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New Ivory Coast Exploratory Tour next month
We are pleased to announce that Wild Images’ in-house African culture expert Inger Vandyke will be leading a small exploratory tour to the northern part of Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in late September. Joining a very small group, you will have the chance to visit and photograph numerous masked dancers from this vibrant West African […]
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South Sudan Photography Tour Report 2021
It’s quite something to arrive in Juba, the capital of the world’s newest country. After navigating the chaos of the airport, you are richly rewarded with dinner on the banks of the incredible White Nile. This is how our expedition began and, as we sat watching Palm Swifts gather in the fronds of the Doum […]
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Benin Photography Tour Report 2021
COTONOU Lying at the heart of Benin’s economy, the bustling sea port of Cotonou sits on an isthmus between the Atlantic Ocean and the calmer waters of Lake Nokue. We arrived in the city in time for our mandatory Covid19 testing, which was very straightforward and well organised, as we disembarked from the aircraft. Benin’s […]
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Our 2021 Benin Tour is in Africa Geographic
Before she has even arrived home to the UK, Wild Images tour leader Inger Vandyke has had one of her Benin images shortlisted in the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year competition this year. Shot on the coast of Grand Popo, near the border between Benin and Togo, her image of our local guide posing […]
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Happy New Year 2021 to all our Wild Imagers
We wish all our many Wild Imagers a very Happy New Year! 2021 must surely be a huge improvement on 2020, a tragic year for so many and a true catastrophe for all kinds of travel and tourism, worldwide. Not only have so many much-anticipated travel plans had to be put on long-term hold, but […]
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Wild Images Partners with the Atlas of Humanity
At Wild Images we’ve long held the belief that our most enduring memories of our travels and tours, whether they have been for wildlife or people photography, emanate from the people we’ve met and travelled with. Whether it is our cherished guests, our incredible guides, the staff of hotels or local people we’ve met, there […]
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Namibia 2020 Photography Tour Report
Namibia would have to be one of the most sublimely beautiful destinations for photography on the African continent. Visiting it shortly after the country opened its borders to tourists recently was an incredible experience. As a seasoned leader in Namibia, I have visited and led tours there many, many times but to see it with […]
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Early 2021 Expeditions to Africa
Wild Images is in the planning stages for three expeditions in Africa. Led by Inger Vandyke these ethnographical photography expeditions will travel to Benin, South Sudan and Kinshasa in Congo DRC. The first expedition to Benin begins in Cotonou on 8 January and we will arrive for the start of the annual Voodoo Festival of […]
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A Tale of Three Tigresses – Sonam
“NOW this is the Law of the Jungle — as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back — For the strength of the Pack […]
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Wild Images Supports Children in Remote Ethiopia
Recently Wild Images’ General Manager Inger Vandyke donated her aerial image of the Hamer Villages surrounding the small town of Turmi in southern Ethiopia, to the Australian based international NGO Create Impact. Her photo was sold in an online auction to raise money for the vital work of the group including the construction of schools, […]
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