Just before dusk one evening we were lucky enough to spot a cheetah mother and her two cubs who were exceptionally cute. In any gallery, click on the thumbnails to see each image at full size. Elephant babies are great fun to watch. They don’t know how to control the muscles in their trunks and they swing them around […]
One day we saw a newborn Grant’s gazelle. Its mother ran off as soon as we started approaching, and the newborn’s instincts kicked it and it dropped to the ground, camouflaging itself and looking like a stone from the distance. The mother seemed unperturbed and was grazing quite a distance away – probably to deflect attention from her newborn in the […]
All except two of my trips to the continent of Africa have been with African Impact. Going with an organisation like them is an excellent way of taking part in wildlife conservation and being able to photograph completely different animals, landscapes and people to when I’m back home. It’s also a fantastic way to meet other likeminded people from all over […]
Kenya – the land that first sparked my interest in Africa and lodged itself deep inside me for nearly 40 years until I had the opportunity to come here. Those of you who have read the ‘about me’ section on this blog will know that it was the film ‘Born Free’ that did it, and since then I’ve wanted to […]
The ferry journey from Koh Samui to Ko Tao took a bit of working out as to what was going on, where we had to go, etc, but we eventually piled on and our luggage was heaped up at the front of the catarmaran. About 10 minutes into the journey one of the crew rushed up to the front and […]
After a 90 minute flight from Chiang Mai we arrived at the first of our two islands – Koh Samui. We had chosen a place to stay based on the fact that is was on the west side of the island and we’d therefore see the sunsets. We were not disappointed 🙂 This was our first evening. Early next morning […]
Most weeks we go camping in Klaserie Game Reserve, next to the Kruger Park, which is about 40 minutes drive from our lodge. Two person tents are permanently set up with mattresses, duvets and pillows, and with a ’mess’ tent, toilet & shower tents nearby. There is a bore hole that feeds a water tank to flush the loo, wash […]
African Impact works closely with the local community. We have relationships with several schools, and we have been making an impact at one of them by helping to create a vegetable garden. This was started in June, and is already well established. The school is part of an ‘eco-training’ partnership. Our initial job was to finish some fencing. For this, […]
This week we visited a Reptile centre for some great photographic opportunities and to learn more about these creatures. We were lucky enough to have our own private session, so not long after arriving, we found ourselves all lying on the ground photographing a hooded cobra. (From a suitable distance and with long lenses of course!) This was followed by […]
Morning trip to a canyon. I wondered why we don’t have canyons in England. I have Cheddar Gorge nearby, but what’s the difference between a gorge and a canyon? Is it the area, the depth, or how it was formed? I had to google it, even with the slow internet connection, and according to National Geographic “A canyon is a […]
