Category : Trip Reports

This is the trip report from the Naturfokus expedition to Svalbard 15-25/7 2012. I was the expedition leader for a group of twelve Russian photographers, together with my staff Martin, Mike and Roy. Roy Mangersnes will be the photo leader for the next 15-25/7 2013 expedition, and I have included five of his images in [...]

After three fantastic days with the gorillas (read blog HERE) I had some time to test out the photo opportunities in Nyungwe and Akagera. These destinations are unknown by most photographers, but within a few years, they will become much more popular. Nyungwe especially, is one of Africa’s hidden natural wonders, and is highly recommended [...]

This is the first trip report from the photo expedition in November 2011 to New-Zealand, four sub-antarctic islands and Tasmania. Day 1 – 15.11.2011 After a long flight from Oslo to New Zealand, we arrive at Christchurch on the South Island. This city, in the past year, has been plagued by two large earthquakes, and [...]

Below is the first blog posting from the photo safari to Rwanda in February 2012. If you would like to read more information about similar photo safaris to Rwanda you can go HERE.   Day 1 – 17.02.2012 Eight photographers, seven from Norway and one from Denmark connected in the evening at Kigali airport. After [...]

Here’s the second trip report from this autumn’s two photo safaris to Masai Mara in Kenya. This safari was from 6–12 September 2011.   Day 1 – 07.09.2011 Group # 2 with 9 photographers (7 from Norway and 2 from UK) arrived Masai Mara around 11:00. After meeting the guides and drivers, we headed to [...]

This is the first trip report from this autumn’s two photo safaris to Masai Mara in Kenya. The first safari was from 1–7 September 2011.   Day 1 – 02.09.2011 The first group of eight Norwegian photographers and I arrived at Masai Mara via a small aircraft at 09:00. We met our local Masai guides [...]

Here’s the second trip report (9–19/8 2011) of the two photo expeditions to Svalbard this summer.   Day 1 – 09.08.2011 At 16:00 we were ready for departure and this time we sailed on board the M/S Stockholm. The 12 participants included four photographers from Spain, two from Austria and six from Norway. We sailed [...]

Here’s the first trip report (22/7-1/8 2011) of the two photo expeditions to Svalbard this summer.   Day 1 – 22.07.2011 16:00 it was time to board our ship, the M/S Origo for our first photo expedition to Svalbard this summer. For the first time I had only 12 participants on this ship, instead of [...]

Here's my final report from the African safari just before Christmas. Our last stop was Masai Mara, where we checked out a camp we planned to use as a base for future photo safaris to this area. And yes, our expectations were definitely met! Our small aircraft flew directly from the Samburu to Masai Mara, [...]

Just before Christmas I was lucky enough to experience and photograph Oryx rut in Samburu National park (in northern Kenya). Actually I went there (along with my friend Bent Olsen) fully intending to photograph leopards, but it was the Oryx which interested me the most on this safari. One afternoon we saw a herd of [...]