NOTE: This is offered as a custom extension either before or after our Masai Mara Safari trips. Being custom, dates and exact prices will vary depending on number of travelers, your particular interests and the number of lodging nights. We recommend booking this trip with a minimum 3 night stay in Amboseli. Please contact us... » read more
Our team would not be the photographers and teachers we are without the learning we gained from being members of a camera club. Every few years we try to do something really special for Camera Clubs. For 2023, we are offering special discount pricing on one of our favorite safari locations: Zimanga Private Reserve in... » read more
Many people are unaware that the types of vehicles typically used for wildlife viewing safaris in eastern Africa differ from those used in southern Africa. In southern Africa, most game drive vehicles are very open like the ones shown below. In eastern Africa (namely Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) one will typically find closed safari... » read more
By Buddy Eleazer, owner of Magnum Excursions, LLC Figure 1- Canon 400mm DO with 1.4x teleconverter (560mm), Canon 1Dx MkII at f/5.6, 1/2500 sec., ISO 500 The Bottom Line Summary Bean Bags are a very low cost solution for sharper images when shooting telephoto lenses Bean Bags allow sharper images, even at lower shutter speeds.... » read more
SPECIAL NOTE: We are extending the deadline for sign-up. We are still determining how long we can extend the offer so please do not wait! Our team would not be the photographers and teachers we are without the learning we gained from being members of a camera club. Every few years we try to do... » read more
If you missed it, here’s a link to Part 1 of this trip review: http://tinyurl.com/p655a6p Timbavati Private Reserve within Greater Kruger National Park For Clarity, we want to explain what the Greater Kruger National Park is. Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserve in Africa. It was formed in 1898 and covers an... » read more
We billed it as ‘The Ultimate Safari” because we were sure participants would ‘see it all’ and they did. Our May trip included 6 days/5 nights at Chobe National Park and 5 days/4 nights in Timbavati Private Reserve, which is part of the Greater Kruger National Park and two nights in Johannesburg. The prior stated... » read more
Article and photos by Stephanie Brooks “Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are... » read more
This is an edited reprint of an article I wrote several years ago in my blog, www.ChobeSafari.com. Same text and many of the photos have changed, but the need to know the basics of composition is timeless. Many see a photo they like but when asked why they like the image, they lack the words... » read more
