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Our Botswana Photography Safari is timed for right after the end of the February rains.
It’s a season when Botswana is as lush as it ever gets, when migratory birds are plentiful and nesting, when herbivores have plenty to eat, and predators have plenty to catch.
It’s a beautiful time – and a time when Botswana isn’t crowded.
A time when then animals don’t look worn down and thin from the long dry season that characterizes this region.
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Our main safari is broken into three key components…
First the Chobe River, which is likely to be quite full, from the rains! We have arranged to lodge on a houseboat, the Chobe Princess II. The houseboat will cruise up and down the Chobe River, which divides Namibia and Botswana, while we wield lenses from the foredeck. We’ll spot everything from crocodiles to elephants to ungulates to hippos to lions – and lots of birds. 
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From the houseboat, we’ll frequently board a small boat designed for photography. We’ll sit in chairs on swivels – each with a built-in gimbal head for our long lenses. We expect to find elephants along the shoreline or in the water. We’ll visit hippos in their pools. We’ll find where the kingfishers are nesting and quietly slip the boat in close to get close-ups. And we’ll search for fishing eagles – fishing of course! Several species of lapwings.
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Then we’ll board a bush plane and fly to our second camp, Kwara Camp, deep inside the northern Okavango Delta. From this remote camp, we’ll explore by boat, foot, and mekoro (canoe-like vessels propelled by a guide with a long pole).
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One of the best places to zero in on birds related to the water and water’s edge. In the past we found communal roosts and nesting zones. Great opportunities for two kinds of jacanas and “snake birds”. More fishing eagles. Crocodiles and elephants. Ungulates uniquely adapted to marshy footing, like reed buck and water buck. And absolutely gorgeous landscapes of lines of rushes leading into sunrises and sunsets! Great birding and macros on the grounds! And a good place to photograph starry skies!
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Another plane ride – and then Okuti Camp in the Moremi Game Reserve, superbly situated in the Okavango Delta. We’ll explore the delta waterways by boat and the land portion of the reserve by safari vehicle. In the heart of the season, this is ground zero for activity in the Okavango Delta – but we’ll be there just as the lodges are reopening after the rains – and we’ll encounter very few other guests. That means the animals, while used to being observed by visitors, are fresher from their break from safari vehicles!
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This is fabulous country for landscape images, featuring reflections of grasses and trees in the delta waterways. Reed buck and water buck. We’ll search for cats of all descriptions – last time we spent time with two groups of lions with young cubs! There is a resident pack of wild dogs! Baboons! Hippos – we’ll hear them from our rooms. Monkeys on the premises! And, out on the waterways we’ll find two kinds of jacanas dancing on lily pads with their oversized feet, more fish eagles, and more lapwings! On the reserve, we have had tremendous luck with woodland kingfishers, which focus on insects and amphibians rather than fish!
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Then, we’ll relocate to Victoria Falls for a grand finale! More flights and border crossings along the way.
