three lionesses, two of which happened to be the rare white lions! Here is an accounting of the action from Chloe and Carolynne: When...
Leopard vs Warthog in Kruger
Leopard vs Warthog in Kruger Wildlife photographer Sheila from Sheila’s Africa, was lucky enough to be in the north of the Kruger National Park when she came across a sighting that would quickly become epic! While sitting at the Sable Dam in the Kruger Park, she was watching a warthog wallowing when she spotted movement in the bank about the pig. What followed was an epic battle between the agile and bigger leopard and the razor...
Botswana Photographic Safari – Client Feedback
We received client feedback from a Botswana Photographic Safari in the form of wonderful photos. Nik visited the best areas of Botswana staying at Camp Xakanaka in the Moremi Game Reserve, Xugana Island Lodge in the Okavango Delta, Savuti Safari Lodge and Chobe Elephant Camp, both in Chobe National Park, but in very very different areas. Nik had this to say: I had a wonderful time, all the lodges were excellent, though Chobe...