The Charm
200mm, f/2,8, 1/400s, ISO1600 Though gorillas (and chimpanzees) understandably receive most of the spotlight, the Virungas have some other interesting primate inhabitants too. Among these…
Author: Marcus
Tracking Time
38mm, 1/250s, f/5,6, ISO400 The Batwa are in many ways the Gorilla Highlands region’s forgotten people. The original inhabitants of this part of Africa, the…
Misty Mornings
63mm, 1/160s, f/8, ISO400 What Rwanda lacks in size, it makes up for in variety. Of the country’s three main national parks — there are…
Four-Legged Guardians
31mm, 1/250s, f/8, ISO250 My conservation and travel photography don’t always mix quite so readily as at Akagera National Park. Miha had asked me to…
Showered Siblings
500mm, 1/400s, f/4, ISO800 Well, this takes me back quite a few years! My first gorilla experience was actually in DR Congo, in Virunga National…
Underappreciated Ungulates
500mm, f/4, 1/400s, ISO400 Antelopes are probably among the most underrated safari attractions. How often have you heard guests come back from a game drive…
Big 1
500mm, 1/500s, f/4, ISO500 I’m not sure if you have come across the New Big 5 Project: basically, an initiative to come up with, obviously,…
Monkey Mischief
100mm, f/4.5, 1/400s, ISO250 I don’t lose my temper very often, but this was an exception. Baboons are intelligent, unafraid and — if not shown…
Walk-In Theatre
24mm, 30s, f/4, ISO2500 Back in early 2016 we spent a night camping with our Batwa friends at the outskirts of Echuya forest. The highlight…
Ancient Relic
500mm, 1/640s, f/5, ISO250 Believe it or not, this is one of the region’s stars – at least for avid bird-watchers. The shoebill (sometimes known…