Guide’s Blogs

Letaka Photographic Workshop  - with James Gifford & Steve Stockhall There was an air of anticipation swirling in the surprisingly sultry atmosphere as the airvan containing our photographic workshop guests landed at Xakanaxa airstrip.  The clients were armed and dangerous – well not so m...

Our Botswana camping safari began in the Xakanaxa region of the Moremi Game Reserve where I collected my guests from the Xakanaxa airstrip for the scenic drive to our camp in the Bodumatau region of the Moremi. Our trusty camp crew had already set up our camp the day before and we arrived mid-aftern...

Our safari started with the last bitter cold nip of winter in what has otherwise been a fairly mild winter in Botswana. Abnormally cold weather in South Africa produced snow in all nine provinces for the first time in recorded history and we felt the frosty bite of that weather on the first few days...

Leopards were the highlight of my last safari which fits in quite well because July was leopard month at Letaka Safaris. I knew I was under pressure because Nkosi has had some brilliant leopard sightings but I think ours were better, sorry Nkosi… We were fortunate to catch up with the Mochaba f...

I have been extremely fortunate on my last few safaris and this one was no different with some excellent game viewing and great photographic opportunities. A male lion in Moremi Game Reserve managed to single-pawedly pull down a buffalo between Third Bridge and Fourth Bridge. We also saw a coalition...