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Category: Safari Stories

Each day we witness the lives, losses, and victories of many species of wild creatures. All of our guests return with their versions of these stories.

Posted onOctober 17, 2019March 25, 2020African Wildlife

Safari Stories: Ground Hornbills

Members of a Southern Ground Hornbill family group take on different roles in order to raise chicks. Family members also must cooperate to defend territory or risk young members being kidnapped by rival hornbill groups.

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Posted onOctober 3, 2019March 27, 2020African Wildlife

Favorite Moments from my September 2019 Safaris

My favorite moments while on safari are not the perfect photos, but the times when we get to be special observers into the lives of wildlife or see something completely unexpected.

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Posted onNovember 11, 2017March 31, 2020Researching a Safari

A Collection of my Best Safari Photo Stories

A safari is an adventure and like all adventures it is full of stories and special moments.
Great photographs enhance and help tell the story. This post is a menu to what I feel are my best Safari Photo Stories

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Posted onNovember 6, 2017March 29, 2020Researching a Safari

Safari Stories: From my September Photography Safaris

If you go on a safari, you will return with hundreds of stories from the wild: predator vs prey, survival, and cooperation among wildlife.

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Posted onJune 25, 2017March 29, 2020Safari Stories

Favorite Moments from the May 2017 Safaris

My two May 2017 safaris were filled with special wildlife encounters, good weather, good company with some really terrific guests.  I have presented below what I felt were themes present in each safari that made it special.

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Posted onNovember 20, 2016March 30, 2020African Wildlife

Safari Story: The Life of a Leopard

We had many wonderful leopard moments over the course of our  September safari groups.  This evening game drive was especially nice:  we tracked a male leopard named Tingana while he went on his early evening rounds

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Posted onMay 25, 2016March 31, 2020African Wildlife

Safari Story: An Afternoon at the Elephant Mud Bath

Elephants can be very entertaining and display many personality traits. We were thrilled to spend some time with an elephant family at a mudbath.

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Posted onMay 14, 2015March 30, 2020African Wildlife

Safari Story: Which Vulture Eats Last?

Vultures have a specific job to do  but to do it right takes specialization.  Species of vulture have evolved to specialize in the many jobs needed to process down a carcass.  Each vulture species has a different set of tools for different jobs.

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Posted onSeptember 2, 2014March 30, 2020African Wildlife

A Dinner Party in the Bushveld

When lions make a kill, many species show up for dinner invited or not. Each has an order and rank and they patiently wait their turn because not many are brave enough to take on a lion who is still eating.

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Posted onJune 3, 2014March 31, 2020African Wildlife

Being Young in the Bushveld: Photographing cubs in Sabi Sands Reserve

During my guided photo safari we have some very special encounters with young animals of all species

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