Established in 1898, “The Kruger” is one of Africa's oldest and biggest parks. Along with recently added private reserves, it covers over 20 000 km2 or 7800 miles2. Its diversity of plant, mammal, reptile and bird species is astounding.
The park offers an array of different habitats, from grassland and mixed woodland through to dense thickets, from rolling hills with granite koppies, to riverine vegetation with beautiful fig, jackalberry and fever trees.

8 nights are split between the 2 best camps INSIDE the Park itself. The locations visited offer different habitat types and are, from experience, the best areas to view & photograph wildlife in the Kruger.
Our own specially modified photo safari vehicles are unique amongst vehicles operating in the Kruger. We take only two radio-linked vehicles on our safaris, each with a maximum of 3 photographers, allowing each photographer unrestricted access to both sides of the vehicle.

Both camps offer comfortable, air-conditioned, en-suite accommodation. Each room has an electric point for charging batteries. All meals are catered for by the Wild4 team. Packed breakfasts and lunches come with us every day, to maximize time in the field. Dinners are home cooked meals served beneath the African stars, around our private dinner table. Water & fruit juice are provided at dinner. Alcoholic beverages can be purchased from the camps shop and brought to dinner.
Stu alternates between the two vehicles each day to offer photo tips and tuition as and when situations arise. The group size allows for questions to be answered at any time. Tuition presentations are held on most evenings after dinner.

The "BIG CAT RESERVE" section of the safari takes place at a private lodge approximately 1 hour’s drive on a good tarmac road, from the Kruger National Park's ORPEN exit gate.
The 3 nights you spend in this reserve will provide very different experiences and opportunities. Being a private reserve we have more freedom than in the Kruger National Park. Here, guided by a ranger, you are able to leave the vehicle and approach some animals such as rhino, hippo, crocodile & cheetah on foot.

The main attraction of this reserve is the opportunity to get close to and photograph the BIG CATS of Africa ! You will have private photo sessions with leopards, cheetahs and lions.

Being able to get close to these animals at the best times of the day for light will enable you to achieve excellent photos of them in their natural bush environment. Having a more controlled situation allows us to re-shoot and to fine tune technique and camera skills. We explore a number of different photo techniques such as panning, wide angle photography, as well as night & action photography. It is the perfect environment to learn new skills and techniques or fine tune old ones, all under the expert guidance of your tour leader, Stu Porter, who has been visiting the reserve for the past 10 years.

Accommodation is at the reserve’s main lodge in air-conditioned, en-suite rooms with electricity to recharge batteries. All meals are included at the Big Cat Reserve, but drinks are for your own account