Shenton Safaris - Latest Comments

Re: October Picture of the Month

Elimicmanda — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:53:15 -0000

fantastic pictures, i am a zambian but never thought our country has such beautiful places as kaingo.

Re: Office Africa September 2011

Micha Wacquier — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:05:21 -0000

Great newsletter and great photos!

Re: Office Africa August 2011

Shenton Safaris — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:46:29 -0000

Thank you Vicky and Sue!

Re: Office Africa August 2011

Vikki Spicer — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:50:28 -0000

What an amazing collection of photo's and stories. I'm so envious sitting here in my boring office but very much inspired to book our trip for 2012. Izzy your shot of the female Leopard is a cracker! I must say I'm stunningly jealous of the Wild Dog pics my most favourite African animal. Please keep all the posts and newsletters coming, it's helping us get through the long cold Melbourne winter. Can't wait for next year!
Vikki & Darren Spicer

Re: Aardvark, I presume?

Spence19251 — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:29 -0000

Dear Donna,

\I'm now in Uganda,and I remember you well from Kaingo.I remember Patrick's guiding skills and keen sense
sense of humor.I can also remember that very specail evening when we saw the aardvark,two leopards,and Pel's Fifishing owl. I'm now in Uganda and following your advice. Thank you,Owen Shaffer

Re: Leopard looses his kill

Jack — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:40:12 -0000

great story and pictures. thanks

Re: Lions

Virgil Hilts — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:02:43 -0000

really good site and is very informative.

http://www.titaniumprint.com

Re: Hyena-Lion-Mwamba

Stevelewin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:28:13 -0000

Hi Ian. Thanks for doing a superlative job of guiding that made our visit to Kaingo memorable.
Steve Lewin

Re: First wild dog of the season!

Kaye — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:22:08 -0000

I was there too! What a fab afternoon that was watching the buff and the wilddog hunting. Top sighting. Thanks to Patrick, Debra and all the crew at Mwamba for a fantastic and memorable stay. Mum is still talking about it.
I also caught up with Art and Christa in Botswana. They said it rained leopard the day after I left the Valley. Bugger! To make up for it I saw my first ever black rhino in Kruger. :)
Kaye Brown -South Australia in body, South Luangwa in Spirit.

Re: Predators

Phil Branham — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:21:00 -0000

Hi Jules & Derek, I like all of them but the photo with the five lions in the tree stands out. One, two maybe three lions in a tree but FIVE?

See you in October!

Phil Branham

Re: Aardvark, I presume?

Andy H, UK — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:10:16 -0000

"And I was there too ... Patrick was too modest to mention how he tracked and found the first leopard and that it was stalking an Impala until a Hyena buzzed it, or the Porcupine forgotten in the extravaganza. But yes, I did manage to get the video going to capture the Aardvark; but the first few seconds of this exceptional sighting are hard-burned into my memory because it was just an extraordinary close up face on view. Wow!
Patrick's next evening’s drive was merely two Pels Fishing Owls and a last of the daylight big male Leopard on the prowl (leading to much squawking by Baboons and Birds); and that was after I rejected the option of tracking some Lions!"

Re: Aardvark, I presume?

Donna C Fitchburg, MA. — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:34:49 -0000

As one of the very fortunate guests to be on the vehicle for that drive, I can attest to the magic of that evening. Not one, but two leopards, a Pel's fishing owl (as requested), and for the finale, Aardvark! If one didn't already know how rare and special this was, Patrick's excitement at this spotting would have clued you in. No fleeting glimpse either, too bad this silly guest had already packed her camera away (lesson learned). Again, thanks to Patrick and our excellent spotter Charles for making my last night drive a perfect one.

Re: First wild dog of the season!

Artryan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:33:34 -0000

We were there with Patrick when the Wild Dog was sighted. I thought, "what is that" raised the camera but most pics were a blur. I'm sure YY got a shot off. It all happened so fast and the dog had impala on his mind. What a chase!
This was the best adventure of our lives. Thanks to Patrick, Meyam, Ian, Derek and all the crew at Kaingo and Mwamba,
In the immortal words of Arnie S. " I'll be back".
Art and Christa Ryan, Newcastle, Australia

Re: Box of Frogs

Sue Armitage26 — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:20:34 -0000

Can't wait to visit in September!

