Meet Charly and the Inspired Team at KMI Airport in Nelspruit . 

We aim to depart at 12 pm straight to The Kruger National Park so if you are unable to arrive before this time we recommend you fly in a day earlier and overnight at an airport hotel in either Johannesburg or Mbombela.  

The Kruger National Park  is home to Africa’s iconic Big 5; Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, Rhino and Leopard. The park covers an area of 2 million hectares of African wilderness and has a greater variety of wildlife than any other African national park, earning it the classification as one of the world’s super-parks. Starting our photographic safari as soon as we enter the park gates, enjoying a 2 hour game drive in an open game drive vehicles. We will have two open game vehicles with each guest enjoying an end seat, perfect position to catch your shot!  

On arrival into camp we settle in and relax around the campfire under the African night sky. The camp is fully fenced and it is safe to walk around and explore the different viewpoints and attractions. We will camp in 2 person canvas safari tents with a comfortable mattress and pillow. There are hot showers and clean toilets, camp chairs, a gazebo kitchen complete with fridge, cooker and storage boxes, as well as charge points in camp. 

Tonight we will get to fall asleep under the stars to the sounds of roaring lions, snorting hippos and the soft croaking of frogs in the river. 

Dinner included.

This safari is all about wildlife and outdoor adventure, so we’ll experience a guided adventure in open safari vehicles, where we will get up close and personal with the park’s residents. 

Our professional and passionate Kruger guides will explain and interpret what is going on in the natural environment around us as we travel along the tracks.   Our morning will start with tea, coffee and rusks in camp, before heading out on an early morning photographic safari.   Avid bush enthusiasts love the Kruger in winter as the cooler temperatures and thinner bush make it easier for game spotting. Animals also tend to spend more time around watering holes giving us the chance for some incredible sightings and photographic opportunities.  

The park has approximately 147 species of mammals, 500 species of birds, 114 species of reptiles, so there are plenty of opportunities to experience wildlife in their natural habitat. In addition to the Big 5, cheetah, hyena, wild dog, giraffe, large herds of zebra and wildebeest, and an impressive variety of antelope are among our usual sightings.  

After lunch at a remote picnic site, we will head back to camp for some R & R before heading out on an exclusive night drive.

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.

Rising with the sun and venturing right into the heart of Kruger we get to view the spectacular scenery, which provides a perfect backdrop for incredible wildlife sightings.  

Today we will meet  carnivore expert Grant Beverley, a senior member of the EWT Carnivore Conservation Programme. We’ll head out into the reserve to track packs of collared Wild Dogs, which are one of the most Endangered carnivores in Africa second to the Ethiopian Wolf.  

We will spend the day in the park with Grant and enjoy breakfast and lunch at remote picnic sites, where animals roam around us.    Arrive back at camp in the late afternoon. 

Enjoy the sunset from the camp’s wooden deck overlooking the river, followed by dinner around the camp fire.   Share our last evening in the Kruger National Park, around the camp fire eating dinner and toasting smores.     

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included.

After our morning drive and last breakfast in The Kruger National Park we will transfer to Sabie Game Reserve, which is situated within the Sabi Sands. The ultimate South African safari destination and most famous private game reserve of all.    

On this photographic safari we will spend 4 nights at Umkumbe Bush Lodge.  During our stay at Umkumbe we will go out on an early morning and afternoon game drives in an open 4×4 vehicle, exclusive to our group only. Knowledgeable rangers with tons of experience will guide us during our photographic safari. Sabi Sands and Sabie Game Reserve, are adjacent to South Africa’s flagship Kruger National Park, offering a safari experience found nowhere else in the world. Game viewing possibilities are simply unparalleled, including the much sought after ‘Big 5’. There are no fences between Kruger National Park , Sabie and Sabi Sands Game Reserve, so wildlife roam freely in a huge natural environment.  

