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Edward Selfe Photo Safaris Edward Selfe is a specialist photographic guide offering superb photographic safaris in Zambia's world-famous South Luangwa National Park.

Edward Selfe moved to Zambia early in 2009, pursuing his love of wildlife and the outdoors. Working first as a camp management assistant and then as a safari guide, he has built up 9 years' of wild-Luangwa experience and honed his knowledge of its astonishing array of life. Edward also holds Luangwa's coveted Grade 1 walking licence, allowing him to lead safaris on foot in dangerous game areas, an

d proving his exceptional understanding of mammal behaviour. Edward has been a keen photographer since the age of 10, learning from his Dad with an old film SLR. Finding a perfect environment for his skills in Zambia, he has since turned his passion into a successful wildlife photography and guiding business. He has taken many photographers on safari, assisting keen amateurs to develop their skills and helping professionals turn Luangwa's great sightings into award-winning photographs. Edward's guiding style is one of 'exploring with his guests' and he loves nothing more than to discover new areas, try new techniques or sit and wait for a sighting to develop. As a highly skilled naturalist, he is as interested in wildlife as he is in photography and is the ideal guide for someone with a passion for both.

SCOUT•Even in the middle of the day, when predator activity is at its lowest, herbivore prey species take care to keep a...
13/01/2025

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Even in the middle of the day, when predator activity is at its lowest, herbivore prey species take care to keep a look out.
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In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, it’s most likely cheetah which will be a threat in the daylight hours, and zebra herds operate a sub-conscious “nodding-donkey” process where one of the herd has their head up - albeit chewing at the same time - while the rest crop grass.
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This allows opportunities to create pretty images of multiple animals banked behind each other, switching focus point as different individuals lift their heads. The tail flick is a helpful bonus!
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STOP MOTION•Using a slow shutter speed, and keeping the camera very still, I created a sharp image of this buffalo cow a...
10/01/2025

STOP MOTION
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Using a slow shutter speed, and keeping the camera very still, I created a sharp image of this buffalo cow as the rest of the herd passed steadily behind.
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Shot at 0.5sec, ISO 100, f6.3 in Okavango Delta at Splash Camp.
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FRINGE•The light in Botswana in early December 2024 was spectacular. It was hot as Hades — because the rains had come la...
09/01/2025

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The light in Botswana in early December 2024 was spectacular. It was hot as Hades — because the rains had come late — but the sightings were excellent as a result.
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On this particular afternoon, we spent time with more than 800 zebras on the floodplain around Splash Camp
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As the sun dipped, we shot straight towards the sun, creating great fringe effects.
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Join me in Botswana in May 2025? 1 single or 2 sharing spaces available.
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DREAM TEXTURES•If you’re gonna ask for a lion up a tree, it’s hard to hope for better textures than this!•Lion Camp, Sou...
08/01/2025

DREAM TEXTURES
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If you’re gonna ask for a lion up a tree, it’s hard to hope for better textures than this!
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Lion Camp, South Luangwa, Sep 2024. I’ll be running special 10-day tours to Lion Camp and Anabezi in Sep 2026. There are 2 spaces remaining - contact me for details.
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PINK GOSHAWK•While watching a huge bull elephant - who was very calm in our presence - I spotted movement in a tuft of g...
07/01/2025

PINK GOSHAWK
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While watching a huge bull elephant - who was very calm in our presence - I spotted movement in a tuft of grass nearby. A Pale Chanting Goshawk was grappling with a snake.
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As is customary with Botswana’s wildlife, it paid little attention to us, but quickly flew to a low perch when its mate approached. As the mate followed, it departed to a thorny tree nearby and the mate landed on the same perch, in search of scraps.
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We were able to approach to within 8 meters, and manoeuvre round to place the sun behind the bird as it dipped towards the horizon. Superb, dazzling experience with
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CUCKOOS•2024 was an extraordinary year! My guests and I explored all across East & Southern Africa….and my family and I ...
06/01/2025

