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Private photographic journeys that connect people with the heart of Africa—its wildlife, wild places, and the stories that shape them.

Rooted in generations of South African heritage, every safari supports conservation and leaves a story to take home.

05/09/2026

A Gathering in the Shallows

The waterways of the Okavango Delta are not only home to the giants.

Sometimes the scene is filled with something a little smaller — and considerably noisier.

A gathering of White-faced Whistling Ducks moves through the shallow water, their distinctive calls giving them the “whistling” part of their name.

It is easy to arrive in Africa looking for elephants, lions and hippos. But spend enough time on safari and you begin to notice how much life exists around them.

Birds in the reeds. Movement across the water. Calls coming from somewhere you cannot quite see.

The Delta rewards you for looking beyond the obvious.

Safari Journal 2026
Chapter 1 • Okavango Delta, Chobe & Victoria Falls

04/09/2026

A Face in the Water

The Okavango Delta may look peaceful, but you are never alone out here.

Sometimes all it takes is a pair of eyes, two little ears and a very large nose appearing above the water to remind you of that.

Hippos spend much of the day submerged, escaping the African heat, and in the waterways of the Delta you are very much in their world.

From a distance they can look almost comical.

Up close, there is absolutely nothing small about them.

Another reminder that in the Delta, the water isn't simply part of the landscape.

It is habitat. It is refuge. And it is home.

Safari Journal 2026
Chapter 1 • Okavango Delta, Chobe & Victoria Falls

03/09/2026

Where the Day Ends Slowly

There is something about sunset in the Delta that makes you stop whatever you are doing.

The light begins to soften. The heat of the day eases. Water catches the last colours of the sky, and the landscape seems to become quieter with every passing minute.

Out here, there is no need to rush sunset.

You simply sit and watch as another day in the Okavango Delta comes to an end.

And perhaps that is one of the gifts of being on safari — being reminded to notice something as simple as the sun going down.

Safari Journal 2026
Chapter 1 • Okavango Delta, Chobe & Victoria Falls

02/09/2026

A Different Pace

After seeing the Okavango Delta from above, it was time to experience it from an entirely different perspective.

At water level, the world slows down.

Moving quietly through the shallow channels in a mokoro, there is no engine competing with the sounds around you. Just the gentle movement through the water, the grasses brushing past and the calls of birds somewhere in the reeds.

And suddenly you begin noticing the smaller things.

A flower just above the water. A tiny movement in the grass. The reflection of the sky. The incredible skill of the person standing behind you, guiding the mokoro through channels that seem to disappear into the landscape.

Safari isn't always about finding the biggest animal.

Sometimes it is about slowing down enough to notice the world around you.

From Safari Journal 2026
Okavango Delta, Chobe & Victoria Falls

01/09/2026

Into the Delta

There is something special about seeing the Okavango Delta from the air.

Leaving Chobe behind, the landscape below slowly begins to change. Roads disappear. Water takes over.

From above, the Delta reveals itself — a vast network of waterways, islands and floodplains stretching across the Kalahari.

What looks almost like a painting from the window is, in fact, one of Africa’s most extraordinary wilderness areas.

Somewhere beneath those wings, elephants, hippos, antelope and countless other species move through a landscape shaped by water and the rhythm of the annual flood.

For our travelers, this flight marked the beginning of the next chapter of their safari.

Sometimes the journey between destinations becomes part of the safari itself.

And this was certainly one of those times.

From Safari Journal 2026
Okavango Delta, Chobe & Victoria Falls

31/08/2026

The Moments We Take Home

At the end of a safari, it is easy to count the sightings.

The lions. The elephants. The hippos. The birds. The animals we hoped to find and the unexpected ones that appeared along the way.

But when we look back through our journals and photographs, we realise that those aren't always the things we remember most.

We remember two marabou storks suddenly flying across a setting sun.

Three zebra standing together as we rounded a corner.

A tiny jacana chick with impossibly large feet — and the unexpected snort of a young hippo from the other side of the boat.

