Unforgettable moments among wild Elephants in Mana Pools. At times we sat in the Elephant’s own shadow on the floor, just below the tree where he was feeding, or we stood less than a meter away while he peacefully fed on fallen pods of Faidherba Albida. […]
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This year in Mana Pools was special for Wild Dogs. We found them every day, spent a lot of time with two different groups, we watched them play, drink, chase Buffalos, hunt Baboons and Impalas. And all of this on foot. At times we were surrounded […]
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We left Chitake for the two hours drive under the scorching sun to our camp on the Zambesi river, in the floodplains of Mana Pools. Temperature was significantly hot, but the nice breeze along the river and the shade of the trees helped considerably. For the […]
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After leaving the Mara we took the night flight from Nairobi to Lusaka. The next morning we encountered the other guests who arrived directly in Lusaka, and at 6.30 we were on our way to Mana Pools. It’s a few hours drive, with border crossing at […]
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Lions are a quite common sight on the floodplains along the Zambesi river in Mana Pools NP. Here I was lying on the floor taking this image as they rested under the shade of a bush. It was terribly hot so the Lions didn’t move at […]
0 Read MoreWhat is most fascinating about Mana Pools NP is that most of the photography is done on foot. Animals are habituated to people walking in the park, so they do not generally run away in the same way as they do in other places when they […]
0 Read MoreMana Pools NP, on the banks of the Lower Zambesi river, was by far the highlight of the trip, and a park I really fell in love with. It was hot as hell, with temperatures around 43° in the shade, as October is the end of […]
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