Good afternoon everyone. We are all packed up for the festive season. We broke down our camp in the Moremi yesterday. The hyena family came to say goodbye and our resident female leopard decided to jump in our sausage tree and look down on us. Very special!! We are now off for two photographic safaris at Chiefs Camp on Chiefs Island. We are looking forward to showing this magnificent place to the people who will join us there.
We share with you today a serval we bumped into close to our base camp. Enjoy and see you soon.

Good morning everyone. The year is almost over and sightings are still picking up. We can get to islands normally impossible and exploring new areas. Found new prides, leopards and the scenery is amazing. Two weeks to go before we pack up for the year and then 2 photographic safaris at Chiefs Camp on Chiefs Island. We are super excited going to Chiefs. Sightings have been insane, and the landscapes with dramatic cloud cover are amazing for photography.

My new Phototips book, are on special for only 24 hrs longer, so make sure you get your copy. also makes a great Christmas present. https://hanneslochner.com/books.php
Delivery end November.

We share with you today a photo in my new book. Enjoy.

Kalahari Phototips is aimed at photographers who want to hone their photography skills and produce
breathtaking images. Hannes Lochner takes you with him to the Kalahari to photograph nature with
a freshly creative perspective. This book reveals all the tricks and trades of a phenomenal wildlife
photographer.‘ – Heinrich van den Berg

Each book in the Phototips collection replicates a mini photographic workshop that’s hands on and
practical. This is the fifth in the series of Phototips books by HPH Publishing. After the success of
Phototips – Principles of nature photography, Phototips – Composing nature and Black & White Phototips
by the Van den Bergs, and Greg du Toit’s Phototips – Getting it right in camera, Hannes Lochner shares
his photographic advice in Kalahari Phototips – Photographer on Location.
Visit www.phototips.co.za for more information about the Phototips range of products.

Featured in Phototips – Photographer on Location:
hannes’stop10kalaharitips: his experiences
topwaterholes: best of the best
nightphotography: journey through the nocturnal activities
campmagic: photography in the camps

BOOK Delivery END-NOVEMBER

PHOTOTIPS: Photographer on Location – 2 week Pre-sale SPECIAL. Books will be delivered end-November.

‘Kalahari Phototips is aimed at photographers who want to hone their photography skills and produce
breathtaking images. Hannes Lochner takes you with him to the Kalahari to photograph nature with
a freshly creative perspective. This book reveals all the tricks and trades of a phenomenal wildlife
photographer.‘ – Heinrich van den Berg

Each book in the Phototips collection replicates a mini photographic workshop that’s hands on and
practical. This is the fifth in the series of Phototips books by HPH Publishing. After the success of
Phototips – Principles of nature photography, Phototips – Composing nature and Black & White Phototips
by the Van den Bergs, and Greg du Toit’s Phototips – Getting it right in camera, Hannes Lochner shares
his photographic advice in Kalahari Phototips – Photographer on Location.
Visit www.phototips.co.za for more information about the Phototips range of products.

Featured in Phototips – Photographer on Location:
hannes’stop10kalaharitips: his experiences
topwaterholes: best of the best
nightphotography: journey through the nocturnal activities
campmagic: photography in the camps

Good morning everyone. Things are heating up sighting-wise and also in temperature. We are into the forties already and the shady sausage tree we live under, just lost all its leaves and we had almost no shade for a while. Luckily the new leaves comes out quick, with the blooming of the red flowers. Elephants around our camp are getting a bit more friendly, they were a bit skittish at first. Last week our sausage tree were surrounded by nine elephants enjoying the fallen leaves and long grass around our tent. Magical. Wilddogs left a, what was left of an impala kill, in our ‘driveway’, so they killed it just after we left for a gamedrive earlier that morning. They did stay in the area the whole day just to be chased around by elephants when the sun was setting, around our camp, absolutely havoc. Dust,dogs & lots of trumpeting! We also fell in love with a very small leopard female in our area. Herewith a picture of her in the golden hours of the day, high up in a sausage tree. Enjoy.

