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Articles from February 2009

African Names of Animals

If you have ever been on a safari in Southern Africa, you may have noticed that when your guide and the tracker speak or the guide uses the radio to speak with other guides on the reserve, they often use the local African language, mixed in with English to communicate with each other. Quite often [...]

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Safari Animal Congregations: A group of….

Photo I took of a Pack of African Wild Dogs at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa What do you call a group of…? I recently wrote an article on Tips for Photographers on Safari. In it I mentioned a group of giraffes that I photographed at a dam in South Africa. Because I did [...]

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Stunning Safari Photos: Zebra Etosha National Park

I was just browsing Flickr, when I came across this fantastic photo taken by coda of a Zebra at Etosha National Park in Namibia and I just had to post it. For more safari photographs & Photography: Elephant Photographs Photographs of The Gambia Best Digital Camera for Safari and Travel Safari Wildlife Photography Tips Safari [...]

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Best Cameras for Safari: Super-Zooms

Whilst there is no question that a Digital SLR camera is overall a better camera than the “point and shoot” super-zoom cameras that come with attached telephoto lenses, but unless you are either a professional photographer or you main intention for going on Safari is for photography, I suggest that the best cameras for safari [...]

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