safari Archives - Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips and Travel Guides for Photographers - Photography Locations + Photogenic Experiences Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:29:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thewanderinglens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-olympus-housing-32x32.jpg safari Archives - Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens 32 32 I Know A Place – Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa https://www.thewanderinglens.com/madikwe-game-reserve/ https://www.thewanderinglens.com/madikwe-game-reserve/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:22:08 +0000 https://www.thewanderinglens.com/?p=10286 I know a place… Where the animal kingdom roams as far as your eyes can see… Where stars have an extra twinkle and the sun exudes a blanket-like warmth… Where roars, quacks and trumpets form a daily soundtrack and where eyes glow from shrubs in the dark… Sawubona, welcome to the wilderness of Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. It’s exactly the kind of place ‘The Lion King’ depicts on screen. Those sprawling African plains hiding any number of animals as you glance across an expansive landscape. A place that feels oddly like home yet remotely wild and rugged at the same time. Not sure what to expect as I took my first steps towards the safari vehicle, I had my fingers and toes crossed that over the coming days I’d get to photograph an elephant or a lion. That was the extent of my wish list, anything else would be a bonus and I was along for whatever ride was about to happen. Driving from the rocky airstrip down a dirt track towards Tau Game Lodge, within a mere 30 minutes we had already seen a dazzle of zebras, a giraffe, solitary male elephant, herd of wildebeest, springboks and...

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