The award winning Chief’s Camp is located on Chief’s Island in the Mombo Concession of the world-renowned Moremi Game Reserve. This area is known as the ‘Predator Capital of Africa’ and is ideal for game viewing. The luxurious camp is ideal for an exciting Photographic Safari due to the vast numbers of animals that congregate all year round. Chief’s Island is one of the many islands created by the seasonal flood waters of the Okavango Delta and is well-known for the finest game viewing in Southern Africa.
As the predator capital of the world, the game viewing is awe-inspiring. But apart from its predators, the Moremi is also renowned for its large concentrations of plains-game, elephant and buffalo.
You will also no doubt see giraffe, impala and zebra. Endangered wild dog also make this area their home. Several lion prides as well as genet cats and hyena also live in abundance here. Like the rest of the Okavango Delta, the area is a paradise for bird lovers, with over 500 species.
Let us know if you are interested and we will forward you more details. Contact noa@lochnerphoto.com
Date:
24-28 November 2015

Things are picking up in the Moremi and had a few great sightings the last 3 weeks. Caracal, serval, lions 10 days in a row, cheetah on a termite mound, hyenas destroying two of our chairs in camp and plenty more. Also some beautiful wild dogs, in great light. Its getting hotter as well and our tent clocked 40 degrees Celsius on the inside at midday yesterday. 38 degrees Celsius outside! We also had unexpected rain for a day, giving us a beautiful sunset with colourful clouds. It was great spotting a serval last week, my second ever in the wild! Excited beyond words. We share with you today a wild-dog in motion. Enjoy.

After a few months at Third Bridge we got to know a nice sizeable pride of lions. Altogether 13 individuals, with 3 big males leading the pride. The males are always together and are seldom with the females and cubs. It has been difficult to follow these males everywhere they go, because they cross into serious water a lot of the times. But they are very relaxed and as usual sleep most of the time. We basically hear lions every night, but seeing them is always a problem. There is a lot of water at the moment and its not possible to cross everywhere to the islands. Hopefully it dries up soon and we can follow them. Herewith one of the males at sunset.

Good afternoon everyone, things are rolling along, and the sightings are SLOOOOOOWLY getting better. It’s getting hotter so the elephants, especially the breeding herds are more frequent at all the water-points. We share with you today a young leopard that was chasing squirrels. Amazing seeing these agile creatures in action. We haven’t really had winter yet, or maybe this is winter here. The coldest I had was 4 degrees. What a pleasure in compare with the Kalahari (coldest -12°C). So things are heating up, and the hyenas are getting to be a handful in our camp. Made a mess in our kitchen again and ripped off a few pieces of rubber on our game-drive vehicle. Naughty cubs. And there is three of them. Everynight clockwork looking for trouble!
Anyway enjoy and see you soon.

The last month the sightings has increased a little and hoping things will turn around to even better and more regular sightings. I also found a wilddog den with 2 pups. Lots of water still, thank goodness for the snorkel on the vehicle. Also very thick sand and the roads are not particular great for game-driving, but you get used to it eventually. The hyenas are getting a bit more adventurous and got into our kitchen the other night. What a mess they made. Elephants are daily visitors in our camp, and the hippos are out even in the middle of the day grazing around the camp. We also had a few lions through the camp, snoozing just 30 meters from us. I tried to follow 3 big male lions a few evenings ago and try and stay with them till morning, so I can get them in the beautiful morning-light. They took me 5 km from any road, and after I lost them when they crossed a swampy area around midnight, I tried to make my way back to the closest road. Three hours later and driving through some serious bush, my GPS and ‘tracks for africa” app. got me to a road with 1% power left on the phone, with no charger in the car. Phew! Just made it. You can get stuck very easily for days in this area. A tourist was stuck for 3 days in water with his family, and was only rescued on day 4. Also two hired Toyota hilux vehicles was drowned at a water crossing 3 km from our camp. The adventure continues.