Our private guides are available to all photographers of any skill level from beginner to advanced, the tuition offered is tailored to the individual needs of each photographer. Whether you are just starting out, like we once did, or a professional, we believe you never stop learning, it is our aim and promise to you to improve your photography while learning how to listen, and watch for the tell tale signs mother nature will show you, this will help you to understand your subject just that much more, which is one of the key elements of wildlife photography and just as important as the camera skills we will teach you.

A private guided workshop is ideal for individual travellers as well as small groups of up to 6 travellers per guide.

Your private guide will show you how to use different light sources individually and in combination with each other to add impact to an image, ambient light, flash and spotlight, side lighting, back lighting and direct light which can all add great drama to a photograph. He will go through all the possibilities of scenarios and settings, giving you a usable workflow that will work for you in the field. Being highly experienced and knowledgeable wildlife guides as well, he will teach you how to watch and listen to nature as she will give up her secrets to you as you observe your chosen subject so you can start to build a picture of what is happening around you and use these skills in the future. The use of these skills will arm you with the best opportunities to photograph the natural beauty, expressions and behaviour of our diverse wildlife.

Your private guide will also assist and advise you on post processing programmes such as Adobe’s Lightroom and Photoshop. He will assist you in managing your photographs in a library format which will enable you to find and display your images quickly and easily. Your photographic guide will assist you with editing images in a way that will bring them to life, adding impact and getting the best out of them, making you want to hang them in your own home.

We recommend you bring your DSLR body and lenses. Any lenses in the range from 200mm to 600mm. For wildlife we prefer 100-400mm lenses with f stop ranges from 2.8 to 4. We also do rent out gear if you are needing equipment.

Absolutely, we call them animals in their environment shots. Where an image of the whole scene is captures from a distance such as the whole tree with the Leopard in it. Not only close up images with large lenses.

We recommend at least 2(two) x 64 GB memory cards per person. This will give you enough space to shoot freely without worrying about a full memory card. We also suggest you bring an external hard drive with so you can clear your cards each evening after dinner.

We do suggest it. This allows you to clear your memory cards and do some editing between safaris.

Our safaris are exclusively for small groups of no more than 6 people per vehicle. Game drives on open safari vehicles with a side of the vehicle guaranteed.

Rate is calculated on a per guide basis and is based on a maximum of 6 guests per guide.
Many variables would influence the cost of a privately guided safari, including length of stay, number of countries, private flights and amount of people on the safari would all affect the total cost. However don’t let this concern you, contact us today for the experience of a lifetime, and you might just be surprised.

We require a 50% booking fee at the time of booking to secure your spot, the remainder is due 1 month prior to the safari.

Travel trade partners, Lodges, agents and tour operators are welcome to contact us regarding preferential rates.

If you’d like to reschedule, please note that our booking fee is legally non-refundable, however, if we are available for your new date, we would be happy to reschedule. As for cancellations, the booking fee is unfortunately legally non-refundable.