CUCKOOS
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2024 was an extraordinary year! My guests and I explored all across East & Southern Africa….and my family and I adventured to India for the first time.
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After a Christmas break — offline with friends — I’m back at my desk planning for 2026’s adventures. There are still a few spaces on my tours to Uganda, Zambia’s Luangwa & Zambezi Valleys and Botswana, so please get in touch to know more. (Many of my tours fill before they appear on my website so please do send me an email).
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Meanwhile, the rains have (finally) arrived in South Luangwa and the cuckoos are calling urgently. I’ve heard 6 species today so I thought I’d share some photos….plus a wildcard at the end.
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Comment with the species names below…
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Happy rainy season from Zambia!
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MUSTANGS•My latest trip to Botswana — which ran during the first 2 weeks of December — was an incredible feast of sighti...
19/12/2024

MUSTANGS
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My latest trip to Botswana — which ran during the first 2 weeks of December — was an incredible feast of sightings throughout. The Kalahari gave us unusual sights like brown hyaena, the Lebala area was memorable for cheetah, and Dinare gave us brilliant lions and wild dogs.
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But, despite almost no predator sightings, it was probably the density of game in the Kwara concession — based at Splash Camp — that impressed us most. We spent almost a whole morning with the huge herds of zebra along the floodplain. At times, the sparring stallions were watched by more than 300 other zebra!
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If you’d like to visit Botswana on a photo safari with me, I have 1 space (single occupancy) on a newly-formed trip in May 2025. Contact me for info about this 2 week tour with
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BIRDING IN BOTSWANA?•I have 1 single space on a special trip to Botswana in May 2025. Join me for a wildlife photo safar...
15/12/2024

BIRDING IN BOTSWANA?
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I have 1 single space on a special trip to Botswana in May 2025. Join me for a wildlife photo safari with a special focus on bird photography.
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We’ll enjoy everything there is to see in the special concessions of Pom Pom & Kwara but with additional time allocated to getting great images of cranes, water birds, owls, raptors and more. The finale will be time on the Chobe River with Pangolin Safaris.
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4 nights Splash Camp, 4 nights Pom Pom & 4 nights Pangolin Chobe.
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Send me a direct message for more info.
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SAFARI OPENING•Due to a cancellation, I have 1 space on a tour to Lower Zambezi National Park next year. 8 nights with ...
28/11/2024

SAFARI OPENING
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Due to a cancellation, I have 1 space on a tour to Lower Zambezi National Park next year. 8 nights with at the best time of year!
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Superb light, dusty conditions, great concentration of game, cool mornings allowing long safari photo sessions, good guides, two-camp tour. Single occupancy.
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DM for details and please share to spread the word. 🙏
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AFRICA? INDIA!!•Watch out for the highlights from my October India safari with my family on my story.•So many great safa...
28/11/2024

AFRICA? INDIA!!
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Watch out for the highlights from my October India safari with my family on my story.
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So many great safari experience to be enjoyed — and memories to be made — with in Rajasthan.
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Keep watching.
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HOME•A camera trap set up on our verandah at home reveals a night-time visitor….and her cub! We’ve been hearing a lot of...
15/11/2024

HOME
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A camera trap set up on our verandah at home reveals a night-time visitor….and her cub! We’ve been hearing a lot of leopard activity around the house this dry season, and that would correlate with a leopardess’s efforts to rear a cub.
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As the dry season took hold in late September, the kids paddling pool became a good watering hole for all sorts of wildlife. I’ll share more of these in the coming weeks.
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The final slide shows both cats looking towards our living room, just 4m to the left of the image. We were at home at 20:40 that night, so perhaps they heard us talking…?!
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Some time ago, we found a young leopard hiding under one of our vehicles when we went out in the evening. We live in their space and it’s very much part of life. We just hope it wasn’t waiting there for our dog….
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UPWARD TREND•Due to significant investment of time and effort by the Department of National Parks and , the Luangwa’s wi...
15/11/2024

UPWARD TREND
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Due to significant investment of time and effort by the Department of National Parks and , the Luangwa’s wild dog population has reached a strong and healthy state.
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This large population now gives researchers the chance to pose interesting questions about population dynamics with respect to prey and competing predators. What limits a wild dog population’s size? Is it prey availability or is the competition from other predators? Which factor is first to impact the growth rate?
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Follow for interesting insights into questions like these and to understand what is involved in running a complex, multi-location project in wild spaces with poor access and very high seasonality.
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This image was taken just outside the South Luangwa NP, just a few hundred metres from my house. As these populations grow within the parks, they inevitable meet with the human impact coming in from outside.
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TAU•The lions of the Kalahari Desert are among the most spectacular in Africa. I’ll be back in the CKGR in December and ...
06/11/2024

