Impala in the Kruger National Park

Impala

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Lion Photos taken early morning

Good Morning Everybody,
It is always nice to see photos of wildlife, and especially lions, as it is one of the species of African Wildlife that most visiting guests when asked want to see. These photos were taken by one of our guides Amanda while out on an early morning game drive. It is always great to have guides that have good cameras, that can take good photos, but as good as the photo is, it is at the same moment that one must understand that there is a very fine line between guides taking photos and doing the job of guiding clients. Guides have to understand, that when coming into the sighting, their full concentration must be on their clients, and not on their personal job of taking or teying to take the best photos. This is deemed to be totally unprofessional, as your guests and their needs always comes first in every way, even if that means that you as the guide loose the shot of the dat, month or year. a guide never sacrifices their clients for self gain in any shape or form.

I in my days of been a guide, witnessed so many times, guides coming into a sighting, and you see the guide taking photos, before the vehicle has even come to a complete stop. and this goes on for ten minutes, before a word is said to the guests on the vehicle, all this time, the interpretation that should be taking place, is totally non existant, thereby leading to complaints, bad atmosphere on the open safari vehicle with the group or even boredom. Not a pleasant place to be.

A professional guide, always thinks of their guests, and puts everything else second. Always keep it clean, and professional with no room for complaints and guests finding fault.

Below are some phots from the same sighting:

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Nice Leopard Photos taken by Amanda

Some loverly photos taken on the last safari by Amanda, one of the Nhongo Safaris guides, that has just got the knowledge of where the leopards are, and with her great camera, gets some really loverly photos.

It is something that can be seen while on a kruger safari, however photos like this are not got everyday, as the movement of animals and the climatic conditions has a lot to do with great game viewing. 

It is a well known fact, but one that needs to be said that the months of May, June, July, August, September and October are some of the best game viewing months that we have in South Africa to view our wildlife.

If one is looking at coming on a safari, it is generally a good thing to start planning your safari well in advance, as most of us safari operators get booked up really well in advance, and if one is looking at combining the Kruger National Park with a private lodge, or even another country in Southern Africa, it would be good to start looking and planning, together with booking down your safari as long as a year in advance. At the current state of affairs, Nhongo Safaris is already 40% booked out for next year, and we are currently only in May 2019. So as one can see, booking a good safari takes time, and needs to be done long in advance. We already have past clients, that have been booked on a safari in 2021, and it is not one or two people we are talking about, but the numbers grow every day.

So if you are looking at conducting a South African Safari or even if time does not allow you, a Kruger Park Safari, please book it with time to spare, as we do not want to disappoint clients by not been able to take them on what could be a "safari Of A Lifetime".