WILDLIFE BLOG

I met Faith and Suzanne some years ago at Zikomo Camp and shared some time on photo safari. Faith always said she would come back again some day. This time, she did so, and even better, she brought a group of her friends many of whom were involved in landscape, wildlife or national park management. Predictably, I guess, we had a very interesting and diverse safari where everyone engaged in the photography, the sightings as [...]

I was recently talking to some of my guests about Mana Pools National Park since we could see it across the river when flying into the Lower Zambezi. While chatting about it, I was reminded of an amazing day that I experienced there back in 2019. I thought I would bring the story to the top of my wildlife blog in case anyone missed it the first time: "The next day turned out to be one [...]

Some of Zambia's best light for wildlife photography occurs in the earlier part of the dry season -- there's enough dust in the air to create golden, angular light which is ideal for creating interestingly-lit scenes. It's not always easy to work with, as it gets bright in the middle of the day, but the opportunities for impressive photos are perhaps greatest in these early months. It's for that reason that I love the April-June [...]

The South Luangwa looks spectacular in the rainy season; green, rich and so beautiful. There is new life everywhere and everyone is recharging energy and fat supplies after the long dry season. The only problem from our point of view is access; the park becomes very wet and many areas are beyond reach of a vehicle due to the mud and the flooding rivers and streams. My Emerald Season safaris aim to give visitors an [...]

This year's rainy season could hardly have been more different from the last. 2023-24's rainfall was steady and fullsome, but it did not bring the intense flooding that we have seen in the last 5 rainy seasons. This was perhaps due to a long dry spell in the middle of the rains which allowed the waterlogged soils to dry, and the seasonal rivers to drop, before the next deluge arrived. Whatever the reasons, the drier [...]