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In a previous article, I related my unusual decision to enter a photography competition — specifically, the esteemed Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2020.  I have entered quite a few of my favourite images captured during our travels in Africa.  It is proving to be a tough competition, but to my delight, the competition [ continue reading ]

Welcome to 2020.  Early into the year, we made a third visit to Featherdale Wildlife Park, this time with some family members who had come to visit and stay with us for a few weeks.  It was their first time to the park, and they enjoyed it immensely.  On previous visits, I have been able [ continue reading ]

Today I did something quite unusual, and made a decision to enter the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2020 competition.  The prize, in addition to being awarded the title of Africa Geographic 2020 Photographer of the Year, is a five-day safari in the Djuma Private Game Reserve, which is within the the Sabi Sand Private [ continue reading ]

Our final day in the Maasai Mara had arrived, and our trip was soon to be over.  We had just the one morning game drive, before the unpleasant familiarity of packing and returning to Mara North Airstrip for the undesirable but necessary flight back to Nairobi.  After grabbing our gear and signalling for the Maasai [ continue reading ]

It was now our sixth day in the Maasai Mara during our epic trip in June of 2019, and the safari was drawing near to a close.  So far, in five days, we had not seen a single leopard.  Would today be the day?  As always, the plan was to start the day with some [ continue reading ]

On the morning of our fifth day in the Maasai Mara during this most recent trip, we woke at 5am as usual to prepare for an early start, with the intention of engaging in some landscape photography at dawn.  Unfortunately, for the fifth day in a row, the sky was terrible, and was visibly hopeless [ continue reading ]