We’ll situate ourselves comfortably in the Kingdom Hotel, which puts us in walking distance of the falls – and of local dining! Victoria Falls is one of the big ones! The Zambezi River spreads out over a mile wide and falls into a dramatic canyon. We walk along one side of the canyon – the falls pour across the other side. A lot of water – and a lot of dramatic angles! A good chance to try all kinds of strategies – and a mini rainforest ecosystem in the areas where the mist from the falls perpetually lands! |
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We have also arranged a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River, above the falls. More opportunities for reflective landscapes. More birds, perhaps elephants, giraffes, crocodiles and hippos! And, we’ll dance up close to the falls… 
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2024
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Taking Control in the Mirrorless Era
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Three days of classroom and field time with migrating waterfowl, bald eagles, and macro opportunities. You'll learn how to take control of your mirrorless camera - and take advantage of new developments in the digital darkroom - to yield images that closely match your intentions in the field! Embrace manual - it's easier that the auto modes - and easier than ever in the mirrorless era!. |
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2025 |
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Three days of classroom and field time with migrating waterfowl, bald eagles, and macro opportunities. You'll learn how to take control of your mirrorless camera - and take advantage of new developments in the digital darkroom - to yield images that closely match your intentions in the field! Embrace manual - it's easier that the auto modes - and easier than ever in the mirrorless era. |
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So many birds! Such good photography opportunities. So little physical effort required. Forty percent of the planet's hummingbirds are found in Ecuador. Thirty-seven percent of the tanagers (which don't show up in the Old World at all). Conservation has teamed up with landowners to protect natural cloudforest habitats - and the result is birds sitting on branches predictably in a way you can photograph them. Did we mention Cock-of-the-rock? Or mountain tourcan? Small group so secure your space before it is gone! |
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Borneo! Rainforests. Orangutans. Gibbons. Pygmy elephants. Proboscis monkeys. 420 species of birds, including amazing hornbills and kingfishers, brightly colored little birds. Carnivorous plants. Sun bears. The list goes on and on. We've built an itinerary that takes you into the canopy, on trails by foot, on rivers by boat, and out on night safari. This is not an adventure you want to miss! |
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Join us in Brazil's Pantanal for a wild adventure that features both jaguars and an amazing array of birds, reptiles, and mammals. The Pantanal is the only place in the world where one can reliably find and photograph jaguars - as they are nocturnal hunters everywhere else. The birds here are fantastic - this is one of our favorite places to photograph flying birds (we can help you build your skills). Add in close-up encounters with giant river otters and so much more. Join us for this wild adventure! |
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The Great Migration encounters the Mara River in Tanzania's northern Serengeti. 2-3 million wildebeest and 400-500,00 zebras want to cross the Mara - often high with boiling rapids and hosting giant Nile crocodiles looking to feast! We've design the ultimate photography adventure to put you in a number of right places at the right times - to capture images of the trauma, the terror, the attacks, and the heartening stories of wildebeest succeeding at crossing the river to greener pastures. Are you coming? |
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Turkey sits at a geographical crossroads, which means that, over history, many cultures have passed through Turkey, each leaving a distinct imprint on the culture and the archaeological record. Let's explore some of the great archaeological wonders - while putting ourselves in great positions make exciting art with cameras. Mosques, Fairy Chimneys, Ephasus, Istanbul, Aphrodisia, Pergamum, Assos and so much more. |
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2026 |
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To sit quietly in a bamboo thicket with a gorilla family, interacting with eye contact, observing, and making compelling images is truly a life changing experience. Venture out into the wilds of Rwanda with a small group to experience photographic encounters with wild gorillas, chimpanzees, colobus monkeys, golden monkeys, and much, much more. Fitness level is necessary to accomplish this adventure. Dates are tentative until we secure permits. |
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Timed to meet the great migration in the Serengeti, our safari takes you to some of the great parks and protected areas in northern Tanzania in search of lions, zebras, giraffes, cheetah, hyenas... Of all our itineraries, anywhere in the world, this one has the best reviews - and is a real life-changing experience! If you'll only be making one photography foray into sub-Saharan Africa in your life - this is the trip! |
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Join us in 2026 as we'll explore favorite haunts and add new landings and vistas. Giant tortoises, flightless frigates, 3 kinds of boobies, land and marine iguanas, sea lions and fur seals, flamingos, and the northernmost penguin in the world. The list goes on and on! Exciting landscapes. So much to learn about geology, biology, and evolution.Truly an inspiring experience - ties the Serengeti in client feedback as the "most life-changing" experience of their lives. |
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Join a small group of photographers as we fly in float planes and tundra planes out into the wilderness of the Katmai Peninsula - in search of great bear photography opportunities. We'll go where the bears are actively catching salmon, including Brooks Falls, and other locations drawing off the Bristol Bay watershed which has the largest salmon runs in the world. Plan to be close to bears - to have great vistas from planes - and to marvel at the vast expanse of wilderness. Group size limited - secure your space. |
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Turkey sits at a geographical crossroads, which means that, over history, many cultures have passed through Turkey, each leaving a distinct imprint on the culture and the archaeological record. Let's explore some of the great archaeological wonders - while putting ourselves in great positions make exciting art with cameras. Mosques, Fairy Chimneys, Ephasus, Istanbul, Aphrodisia, Pergamum, Assos and so much more. |
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