We remember changing light, rainbows, the sound and spray of Victoria Falls, and quiet moments on the Chobe River.

And sometimes we remember simply sitting still and looking at a scene like this.

A herd of elephants moving quietly beside the water. An old tree reaching into an enormous African sky. The last light of the day reflected below them.

Nothing dramatic needed to happen.

Sometimes, just being there was enough.

Perhaps that is why we have kept these little notes and scribbles in our safari journals over the years.

Not simply to remember what we saw.

But to remember how it felt to be there.

And with that, we close the pages of our August Safari Journal.

There are many more stories still to tell.

From Safari Journal 2025
Chobe • Botswana

30/08/2026

Safari Journal 2025 | Victoria Falls

Experiencing Victoria Falls

I always tell our guests that you don't simply see Victoria Falls.

You experience it with all your senses.

You see the enormous curtain of water disappearing into the gorge.

You smell the fresh, wet air as the spray surrounds you.

You can even taste it — open your mouth and tiny droplets of Victoria Falls land on your tongue.

You feel the cool spray settling on your skin.

And you hear it. That deep, constant rumble of millions of litres of water crashing into the gorge below.

But standing there, I think there is another sense too.

The feeling of being incredibly small in the presence of something so immense.

It is humbling.

And strangely, at the same time, empowering.

Perhaps because for a moment you are reminded that you are standing in the middle of something far greater than yourself — part of this extraordinary creation rather than simply looking at it.

And then the sunlight catches the spray, a rainbow stretches across the gorge, and you understand why some places cannot simply be photographed.

They have to be experienced.

From Safari Journal 2025
Victoria Falls • Zimbabwe

29/08/2026

When a Hippo Interrupts Birding

We had stopped to watch an African Jacana and one of his tiny chicks moving amongst the water lilies.

And yes — his chick.

Take a closer look at that tiny youngster and those enormous feet! Jacanas have extraordinarily long toes that spread their weight, allowing them to move across lily pads and other floating vegetation.

African Jacanas also have a rather unusual family arrangement. The female may mate with several males, while Dad takes on the serious business of incubating the eggs and raising the youngsters.

We were completely absorbed in watching this little family when suddenly, from the other side of the boat, came a loud SNORT followed by a splash.

Every head turned.

There, amongst the water grass, was a young male hippo.

He had been pushed out of the pod and seemed to be on his own. He wasn't aggressive — in fact, I think he may have been every bit as surprised to see us as we were to see him.

For a few moments we simply watched one another.

One minute, a tiny Jacana chick with impossibly large feet had all our attention.

The next, a young hippo had completely stolen the show.

You never quite know what is going to happen next on safari.

From Safari Journal 2025
Chobe River • Botswana

28/08/2026

When the Landscape Becomes the Sighting

On safari, we spend a lot of time searching.

Searching for the next species. The next sighting. The next photograph.

But sometimes, while simply relocating and changing position, the light changes — and Africa gives you something entirely different.

A rainbow appeared across the landscape, the light shifted, and there, beneath it, stood a giraffe.

For a moment, it wasn't about getting closer or finding the next animal.

It was about stopping and taking in the whole scene.

The giraffe. The changing sky. The rainbow. The vast African landscape.

Sometimes the best view isn't the one you were searching for at all.

From Safari Journal 2025
Hwange • Zimbabwe

27/08/2026

Around the Corner

We were driving through Hwange, searching for wildlife, never quite knowing what the next bend in the road might reveal.

Then we turned a corner — and there they were.

A herd of zebra.

Among them, these three stood together, their black and white stripes overlapping and creating one of those wonderfully striking images that immediately makes you reach for the camera.

There was no dramatic chase or rare sighting.

Just three zebra, perfectly positioned for a moment.

But the image they created stayed with us.

That is one of the things we love about safari. You never really know what is waiting around the next corner — or which seemingly simple moment will leave an impression long after you've driven on.

From Safari Journal 2025
Hwange • Zimbabwe

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