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The lions of the Kalahari Desert are among the most spectacular in Africa. I’ll be back in the CKGR in December and I’m excited to look for this handsome male in the greenery of the early rainy season.
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PALMS•It’s been a busy year, and this image from June in Kenya — which is a bit of a favourite — feels like a lifetime a...
03/11/2024

PALMS
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It’s been a busy year, and this image from June in Kenya — which is a bit of a favourite — feels like a lifetime ago.
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Despite being in direct sunlight, the brisk breeze kept this Olive Baboon cool while he feasted on ripe palm fruits in Meru NP.
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WHERE WILL YOU BE IN MAY 2025?•I have a final space on a small group photo safari to the Lower Zambezi National Park. I’...
04/10/2024

WHERE WILL YOU BE IN MAY 2025?
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I have a final space on a small group photo safari to the Lower Zambezi National Park. I’ve run 11 tours to this special place since 2019 and it has always delivered extraordinary encounters and vivid memories.
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Based at Anabezi Camp for 8 nights, in the remote Eastern end of the park, we’ll leave camp early each morning and enjoy our days in solitude amongst the towering trees & rich wildlife.
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May offers lower rates, allowing for an extended stay, and the results from May 2024’s Safari speak for themselves. Check out the trip report on my blog.
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JUST 1 SPACE LEFT•Take the remaining space on my Emerald Season Lower Zambezi Safari for 2025.•13-21 May 2025 - 8 nights...
27/09/2024

JUST 1 SPACE LEFT
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Take the remaining space on my Emerald Season Lower Zambezi Safari for 2025.
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13-21 May 2025 - 8 nights at Anabezi Camp privately guided by me - spectacular scenery, wonderful light and brilliant sightings.
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Guaranteed departure. Contact me for more info.
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HUNTING IN THE HALF-LIGHT•It’s hard to know exactly what view of the world is enjoyed by species other than our own. For...
27/09/2024

HUNTING IN THE HALF-LIGHT
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It’s hard to know exactly what view of the world is enjoyed by species other than our own. For predators and ungulates in an African context, it’s likely that they give up sharp, colour vision in favour of low-light ability and peripheral acuity. This is supported by looking at retinal composition…but of course, we still don’t know exactly what their brains can interpret from the retinal signals.
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But whatever the capability of antelopes’ eyes, we can be pretty sure that this leopard — sitting motionless on the lip of a drainage channel — will be very hard to spot.
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Come hunt for leopards with me in the wilds of South Luangwa in 2026.
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FINAL SPACES IN 2025•I have 2 spaces left on photo safaris in 2025. Join me on an extended safari of 8 nights in the Low...
25/09/2024

FINAL SPACES IN 2025
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I have 2 spaces left on photo safaris in 2025. Join me on an extended safari of 8 nights in the Lower Zambezi NP in May. Clear, rich light with incredible sunsets and backlighting opportunities. Dense game sightings, endless elephants and some of Zmmbia’s best predator viewing. All these images taken on one 8-night safari in May 2024.
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PS - low season rates too!
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Contact me or check out my website SAFARIS page for more. Else get in touch for plans for 2026.
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ADVENTURE IN SOUTH LUANGWA • Freedom to explore, wonderful wildlife, superb photo opportunities and, increasingly, one of the few places to avoid the crowds. • Follow to see more from South Luangwa National Park. • #magicluangwa #onlyinLuangwa #southluangwa #zambia #safari #EveryoneFallsForZambia #DiscoverZambia #edwardselfephotosafaris #phototour #LivingOnSafari #photosafari #TravelAfrica #canon #canonr5

SAFARI PLANNING • Looking ahead to 2026? I have a few spaces left on my favourite Zambia safari. My Two Valleys tour enjoys 10 days split between the South Luangwa and Lower Zambezi Valleys which are diverse but complementary destinations. • Leopards are a highlight of both. Send me a DM to find out more, or visit my LinkTree where I’ve added a link, and you can also read reports of trips from the last 5 years of running this trip. • #leopard #leopardcub #twovalleysafari #lowerzambezi #southluangwa #magicluangwa #onlyinLuangwa #southluangwa #zambia #safari #EveryoneFallsForZambia #DiscoverZambia #edwardselfephotosafaris #phototour #LivingOnSafari #photosafari #TravelAfrica #canon #canonr5

