WILDLIFE BLOG

I had started talking to Iain, Ann, Stacy and Katie back in 2018 about a safari to South Luangwa. None had visited Zambia before and two of them had not visited Africa before....so I was excited to show them this beautiful country and to guide the first-timers with all the enthusiasm that inevitably comes from that! 4 years later, I finally met the group at Mfuwe Airport and I could tell immediately that we were going [...]

It's always a pleasure to welcome back repeat guests and this trip makes the magic 5 for Mike White who first visited the Luangwa with me in 2016! He does a lot of landscape photography when he is not shooting wildlife and he brings his critical eye and his attention to detail with light to each trip. Preferring to shoot a few, carefully selected scenes, we enjoy time in the bush seeking that perfect arrangement of [...]

Liz & Paul had booked this trip way back in May 2019. It was great to meet them finally after all the delays of the last 2 years. Their remit was clear - simply to enjoy spending time in the bush and to get some great photos along the way. In many ways, this is the best approach of all; by taking time to appreciate all aspects of nature, we slow down and notice the small [...]

Zambia has much to offer visitors at any time of the year. But the dry season months -- from May to October -- give the most opportunities to access the rich wildlife areas that draw most of the tourism interest in the country. I was therefore very excited to be running a 2-week safari with time in 3 of the best wildlife areas in the country; the Kafue National Park, the Lower Zambezi and the South [...]

As with so many of my 2022 trips, my safari with Alex, Jean and Steve was postponed from 2020. By the time we met at Track & Trail River Camp in early June 2022, we had traded so many emails that it felt like we knew each other pretty well already! Over lunch on the first day, we talked about cameras, safaris, wildlife and how we could get the best from the trip; it was clear [...]

The Luangwa Valley is a special place to visit at any time of the year. I love the early dry season months of April, May and June for the clear light, cool mornings and the active animals which do not have to take shelter from the intense heat. There is more vegetation around which limits the viewing at times, but generally, this is a superb time to visit. It's also considered shoulder season by many camps [...]

I just returned from leading a 12-night adventure through 3 camps in the Okavango Delta with a group of repeat guests from the USA. It's a familiar story, but this trip had been planned in 2018 for 2020, then been postponed twice and finally taken place in May 2022. The group had to carefully consider the risks of travelling again, even as COVID begins to impact the world less heavily, but decided to go ahead with [...]