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Personally Curated Safaris

I am a private safari guide, travel planner and ecologist with over 20 years of experience in the industry.

Throughout my career in both tourism and the environmental fields, I have developed close working relationships with safari professionals, lodge teams, and scientists across Africa. This on-the-ground experience has given me a deep understanding of the continent’s diverse ecosystems, the inner workings of exceptional safari operations, and the people who bring these experiences to life.

My background as a field biologist has involved work on several conservation initiatives, providing valuable insight into the ecological dynamics and challenges shaping Africa’s wilderness areas today.

This combination of practical experience, scientific knowledge and working closely with people of many backgrounds is key to guiding exceptional safaris and designing exclusive experiences in search of incredible wildlife in remote and remarkable locations — always informative, always with a lot of passion & never without a sense of humour!

Contact me and let’s chat about your dream safari!

A braasy-breasted poses for a quick moment in Brazil's Atlantic rain forest This family of birds is becoming one of my favourites anywhere with about 30 species being found in Sao Paulo state alone, most of which are very colourful and a pleasure to
Red and Green Macaw Magic Up in the source rivers of the Pantanal there are some incredible places worth exploring and adding on to a "typical" Pantanal expedition. One such location has a giant sinkhole where dozens of Red and Green Macaw
Hyacinth Macaws in an Ipê-Rosa It's a special time of year in Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado regions with the Ipês in full bloom. While out walking about I heard the unmistakable calls of some macaws coming from one of these magnificent t
This little insect is a Boulder Jewel that I photographed while exploring along the Palmiet River in the Kogelberg (about an hour away from Cape Town) last week. I've been having a ton of fun with my 200-500mm lens which allows me to 'access' their
This has been a dream species for me to see and photograph - a Saffron Toucanet, from Brazil's Atlantic Rain forest. Got this individual yesterday as he came to feed on some fruit at a wonderful location called Trilha Dos Toucanos in Sao Paulo state
While driving the Transpantaneira back to Cuiabá, we stopped for one of the many Southern Screamer pairs we had seen at the remaining water sources. The light was good so I decided to take some snaps. Suddenly I realized there were 3 littl
Chestnut-eared Aracari from Brazils Pantanal I love toucans and seen this species as a glimpse in the past in poor light but finally a few days back got some amazing photo opportunities as it came down to a bird feeder. #chestnut #aracari #pousoale
Aardvark in the daisies (somehow deleted my first post) It's not often you get to find the first word of the English dictionary. And when you do its mostly at night and a fleeting glimpse. This Aardvark decided to break all the 'rules' and came out
Our ability to harness fire has arguably been the greatest tool in our success to evolving as one the most prolific species currently found on earth. These people of western Botswana are respectivfully known at the Bushmen. They are one of the most
A lioness leaps across a newly flooded channel as the Chobe river continues to rise. We headed out at first light and found three lionesses making their way towards Puku Flats. We anticipated where they might head and with some perfect soft backligh
A female elephant charges a lion that dared not move away fast enough as she tried to protect the youngsters in the herd. This took place yesterday at Kalwezi, the most famous photographic location along Botswana's Chobe River. Three lions caught
The alpha male of the cyamadongo troop shields his eyes from bright light to take a closer look at a few fellow primates. This troop of Chimps lives in a fragmented part of Nyungwe forest in south western Rwanda. With the great work that African P
Variable sunbird posing at Nyungwe. Photography in forests is always challenging under low light conditions. I pushed the ISO up and had a clean background. Very little post production done other than contrast, shadows and a bit of a crop. #variable
Zebra Magic along the Boteti This is one of the most spectacular migrations where you get to see thousands of zebra making their way down to quench their thirst along the ephemeral Boteti river, the extension of the Okavango, where during good rainf
A yellow billed stork nonchalantly walks past an old buffalo bull. With a little more than a glance up at his feathery friend he carried on feeding, tolerating each others presence on the flood plains of the Chobe river. #stork #buffalo #desertandd
A female leopard pauses to catch her breath before dragging her quarry into the relative safety of some thick vegetation. We drove out east this morning and worked around the Paradise Pans area and found many leopard tracks. Eventually our patience
An Osprey shot down and grabbed this fish out of the water during a sunset walk yesterday. I didn't see the actual catch as a tidal wall hampered my view but I still managed to catchup and get a few shots of this obliging bird! #Osprey #Duba #RedSea
Standing at more than 4 stories high the incredible architectural design of the Qasr-al-Farid, is just one of Hegra's more than one hundred tombs which were carved into sandstone around 2000 years ago at the height of the Nabataean empire. This one
Like a scene from another era, but shot this yesterday! Najran in Southern Saudi Arabia, close to the Yemen border is like no place I've ever been. The combination of the traditions, the culture and the genuine people culminate into an experience I
Wadi Walking in Saudi With the mercury rising and another day of marathon walks in search of the Arabian leopard and other wildlife, it was a treat to find this deep pool of water in a valley which in arabic is known as a 'wadi'. We missioned alon