28/08/2026
You can't control everything on the water. The things you can, you get right.
From arrival and throughout the week, the guides are on hand to help rig tackle, check leaders, change hooks and make sure everything is ready before each session.
The fish, weather and tides will do what they do. The tackle shouldn't be the reason an opportunity is lost.
📍 Sette Cama
26/08/2026
A lot happened before the cast.
Reading the structure, controlling the drift and getting the raft into the right position was often the difference between a good shot and no shot at all.
📍 Kalahari Wilderness Drift
Photo: Simon Kay
24/08/2026
For a few days, home moved with the river.
Each camp was set somewhere further downstream, with everything we needed travelling with us along the way.
📍 Kalahari Wilderness Drift
Photo: Simon Kay
21/08/2026
Arrivals at Samaki were rarely a quiet affair🎉
The team waiting on the bank to welcome the next group into camp.
📍 Samaki Camp, Tanzania
19/08/2026
Nile crocodiles were never far away on the Mnyera.
This one had been lying quietly on the bank before slipping back into the river as we passed.
A fairly regular reminder that we weren't the only ones using the water.
📍 Mnyera River, Tanzania
Photo: Matt Harris
17/08/2026
Sometimes good fish handling is simply about doing less.
Keeping a fish in the water while preparing for a quick photograph reduces unnecessary handling and keeps time out of the water to a minimum.
A largemouth yellowfish, right where it should be.
📍 Kalahari Wilderness Drift
14/08/2026
Arrival day was deliberately a slow one.
Time to settle into camp, prepare tackle with the guides and get a feel for the place before fishing started the following morning.
For guests on the Mnyera, the day often ended with sundowners overlooking Ndolo Pan.
📍 Tanzania
12/08/2026
A lot of the lagoon fishing happens on surprisingly light tackle.
A solid snapper on a micro jig, with the forest right on the water’s edge.
📍 Sette Cama
11/08/2026
Winter arrived properly in the Lesotho highlands this week☃️
A heavy cold front brought widespread snow, leaving Makhangoa Community Camp & Rosehip Cottage looking very different for a few days.
📍 Lesotho
10/08/2026
Rosy bee-eaters settling into the grass at Sette Cama.
One by one, more birds kept dropping in. A highly social species, they’re often seen gathering in large numbers — making moments like this part of the quieter wildlife encounters around camp.
📍 Sette Cama
Video: Jandré Germishuizen