Capturing Magical Moments on Safari

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Capturing Magical Moments on Safari

The visual delights of Africa are unrivaled anywhere else in the world. Nowhere else can you observe and capture the majestic beauty of a leopard lazily perched on a branch, or the silhouette of a long-necked giraffe against an orange African sky, or if you’re lucky, the vivid red of fresh blood on a lion’s face while feasting on its kill. Most of these memories will imprint themselves in your mind forever but to truly savour them, as well as share them, many travellers take their cameras along to capture the moment. And while amateur photographers may have varying levels of skill, here are some top tips and techniques specific to African wildlife and landscape photography.

Click here to download our Safari Photography Tips PDF.

Cheese & Wine

Franschhoek Cheese & Wine Festival

Once a year Franschhoek (near Cape Town) hosts the annual cheese and wine festival on one of the magnificent wine farms, this year it was on the Bien Donne farm. Tickets are sold months in advance and advertising peaks weeks before the event. Basically you

San Bushmen making a fire - Namibia

Camp Fires: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Unless you have been living in an air-conditioned cave for the last week, you will undoubtedly have realised that Cape Town is currently experiencing a severe heat wave. For the Western Cape that guarantees one thing: fires. After our location for our new luxury eco villas,

JENMAN African Safaris

Rising up the Rift with Don Pinnock

The Great Rift Valley – correctly called the Albertine Rift – is a tear through the fabric of Africa from Mozambique to the Red Sea which is moving apart at about the rate your fingernails grow. In tectonic terms that’s pretty speedy. It’s a messy

Lazuli Bush Lodge, Hluhluwe

Beaches and Bush

When it comes to our day and age, we’re often forced to choose between two things, usually at an expense of our own. Quality time with family becomes a rare luxury as a result of the highly pressurised corporate world, and we’re made to feel