16thDecember
John
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Africa

Africa 2008, Sossusvlei

Namibia offers stunning landscapes as well as the abundant wildlife and in particular the Sand Dunes of Sossusvlei and the dead forest of Deadvlei are a landscape photographers dream. The early morning starts to catch the perfect light are well worth the effort and it also means that one can avoid the heat of the sun from mid morning to mid afternoon. The late afternoon/evening  light is just perfect also. The dunes of the Namib desert (the oldest desert in the world) …

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06thNovember
John
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Aerials

Ballooning on the Mara

We did two balloon flights while in the  Mara. The first flight was on the Eastern side of the park and was in the company of another balloon and then the other flight was on the Western side of the park with the landing site close to Tanzania’s Serengeti boundary. This a quiet and pleasant way to see the savanna and wildlife without alarming them unduly.

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19thOctober
John
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Africa

Masai Mara, Kenya

A true gem for wildlife photography, the Mara (as it is popularly known) is well known for the Wildebeest migration as they move from the Masai Mara in Kenya across the Mara river where they run the gauntlet of the lurking crocodiles on their way to the Serengeti in Tanzania. Some of the Wildebeest are taken by the Crocodiles but many are drowned in the melee of the crossing. Zebra accompany the Wildebeest and quite cunningly wait until the Wildebeest …

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12thOctober
John
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Africa

Lake Nakuru, Kenya

This is a great park with lots of birds and animals throughout and we could have easily spent more time here. It is also where the movie ‘Out Of Africa’ was filmed. The following is taken from Wikipedia: Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley soda lakes at an elevation of 1754 m above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the rift valley of Kenya and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park. The lake’s abundance of algae attracts the vast quantity of flamingos that famously line the shore. Other birds …

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28thSeptember
John
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Aerials

Helicopter Flight, Mt Kenya and Beyond

We had booked the Mt Kenya flight with Tropic Air Kenya before we left NZ but as the mountain had been shrouded in cloud for 8 days we had resigned ourselves to not being able to take the flight. At 6am we received a call from Mario, Tropic Air Kenya’s Chief Helicopter Pilot  to say that the mountain was clear and it was all go. Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) …

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