As the lagoons dry up, hippos are squeezed into ever-decreasing sized pools of water and tempers fray. One way for a male to show dominance over another hippo is to display his massive canines by yawning ostentatiously.

It's not often that we see a sunset such as this in October. A cold front has cleared away all the dust and left us with October game viewing and April weather - astonishing.

During the dry season, elephants cross the river regularly to access better feeding opportunities on the other side. It's always a beautiful sight, but sometimes everything comes together to give something more special. Here I loved the dead trees in the water and the way [...]

We spent last weekend up at Lion Camp in the north of the park where I run some of my photo safaris during the year (have a look at the link at the top of the page for more info). This is the very best [...]

I found this yearling female leopard when she had just killed a baboon. We kept well back as their adrenalin levels are very high at such a time, and their behaviour unpredictable. However her mother, an old female, was not so cautious and began to [...]

I recently had a group of guests who were mad-keen bird enthusiasts and hoped to get great sightings of as many species as possible. We had a lot of fun tracking down some of the Luangwa's specialities and visiting some of the less well-known areas. [...]

In a very intense sighting last week, we found this young leopard and waited while she approached us. Making use of another vehicle's spotlight, we enjoyed some nicely side-lit photo opportunities.

On an all-day safari in the north of the park, we found part of a large pride of lions, known locally as the Mwamba Pride after the river which runs through their territory. It was quite late in the morning, so we decided to leave [...]

We enjoyed watching this female and her calf crossing the river in the last light of evening. She was always careful to keep herself between us and her youngster, but we managed to catch glimpses of him behind her as the mother walked ahead.

As the last remaining lagoons dry up, hundreds of fish-eating birds come flock together to hoover up the remaining fish in the ever-reducing volume of water. One of the largest lagoons in the area has been playing host to this astonishing spectacle over the last [...]