Duba Plains is like no other place on this planet. Located in the northern segment of the renowned Okavango Delta, inaccessible for 11 months of the year by any other means other than flying, this private 30 000 hectare game reserve is truly set in the heart of wildest Africa. You are overcome by the power of true natural beauty and remoteness from the second you arrive on the Island. The camp is set on the banks of one of the many permanent waterways that complement this unique wilderness. On our recent photographic safari to Duba Plains our guests had the opportunity to experience this fantastic paradise. We landed at Duba in the early afternoon in time for a late lunch after all had settled into their rooms. After lunch we headed out on our first excursion to explore the surrounding area and go in search of the lions and...
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Duba Plains is like no other place on this planet. Located in the northern segment of the renowned Okavango Delta, inaccessible for 11 months of the year by any other means other than flying, this private 30 000 hectare game reserve is truly set in the heart of wildest Africa. You are overcome by the power of true natural beauty and remoteness from the second you arrive on the Island. The camp is set on the banks of one of the many permanent waterways that complement this unique wilderness. On our recent photographic safari to Duba Plains our guests had the opportunity to experience this fantastic paradise. We landed at Duba in the early afternoon in time for a late lunch after all had settled into their rooms. After lunch we headed out on our first excursion to explore the surrounding area and go in search of the lions and...
On our last two days we had wonderful sightings of a massive rhino bull and on the last night we found the Ottowa males on main road in from Gowrie gate , they had made a buffalo kill some 30 meters of the road and were going to spend some time in the area it seemed . The final morning we headed out and fund Karulas cubs , the male was a little shy but the female got herself onto a termite mound and we had a wonderful photo shoot with her. All good things have to come to and end and we have reach the end of our 2011 Elephant plains photographic safaris till next year, the 2012 season is open for bookings with the first trip starting in april , If you cant wait that long thre is am awesome trip going to Ndutu ….the south...
After the first few days of rainy weather behind us the African bush has graced us with perfect sunny days and excellent lighting conditions. On day three the highlight had to be that we were able to spend 2 hours with Salayexe one of the resident Leopards in her natural habitat. . Salayexe is a most beautiful 6-7 year old Leopard that our guides tracked down after lunch for us. We tenaciously tracked her for 30 minutes after which she led us up to a sparsely leafed Marula tree. For the next 2 hours she posed for all of us to take photos of her to our heart's content, or as the memory cards capacity could cope with...... all for the exclusive benefit of the ODP clients. The high light of this shoot will have to be the low light pics after sun down. Most manage to capture Salayexe yawning exposing all the...
Photo: Hilton Kotze Well we have come to the end of our first leg of the ODP safari, its amazing how fast 4 days pass by when you are having fun. The last two days were super, we picked up some lions in the morning and spent some time photographing them ,later we stumbled on a coqui francolin giving a mating call, he was posing on a termite mound and gave us ample opportunity to photograph it. That evening we found Salayexe a relaxed a female leopard of the area,and had the opportunity to to practice our side and backlit technics. Its with a sad heart that we say goodbye to the friends we made in the first 4days, Its been a great 4 days and every one was very happy to be leaving elephant plains with wonderful images of lion, leopard and other species. We now look forward to the next ODP group arriving for their 4 day photographic...
© hilton kotze After a glorious sunrise with lovely early morning light we came across a young male lion walking up one of the boundry roads looking for the rest of his pride after a disruption of the pride during a fight with invading males. We were able to position ourselves to take advantage of this wonderful photographic opportunity. Feeling rested after a belly filling delicious lunch, and a group photoshop session, we set off for more adventures on our afternoon drive. Our expectations were soon met with a slow shutter speed panning exercise with running Impala, soon to be exceeded by a beautiful female leopard posing a few metres from our vehicles. We continued our photography of this cat into dusk using our spotlights allowing for unique nighttime images. All in all it was a good photographic success ! Ben and Hilton for ODP Safaris at Elephant...
It was a glorious day as we headed out to see what the african bush was going to present to us . we picked up the tracks of a leopard soon after leaving camp and spent some time tracking it through drainage lines and thick bush , and eventually our persistence paid off .....
The oct ODP photographic safari has started with great sightings of a huge herd of buffalo that went down to dring at big dame in the crepuscular time of day, just as the sun was setting. they waded on the fringes of the waters edge for about 20mins then moved of into the rapidly fading light.
I think I can quite confidently say the highlight of the day was the cheetah mom with 4 cubs
They gave us a real show , running ,tackling each other and posing with mom on a termite mound.
As we floated effortlessly over the treetops we saw elephant in the forest and a huge herd of zebra put on a spectacular display of their speed for us and we were able to capture some wonderful photos.