Welcome to the Photo Safari Company Blog
Welcome to the Photo Safari Company Blog
Welcome to the Photo Safari Company blog, where African safari travel, wildlife photography, and field experience come together in one place.
This blog is designed for travellers, photographers, and wildlife enthusiasts who want more than generic safari content. Here, you will find practical advice on planning an African safari, destination inspiration, photography tips, camera and lens guidance, and real insights shaped by time spent in the field.
Whether you are dreaming about your first safari, refining your photography kit, or searching for ideas for your next journey through Africa, this is where we share the stories, knowledge, and lessons that help turn inspiration into real travel.
Thinking About Your Next African Photo Safari?
Reading about safari travel and photography is a great place to start, but the real magic happens in the field. Our scheduled photo safaris are designed for photographers and wildlife travellers who want more than a standard game drive experience, with carefully chosen destinations, expert guidance, and time to focus on wildlife and storytelling properly.
What You’ll Find on the Photo Safari Company Blog
This blog covers the topics that matter most to safari travellers and wildlife photographers.
African Safari Planning Advice
From choosing the right destination and travel season to understanding packing, visas, and safari styles, we share practical planning content designed to help you book and prepare with more confidence.
Wildlife Photography Tips
Safari photography is one of the most rewarding forms of wildlife photography, but it also comes with its own challenges. We cover topics such as gear selection, camera settings, composition, behaviour, light, and how to get more from your time in the field.
Destination Guides
Not every safari destination offers the same experience. We write about places across Southern and East Africa, including destinations such as Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, and Zambia, with a focus on what makes each one distinctive for travel and photography.
Camera and Gear Advice
From safari camera guides to lens choices and field-tested equipment, we share gear insights based on practical safari use rather than generic shopping lists.
Why This Blog Matters for Safari Travellers and Photographers
There is no shortage of safari content online, but much of it stays broad, repetitive, or disconnected from the realities of actually travelling and photographing in Africa.
This blog is different because it is grounded in real safari experience. We focus on the details that genuinely help people, whether that is understanding how a destination feels in different seasons, choosing the right telephoto lens, preparing properly for a first safari, or improving your wildlife photography once you are in the field.
For readers, that means content that is more practical, more experience-based, and more closely tied to the kind of safari journeys we actually run and recommend.
Stay Inspired Between Safaris
Join our newsletter for safari stories, new departures, photography tips, destination inspiration, and thoughtful updates from the field.
This is the best way to stay connected if you are not ready to book yet but want to keep learning, stay inspired, and hear about upcoming safaris first.
African Safari Destinations We Write About Most
Africa offers extraordinary variety, and that is reflected in the destinations we cover on this blog.
We regularly write about safari travel and wildlife photography in:
Each destination offers a different style of safari, and one of the goals of this blog is to help readers understand those differences more clearly. The live page already highlights Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and Madagascar strongly, so that remains a good foundation to build on.
Built for Wildlife Photography, Not Just General Travel
Photo Safari Company was built around photographic travel, and this blog reflects that.
We do not only write about where to go. We also focus on how to photograph these places well. That means thinking about light, wildlife behaviour, camera gear, timing, composition, and what actually helps photographers come home with stronger images rather than just more images.
If you are interested in wildlife photography, this blog is designed to support that journey, whether you are just starting out or already have serious experience in the field.
Why Read Advice From Photo Safari Company?
This blog is shaped by a team that works closely with photographers and safari travellers in the field. That matters because safari advice is far more useful when it comes from real-world experience rather than generic travel copy.
The goal is simple: to share advice that is practical, trustworthy, and directly relevant to the kinds of safaris we help guests plan and photograph.
That includes:
Start Here: Our Most Useful Safari Blog Topics
If you are new to the blog, these are some of the most useful areas to explore first:
This section works well because it helps first-time readers find their way quickly instead of landing on a welcome page and leaving without a next step.
Ready to Start Exploring?
If you want to move beyond inspiration and start planning something real, explore our safari destinations, browse our scheduled departures, or get in touch to talk through what kind of safari would suit you best.
Useful Places to Go Next
From here, the strongest next pages to guide readers toward are:
Explore More Camera and Safari Advice from Our Blog
Looking for more African safari stories, planning advice, and photography insights? Explore more from our blog:
Explore the full blog here: African Safari Blog
About the Author
Nick Wigmore is Co-Founder, Director, and Photography Host at Photo Safari Company & Go Beyond Safaris. As a wildlife photographer and safari host, he works closely with photographers and travellers in the field and regularly advises guests on camera gear, practical setup, and how to get the most from their equipment in real safari conditions.