The Sabi Sands and Sabie Game Reserve are particularly well known for their amazing leopard sightings. The most elusive animal of the Big 5 is frequently spotted when going on a game drive in the reserve. As such, Sabie and Sabi Sands offer the ultimate photographic safari one can think of. Besides the Big 5, other game species occur in great numbers, among which are over 300 bird species. Sabie and Sabi Sands possibly make the best South African safari destination for wildlife enthusiasts, photographers and bird watchers alike.    

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included.

After catching our final sunrise in the Sabi Sands its time head over to Hoedspruit for our Photography Workshop and to join a Wild Dog expert Grant Beverly from The Endangered Wildlife Trust, a team dedicated to conserving threatened species and ecosystems across East and Southern Africa.   

The afternoon is free for you to enjoy, relax and unwind.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Included

Rest, Edit, Learn – The biggest feedback we hear about any photography trips: so this morning we will enjoy a lie in and a late breakfast.   
After a relaxing morning Charly will teach her editing process, as well as help you with yours.  Not into photography or editing. No problem! You are still welcome to join or take the day to rest, go  hiking, go Hot Air Ballooning, visit a Elephant Sanctuary.   

In the evening we will be joined by The Endangered Wildlife Trust for dinner and a presentation. 

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.

Today we will meet carnivore expert Grant Beverley, a senior member of the EWT Carnivore Conservation Programme. 

We’ll head out into various areas to track packs of collared Wild Dogs, which are one of the most Endangered carnivores in Africa second to the Ethiopian Wolf.   We will discover the unique, effervescent behaviour these close knit pack animals, who use strength in numbers and seamless collaboration to make them a force to be reckoned with. 

Each Wild Dog has a unique coat pattern, like human fingerprints, and many of the individuals within the packs monitored are known to Grant. As a result, he has the most fascinating and intimate insights into the dogs that definitely cant be found in a book or online. We will search for the dogs using radio telemetry to confirm the health of all pack members, to update identifications, update pack composition and structure.  

Wild Dogs are regularly caught in snares, hit by cars, affected by disease outbreaks and face competition with other predators and are now the most endangered carnivore in South Africa, with just 200 left in the Kruger National Park and between 600 in the whole of South Africa. Throughout the day we’ll learn from Grant about their unique hunting and feeding behaviour, how they share meals between the pack and even regurgitate their food for their pups!  After tracking Wild Dogs for the day we will return to our lodge for a well-earned dinner.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

We will load up the vehicles and travel as a group to “a place of rivers” Dinokeng Game Reserve. The Reserves lies in the catchment area of two rivers that flow into the Olifants and Limpopo rivers and on to the Indian Ocean. 

The Reserves story centers around conservation, as a project started by Provincial Government and the efforts of more than 170 landowners. Together they developed the concept that eco-tourism could become the source for upliftment of rural communities through sustainable employment. 

Dinokeng Game Reserve has the potential to become a model for future conservation where people and wild animals live in harmony. And it is on the way to prove itself as an example for successful transformation with so far more than 800 permanent jobs created for people living in the adjoining communities.   

After lunch and settling into our accommodation we will depart on an OSV (open safari vehicle)  to track Cheetah as part of Dinokeng’s observing wildlife conservation experiences. Cheetah monitor Matt Templey will take us behind the scenes to give insight into what it takes to conserve these beautiful cats. Matt will use telemetry to track the Cheetah as all are collared. 

We will then have a once in a lifetime opportunity to track these creatures on foot.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

Head out early on our first African Game Drive.  Our game drive will be in two open safari vehicles, where we will be able to smell and experience nature. During our morning drive we will stop for coffee and enjoy some home baked rusks  in the middle of the bush or on the riverbank  

After breakfast we join The Dinokeng Wildlife Team and veterinarian for a Carnivore immobilisation which will either be collaring or whatever needs to be done at the time. This will be an exclusive experience for our group only. 

After lunch awe will depart on an OSV (open safari vehicle) to track Rhino as part of Dinokeng’s observing wildlife conservation experiences. We will be taken  behind the scenes to give us an insight into what it takes to conserve these Endangered Species.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

After breakfast we will start shuttles to directly to Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

Please only book flights from 13h00 onwards.

Breakfast Included