Re: Welcome to Shenton Safaris Blog

South Africa Safari — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:20:24 -0000

Wonderful pictures. Good luck to your both and your venture

Re: Wild Animals

User — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:33:46 -0000

Hi Russell,
Glad you enjoyed the pics. We look forward to having you with us, it can't be long now there is only 6 weeks left in the season!
Very best
Jules

Re: Wild Animals

Russell Nicholson — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:52:17 -0000

Hi jules and derek..these pictures are great,of some of africas most iconic animals.. The leopard..africas spirit cat, the elephant, if there,s one animal that everybody identifies with..its the elephant. And the beautiful carmine bee eaters that bring such a splash of colour to the riverbank. Russell.

Re: Eliott the One Eyed Leopard

ian and sylvia woods — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:04:18 -0000

Brilliant to hear that he survived !
One would imagine that it could be a serious disadvantage for a hunter so it will be interesting to find out how he fares once he has left mum. Hope that we may get to see him. We are counting down the days to our trip. Prepare the aardvark !

Sylvia and Ian.

Re: Predators

Russell Nicholson — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:01:02 -0000

Hi jules and derek,i am staying with you soon,and having seen these pictures,i feel like a child waiting for christmas morning,thats the only way i could put it. The images are amazing,each for a different reason,depicting a day in the bush during a particular season,but above all they capture the magic of the bush around your camps. For example..The leopard is very much the spirit of the bush, an elusive but magical shadow,which will reveal itself when its ready,and its the stealth hunter of the night.. Stalking to within yards of its prey...and waiting like a coiled spring..waiting to pounce...silent and patient.. On the opposite side of the spectrum..you have the stuningly beautiful carmine bee eater wich with its vibrant colour...flying up and down the riverbank,bringing a carnival of colour to the bush. Superb pictures. Russell.

Re: Office Africa Aug 2010

User — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:03:23 -0000

Hi Guys,
Lovely to hear from you again. I told Ian you'd specifically requested his flat tyre incident :) He's off on leave this weekend and has promised to rustle up some worthy blog entries
Darren's tip on 'easy' has made a world of difference to Derek's footage. I'm gutted we didn't find it earlier, but at least now the slow-mo shots have been banished!
Cheers guys, take care
Jx

Re: Office Africa Aug 2010

User — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:57:37 -0000

Hi Phil,
I sure did - that with a 1.4x converter.
It's a beautiful lens. As keen as you are though you might want to look at the fixed 400ml - a repeat guest of ours has it (as well as the 300ml) and he says it's magic.
Best
Jules

Re: Office Africa Aug 2010

User — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:32:41 -0000

Hi Guys,
I only just manage to get photos up - let alone metadata :)
Let's catch up on it when you come to camp.
Fantastic on that lens - hope you hired the extender as well.
See you soon
Jx

Re: Office Africa Aug 2010

User — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:13:54 -0000

Hi Rita,
Thanks so much you saved me again! Always best to get me on info@kaingo.com though as I don't check the blog that often.
I've just attempted to place an order, but I"m not sure if it went through or not, I clicked the submit order buttoon, twice as nothing happened the first time and it has just opened another window. Is there any way to check if it worked.
I ordered peppermint, lavender, peace and calming and raven. I had to enter a new credit card - it has a Zambian billing address (is a UK card) and it wouldn't let me put the zambia billing address so I had to put my UK shipping address. I wonder if this is causing a problme as it has been several mins and the sale doesn't seem to have resolved.
I'm glad you enjoyed the newsletter
with love
Jules

Re: Office Africa Aug 2010

Phil Branham — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:50:25 -0000

Great photos Jules, the leopard looks like you trained him to perform for you. I am looking at a Canon 300mm like yours to go with my 70-200l IS USM ll. Did you shoot these with your 300?

Best regards, Phil

Re: Office Africa Aug 2010

Vikki & Darren Spicer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:59:46 -0000

Awesome Jules our two favouriets, Leopard and Hyena - definitely worth the wait! Still suffering from "Post Safari Blues" but this has helped. Cant wait to see the video on Utube, Darren is sifting through ours so if we find anything worthy we'll let you know. Cheers Vikki & Darren