The trick behind landscape photography

On behalf of Rich De Gouveia In my humble opinion, one of the most difficult things to capture is a beautiful landscape as it’s so much better in real life than it will ever be in person. However, because the scene is so epic we want to be able to share it with our friends…

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More ferocious than a lion

This little creature may not be large in stature but has more ‘chutzpah’ than most large predators. Can you guess what it is? It’s the Honey Badger! In fact, these feisty little badgers have been known to chase off young lions off kills as well as actually kill buffalo, wildebeest and waterbuck. Whether their ability…

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The Go – Rillas

First hand encounter of THE chest beating Silverback by Richard De Gouveia We arrived in Kigali, Rwanda as the evening was setting in. We enjoyed a late dinner before retiring to our rooms for a much-needed rest before the real adventure began.  Up bright and early the next morning, we soaked in ‘the country of…

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Close encounter with a Gorilla

If you’ve been on our Instagram or TikTok you would have seen that the video below has had more than a million views on Instagram and over 27 million views on TikTok! Here is the story that accompanies the video, read it first so you get the context of what actually happened! Richard has been…

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Gorillas and Chimps in Uganda

A mini blog on what to expect when you embark upon a primate adventure in Uganda. For years, Rich and Matt, as professional guides, have been hosting and guiding treks into Uganda and Rwanda. One of the core reasons (although not the only one) is to host incredible primate trekking safaris. Rich and Matt provide…

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Survival of the Fittest

The battle of Leopard 🐆 vs. Warthog 🐗 @matt_meyer_africa our Co-Owner tells us this riveting story. When I was still a guide at Mala Mala, we were tasked with a patrol one day in an area North West of Mala Mala that doesn’t have any well used roads on it. We found an old fire…

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Is this angry lion charging the vehicle?

@matt_meyer_africa our Co-Owner tells us the story. I was still working at Mala Mala and enjoying a morning coffee with guests when we heard a buffalo bellowing loudly close to Sable Camp. We quickly jumped in the vehicle and followed up on the calls. We found the poor buffalo being ripped from the hind legs…

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Arc Earth Wildlife Journal Begins

One of the ways we’re going to keep you in the loop with everything that’s happening on the ground, is by posting our ‘Tales from the bush’ here. Keep your eyes peeled every week for our new posts and new articles about safaris in Africa, photography tips and skills and exciting and anecdotal stories from…

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The migration that no one knew about

We’re ‘circling’ back to Botswana as we’re talking about an animal migration that no-one really knew about until the mid-2000s. Isn’t that amazing? We thought we everything about animals and their movements yet even David Attenborough hadn’t identified this one yet!  In the 1950s and 60s, Botswana put veterinary fences to fight outbreaks of foot-and-mouth…

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