African OdysseyGet the Flash Player to see this movie. Tis is a photographer's journey across Africa with Robin Taylor. Rich and ancient cultures, unique flora and fauna, scenic wonders and immense silent landscapes combine to create a tapestry of great diversity disturbed only by the passing of many animals and a few privileged visitors. African odyssey - Kilombero RiverLoad episode Kilombero River: "Just fifteen kilometres from the city, yet a million miles from anywhere, before setting out on our train ride to Ifakara. This is our jumping off point for the river trip on the Kilombero River into the Selous, the world's largest wildlife sanctuary a 50,000 square kilometres wilderness, with wondrous bird life, huge buffalo and elephant herds and the river full of dangerous hippo and crocs." African odyssey - Victoria Falls/HwangeLoad episode Victoria Falls/Hwange: "We drive through the Zambezi National Park to Hwange National Park a 15000 square kilometres of Kalahari Sand country and home to a wider diversity of game than any other conservation area." African odyssey - Sausage Tree Camp-Lower Zambezi Valley, ZambiaLoad episode Sausage Tree Camp-Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia: "We fly into Jeki Air Strip followed by a 40 minute drive to camp observing the dry, wide open savannah. Sausage Tree Camp-Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia.. Elephants roam freely through the camp." African odyssey - Uganda, East Africa, Semliki Wildlife ReserveLoad episode Uganda, East Africa, Semliki Wildlife Reserve: "A remote area of diverse terrain and vegetation. Lake Albert where we hope to find the rare and elusive Schubyll. Semliki Lodge is a haven in the middle of this marvelous wilderness." African odyssey - Return to Sausage Tree Camp, Lower Zambezi Valley, ZambiaLoad episode Return to Sausage Tree Camp, Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia: "It is the magic of the river with it's huge flood plains that have lured us back. Huge swilring dunes at sunrise w/patterns on the sand tell a story of wildlife that emerge on ly at night to feast. It's images such as these that pulled me back to Lower Zambezi." |
Make your choice African odyssey - Dares Salaam/SelousLoad episode Dares Salaam/Selous: "Not much a city person but Dares Salaam sounded interesting and mysterious. A fascinating city, a fusion of African and Arabic cultures." African odyssey - Masa MaraLoad episode Masa Mara: "One and a half million wildebeest accompanied by vast numbers of zebra will attempt the crossing of the Mara River. An awesome sight as many get swept away or are taken by crocodiles in the fast flowing current." African odyssey - Impalila IslandLoad episode Impalila Island: "The saline and mineral residue of the Pan and moisture from the summer rains attract an immense number and variety of game animals from the highly endangered black rhino to the elusive tiny damara dikdik and the rare endemic black faced impala." African odyssey - SimbambiliLoad episode Simbambili: "The dense vegetation of the northern sector of the famed Sabi Sand Reserve provided the perfect cover for the wildlife and it requires all our tracker's skills to find them as we track elephant and rhino on foot." African odyssey - Sabi SabiLoad episode Sabi Sabi: "Part of the Greater Kruger Park, one of the world's great game reserves. Home to many predators. We encounter lions with their cubs and track the endangered and increasingly rare wild dog." African odyssey - Susawe Island/Bwabwata National ParkLoad episode Susawe Island/Bwabwata National Park: "Surprisingly many animals have adapted to the harsh environment, among them elephant, lion, leopard, oryx and the rare mountain zebra. We explore by light plane, landing on beaches and rough strips, and by 4-wheel drive vehicles. There are no roads among the huge dunes." African odyssey - Deception Valley Lodge, Botswana, KalahariLoad episode Deception Valley Lodge, Botswana, Kalahari: "Botswana, from the caravan ride i t appears to be a desertw/no sign of any surface water, yet it supports a vaired wildlife population. A refuge for bushmen,the last of hunters and gatherers descendents of Southern Africas earliest residents." African odyssey - Jaci's Safari Lodge, Makikwe Game Reserve, South AfricaLoad episode Jaci's Safari Lodge, Makikwe Game Reserve, South Africa: " We descend 1500 feet into this ancient caldera to explore this most beautiful and natural wildlife haven. Black-maned lions, huge-tusked elephants and black rhino roam freely protected by the walls of the crater itself. We move on through the Olduvai Gorge, said to be the birthplace of man, into the Serengeti to witness the migration north of millions of wildebeest and zebra with the big predators following them. " |
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Tis is a photographer's journey across Africa with Robin Taylor. Rich and ancient cultures, unique flora and fauna, scenic wonders and immense silent landscapes combine to create a tapestry of great diversity disturbed only by the passing of many animals and a few privileged visitors.






