MAY 2025 IN THE LOWER ZAMBEZI • Clear light, extraordinary scenery, great sightings, beautiful colours and a small group of just 4 photographers. Where else would you prefer to be?! 😃 • Final space. DM for details. • #lowerzambezi #lastminutetravel #anabezicamp #smallgrouptravel #zambia #safari #EveryoneFallsForZambia #DiscoverZambia #edwardselfephotosafaris #phototour #LivingOnSafari #photosafari #TravelAfrica #canon #canonr5

ONLY 1 SPACE REMAINING IN MAY 2025 • Enjoy 8 nights of superb sightings in the renowned Lower Zambezi National Park, staying at Anabezi Camp. • Learn to shoot excellent animalscapes in the picturesque winterthorn forests, capture high impact images of water birds along the banks of the river and maximise leopard photo opportunities in the open woodland of the floodplains. Guided and mentored throughout by Edward Selfe, building on 15 years’ experience of Zambia’s great national parks. • Contact me to take up this last space. • #lowerzambezi #luxurytravel #sustainabletravel #zambia #safari #EveryoneFallsForZambia #DiscoverZambia #edwardselfephotosafaris #phototour #LivingOnSafari #photosafari #TravelAfrica #canon #canonr5

UGANDA 2024 - follow for updates from my 2024 tour of this special, diverse and beautiful equatorial country. • #uganda #travelwithme #edwardselfephotosafaris

TOGETHER • Take a moment…. • #owls #owl #verreauxseagleowl #magicluangwa #onlyinLuangwa #southluangwa #zambia #safari #EveryoneFallsForZambia #DiscoverZambia #edwardselfephotosafaris #phototour #LivingOnSafari #photosafari #TravelAfrica #canon #canonr5

THRILLS • In the first light of morning, their calls echo off the trees, breath clouding in the cold morning air. There’s not much to beat this….except the sight of a serval moving through the grass in the distance!! • Having spent much of the week in search of small cats at Namiri Plains in the Serengeti, this was a brilliant early start to the day! • Filmed on @canonuk EOS R5 & 500mm f4 • #lion #lionscalling #dawn #namiriplains #serengeti #edwardselfephotosafaris #phototour #LivingOnSafari #photosafari #TravelAfrica #canon #canonr5

RETRIBUTION • Predators compete for an ultimately finite prey source leading to a fierce rivalry. Some of these feuds are well-documented, such as the battles between spotted hyaenas and lions. • However some inter-predator competition is harder to explain. What this large-spotted genet did to anger the young leopard will remain a mystery, but it paid a high price. • More likely, the genet sparked the leopard’s playful or chasing instinct and wasn’t fast enough to escape. Whatever the story, it’s sightings like this which keep me exploring and searching for amazing experiences. • Taken in the Lower Zambezi NP on safari from @anabezicamp • #leopard #genet #rivalry #competition #DiscoverZambia #edwardselfephotosafaris #phototour #LivingOnSafari #photosafari #zambia #safari #EveryoneFallsForZambia #TravelAfrica #canon #canonr5 #lowerzambezi

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Edward Selfe moved to Zambia early in 2009, pursuing his love of wildlife and the outdoors. Working first as a camp management assistant and then as a safari guide, he has built up 9 years' of wild-Luangwa experience and honed his knowledge of its astonishing array of life. Edward also holds Luangwa's coveted Grade 1 walking licence, allowing him to lead safaris on foot in dangerous game areas, and indicating his exceptional understanding of mammal behaviour. Edward has been a keen photographer since the age of 10, learning from his Dad with an old film SLR. Finding a perfect environment for his skills in Zambia, he has since turned his passion into a successful wildlife photo safari business. He has taken many photographers on safari, assisting keen amateurs to develop their skills and helping professionals turn Luangwa's great sightings into award-winning photographs. Edward's guiding style is one of 'exploring with his guests' and he loves nothing more than to discover new areas, try new techniques or sit and wait for a sighting to develop. As a highly skilled naturalist, he is as interested in wildlife as he is in photography and is the ideal guide for someone with a passion for both.