Arrival Kasane Airport where you will be met and transferred to the lodge.
This seven-day itinerary starts at the Chobe National Park famed for its huge elephant populations and the opportunity to photograph some of the most relaxed and varied wildlife from both land and water on the custom-built photo boats and vehicles.
Your home for the first three nights will be at a comfortable lodge which is located on a hill overlooking the Chobe floodplains. Each morning and afternoon you will be taken into the National Park, which is less than a kilometre away from the lodge, by one of the resident photo guides, who will be on hand to help you make the most of each of the photo opportunities that present itself.
Included in this package is the use of a state of the art DSLR camera and telephoto lens, should you not have your own, at both the Chobe Lodge and the camp in The Okavango Delta. If you have your own camera gear you will get a base plate to attach to your lens collar for use on the custom built chairs on the photo boats.
In the afternoons you can make use of the editing area in the upstairs lounge or just relax by the pool with a good book. After the evening game activity, we will meet for dinner and tales around the fire. On some evenings the photo guides will do a presentation of their images in the upstairs bar in the hope that their compositions will inspire you to try different angles and techniques the next day.
After brunch, transfer to Kasane Airport for your light aircraft transfer to the Okavango Delta area.
The Khwai Private Reserve is 200,000ha in size and bordered by the Khwai River to the South. Khwai has a reputation as one of the best areas in the Delta ecosystem for wildlife photography in the region.
Upon landing you will travel through the reserve to the Camp to get settled in and enjoy high tea before heading out into the open grasslands that surround the camp.
The reserve has excellent populations of the big cats (especially Lion, Leopard and Cheetah) and also several packs of Wild Dog and these will be the main subjects we will go in search of while on the reserve. Being a private reserve we can drive off-road at important sightings and we can also spend as much time as we need at each one. In the Southern section of the reserve, which is approximately 75km2 in size there are never more than about ten vehicles at a time, three of which are from the photography camp. This means that there are a limited number of vehicles at a sighting but also that there are enough in the general area to help locate the wildlife.
At the camp there are three game viewer vehicles and with only 12 guests at any one time, this means we limit the number of photographers to 4 per vehicle.
During your time at the reserve, there will also be an opportunity to spend a morning or afternoon gliding through the Delta in a traditional dug-out canoe called a Mokoro. This gives you a unique vantage point as your poler pushes you past herds of plains game as they graze next to the rivers and channels.
Other activities on offer are bush walks with specialist guides. During the day there is a dedicated editing area in the communal areas of the camp and in the evenings there will be a roaring fire to enjoy with your fellow travellers along with a well-stocked bar and delicious home cooked meals.
For the light aircraft transfers, you are limited to maximum 20 kg baggage (this must include your hand baggage). All baggage MUST be packed in soft bags, as hard suitcases cannot be loaded onto the aircraft.
Light aircraft transfer back to Kasane (or to Maun if this is your preferred destination).