Snow leopards have evolved to live in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Their white-gray coat spotted with large black rosettes blends in perfectly with the steep and rocky mountains of Central Asia. The snow leopard’s powerful build allows it to scale great steep slopes with ease. Its hind legs give the snow leopard the ability to leap six[…]
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Disappointing news from Corbett. For those of us that like getting close to India’s wildlife, staying in one of the government rest houses inside Corbett Tiger Reserve was a special treat. Sadly, the decision by the Uttarakhand government to implement a Supreme Court order means that this will no longer be possible. It’s not cast in stone yet, but seems inevitable. This[…]
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Varun, our man in India, never misses a chance to escape from the office and head out into the jungle. He’s been particularly busy over the past 4 or 5 months, with numerous trips to tiger reserves like Corbett, Pench, Satpura and Ranthambhore. Luckily for us, Varun is a damn fine photographer and so we get share all his wonderful[…]
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The chance to see tigers in the wild is high on the wish list of most lovers of wildlife and our aim is to give you the best possible chance of seeing and photographing these magnificent big cats. Ranthambhore is renowned as one of the most reliable parks in India for tiger sightings; the resident population of tigers – currently 44[…]
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Great Expectations Running photographic safaris throws up all sorts of challenges but one of the toughest to deal with is client expectations. With so much top quality wildlife photography on view in TV documentaries, online and in glossy magazines, a lot of people arrive for the start of their safari expecting that they will come away with equally spectacular photographs.[…]
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Photographing Birds in Flight Pied Kingfisher. 1/1250, f8, ISO 320. Nikkor 300mm lens + 1.4x tc The thing about birds is that they rarely sit still just to make it easy for you to photograph them. Sometimes you’re lucky and they’ll stay put long enough, but more often then not they will take to the air as soon as you[…]
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Satpura Tiger Reserve Satpura National Park is located in the Satpura Range of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh. The Tiger reserve encompasses an area of 1427kmsq and was formed by the joining together of 3 wildlife sanctuaries, Satpura, Pachmarhi and Bori. Each of the original sanctuaries had quite different terrain so the national park offers very diverse habitats with deep[…]
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Key differences between a safari in India and a safari in Africa. This is a question that I get asked a lot. Regular visitors to Africa enquire about visiting India and want to know how the experience will compare. To say it will be the same is simply not true. A wildlife safari in India is a very different type[…]
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