The Road To Namibia
On Saturday this week I will fly down South to Cape Town, a city I haven't been to since about the year 2000. Looking back at the way my life was in the year 2000 I can't help but think that the man...
View ArticleThe Himba People of Namibia
It's hot outside. The dashboard of the Land Rover tells me its about 40C. There's not much shade, so we try not to stray too far from the vehicle until we have met up with our guide, who is going to...
View ArticleSize does matter
The Etosha pan surrounds are home to a surprising amount of wildlife. As I mentioned in my previous post most of this wildlife congregates around the waterholes that have been set up to provide them...
View ArticleSafaris for 2014
It is with a lot of pride and happiness that I can unveil for you today our new-look Photographers.travel website. I've worked really hard on this over the past month and a bit. The site has been...
View ArticleThe Nothingness
This desert seems to roll on without end. It's like one very long and undulating beach. Wherever you look there's only sand and more sand.It's nothing and everything all at once. A stark, barren...
View ArticlePreparing For Botswana: Gear Choices
Botswana is an amazing country. It’s blessed with unimaginable beauty in the form of Africa’s most exciting rivers for wildlife and adventure, namely the Chobe and Zambezi, which is where we’ll be...
View ArticleLast Call For 2014 Safarians!
There are still a few places left on both our safaris for this year and I’m hoping you can come and join the newly unified Fotozones family here in Africa for some fun times and awesome...
View ArticleBotswana Here We Come!
The most exciting time of the year for me is almost here. At the beginning of September I will board a plane, go to Johannesburg, meet up with the Safarians and embark on our 2014 feature adventure to...
View Article2014 Wild Waterways Safari Report Part 1
On Saturday I returned home from the first of our two photographic safaris for 2014. On these safaris I find myself transplanted both physically and mentally to places where all the dusty mundane...
View Article2014 Wild Waterways Safari Report Part 2
This photography excursion I’ve just returned from was originally marketed as the “Wild Waterways of Botswana Safari”, however, in geographic terms we only spent 2 nights in the town of Kasane,...
View ArticleWild Waterways Safari Report Part 3
On Day 3 of our adventure we said goodbye to Guts and Killer and were collected from the Kasane river border post by our houseboat guide, Febian. We crossed by boat to the other side of the Chobe river...
View ArticleGearing Up For Big 5 Safari 2014
This Sunday it’s the start of another Fotozones Group Safari, this time to my personal favourite safari location, Sabi Sabi for a week of great fun with photographers and other beasts. :-)Having only...
View ArticleMagnum Opus Safari [Graphic content!]
On the three previous occasions that we have spent a week on photo safari at Little Bush Camp we have seen some pretty awesome stuff, but on this fourth occasion animal sightings got so crazy that on...
View ArticleWild Waterways Part 4 - Victoria Falls
The final instalment of my report back on the inaugural Wild Waterways Safari is all about Victoria Falls. If you’ve never been there before nothing can quite prepare you for the spectacle of it. We’re...
View ArticleTigers in the Karoo
In a distant Karoo Canyon, miles from any large city (about eight-hours drive from either Durban or Johannesburg) 20 Bengal Tigers now roam wild over 1,500 hectares (nearly 4,000 acres), hunt for prey...
View ArticleLiving Museum of the Mbunza
Up on the border of Namibia and Angola on the Namibian side of the Kavango River lies the little town of Rundu. It’s not a particularly attractive looking town. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that if...
View ArticleOlympus Specials - Get Serious About Mirrorless...
There’s never been a better time to get into mirrorless than right now with the amazing special prices Olympus have on offer for various items in their micro four thirds range.When it came out three...
View ArticleNepal: A tribute to what once was
Nestled below the towering peaks of the Himalayas, lies the country of Nepal and the fertile valleys of Kathmandu and Pokara.These valleys are the homes of a brave and resilient people but, about two...
View ArticleMy Safari Gear For 2015
In our world some things stay the same while other things are constantly changing. One of the things that does both is my camera gear. As my regular readers will know I tend to change things up in my...
View ArticleAn Olympus Weekend Safari Workshop
The Nambiti Private Game Reserve is situated about 3 hours away from my home and this is where I took 5 photographers on the second of my local excursions designed to show interested photographers a...
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