Phenomenal 6-day safari at Leopard Hills...
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September 28, 2009 |
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The last 6 days of safari at Leopard Hills have been absolutely brilliant. Hundreds of elephant have moved into our traversing area and we see these massive pachyderms all over the reserve.
Elephants crossing the Sand river
Elephant family drinking
The appearance of two individual male cheetahs has had...
Safari in northern Botswana and Zambia...
August is a good time of year for safaris in northern Botswana. At this time of year water levels are still quite high in the rivers, temperatures are quite moderate, and there are gatherings of wildlife around water sources in the drier areas. This report details our recent safari in northern Botswana...
New safari at Leopard Hills...
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James Weis in
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August 11, 2009 |
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The last six days of game viewing at Leopard Hills, situated in the western sector of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, was nothing short of sensational. The highlight was without a doubt a sighting of the Mambiri female leopard’s new cub. I have only seen this cub a handful of times, but on Tuesday morning,...
Digital Safari-Lions and Foxes...
We arrived back at Chitabe Camp, the fourth camp on our Digital Safari Workshop, and headed out on our first afternoon game drive to find two male lions who were resting. We waited for them to wake up and luckily for us, they did just that whilst the late afternoon sun was still shining strongly and...
Digital Safari-Wild dogs, elephants and ...
We arrived at Savuti Camp, the third camp on our Digital Safari Workshop, to hear that there was an active wild dog den not too far from camp and that the viewing restrictions that are placed on such dens for the first month (in order to avoid disturbing the dogs when the puppies are so young) had just...
Digital Safari-Male Lion at Kwetsani...
This morning at 05h30 we heard a male lion roaring. We headed out from Kwetsani Camp, our second stop on the Digital Safari Workshop in Botswana and right at sunrise, we located him walking towards camp with the sun rising behind him.
Male lion in tall grass - Copyright © Grant Atkinson
Lion sighting...
Digital Safari-Leopard at Chitabe...
Today we got our first leopard of the trip. The sighting was at Chitabe Camp in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, the first of four camps we will visit on our July 2009 Digital Photo Safari.
She was a relaxed female leopard, beautifully perched in a dry acacia tree.
Leopard sighting on Digital Photo...
Digital Photo Safari July 2009...
It’s almost time for another group of ten lucky photographers to join Andy Biggs and me (James Weis) on a photographic workshop safari in the amazing wilds of Botswana.
This will be my 15th safari in Botswana and I still cannot get enough of what I consider to be the finest adventure location anywhere....
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