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.

10 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.
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 access to both sides of the vehicle. Small group size is the ideal way to explore Kruger - the photographic way !

All the 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.
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 CATS" section of the safari takes place at a private lodge approximately 1 hour’s drive on a good tarred road, from the Kruger National Park exit gate.
The time we spend in this reserve provides very different experiences and opportunities. Being a private reserve we have more freedom than in the Kruger Park. Here, guided by our personal ranger, we can leave the vehicle and approach some animals such as rhino, hippo, crocodile & elephant on foot. The resident pride of lions is well habituated to vehicles and when necessary, we are able drive off road in our private vehicle, to follow these cats.

The attraction of this reserve is the opportunity to get close to these beautiful animals in order to capture 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 of large animals, night photography and photographing with remote releases from strategically placed camera boxes.

As well as those animals freely living on this 5000 hectare/12400 acre reserve, we can photograph orphaned leopards, cheetahs and a lion pride in the reserve’s breeding project.
Accommodation is at the reserve’s main lodge in air-conditioned, en-suite rooms with electricity to recharge batteries. All meals are catered for by the lodge.