When I left school 13 years ago I packed a bag and my camera and headed off on a trip around the world. 13 years on and the adventure continues, with camera still firmly in hand. Travelling and visiting new destinations will always be a huge part of my life and the excitement never fades.
For the last 5 years I have been travelling, living and working in Africa and have been totally captured by this amazing continent and its people, cultures, scenery and outstanding wildlife.
I now run a photographic safari company specialising in adventures to Africa which enables me to pursue my dreams of travel and photography and capturing snippets of this amazing world.
www.capturesafaris.com
As an avid wildlife photographer it has always been a dream of mine to photograph mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. So when an opportunity arose in 2011 to visit Rwanda I was not going to give it up. I love the feeling of excitement and anticipation just before arriving at a new destination and Kigali certainly didn’t let me down. Having been met at the airport we were soon darting through the bustling streets of the country’s capital in our Land Rover, taking in glimpses of city life before we flashed past. Before long we had left the city behind us and began our climb up into higher pasteurised farmland. This was a new side of Africa for me and totally different scenery to the countries of eastern and southern Africa that I have visited.
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