Allow me an introduction:
About a year ago I decided to arrange a Photo Safari to South Africa. The plan was to arrange a "New Zealanders Only" group to go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to view some real wild animals in their natural habitat.
In the end there were 10 of us that went - all from the same camera club.
The focus of the safari was to see Big Cats at real close quarters. The "Big Cats" are defined as Lions and Leopards. Cheetahs are 'small' cats and because of the vast territory that they traverse the chances of seeing them are not so good. However we would take Cheetah and any other animals as New Zealand does not have much by way of wild life.
In this thread I will post some of my photos for you all to enjoy.
It will be a gradual process as I go about processing the hundreds of photos I captured in the 5 days of safari.
I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed taking them.
The itinerary was to arrive 2 days earlier than the start of the safari and use those two days to get over any jet-lag issues and to generally acclimatise. We all met at OR Tambo International on the morning of the 26th August and set off in one vehicle for our 2 night stop over before the safari proper. It was a leisurely 8 hour drive with lunch stops and the odd photo opportunity to get to where we would spend the two nights in a little town called Hoedspruit in Limpopo province.
Hoedspruit borders on Kruger National Park or is very close.
To kick the thread off is a photo of a really ugly power station we passed en route. It gives you an idea of the weather we encountered and the scarcity of green foliage - the country is extremely dry at this time of year which makes for fantastic game viewing.
About a year ago I decided to arrange a Photo Safari to South Africa. The plan was to arrange a "New Zealanders Only" group to go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to view some real wild animals in their natural habitat.
In the end there were 10 of us that went - all from the same camera club.
The focus of the safari was to see Big Cats at real close quarters. The "Big Cats" are defined as Lions and Leopards. Cheetahs are 'small' cats and because of the vast territory that they traverse the chances of seeing them are not so good. However we would take Cheetah and any other animals as New Zealand does not have much by way of wild life.
In this thread I will post some of my photos for you all to enjoy.
It will be a gradual process as I go about processing the hundreds of photos I captured in the 5 days of safari.
I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed taking them.
The itinerary was to arrive 2 days earlier than the start of the safari and use those two days to get over any jet-lag issues and to generally acclimatise. We all met at OR Tambo International on the morning of the 26th August and set off in one vehicle for our 2 night stop over before the safari proper. It was a leisurely 8 hour drive with lunch stops and the odd photo opportunity to get to where we would spend the two nights in a little town called Hoedspruit in Limpopo province.
Hoedspruit borders on Kruger National Park or is very close.
To kick the thread off is a photo of a really ugly power station we passed en route. It gives you an idea of the weather we encountered and the scarcity of green foliage - the country is extremely dry at this time of year which makes for fantastic game viewing.