Penda Photo Tours

Join a volunteer project in South Africa, combining wildlife photography with contributing to conservation efforts, for four weeks. This is your chance to photograph amazing African wildlife, including lions, elephants and leopards, with expert tutorials from a professional photographer to help and support you. A love of photography and wildlife is all you need to join this trip, which is suitable for photographers of all levels and experience, from beginners to professionals. You will also be taught how to edit your photos in Lightroom, so some basic computer skills are required. As well as building up a wonderful and unique portfolio, you can also contribute your pictures to an online ...Read more >

Not yet a primarily touristic location, Madagascar offers a vast amount of unspoiled beauty to explore and photograph. During this workshop, we will travel around the island to some of the most sought-after photographic landscapes where we will photograph villages, salt flats, the famous Baobab trees, protected lemurs, and geological formations. Coming to Madagascar, travelers encounter breath-taking views. The natural lights and shadows projected on the views make the experience unforgettable, and define this land as the once-in-a-lifetime experience that any adventurous would want to undertake! We will be staying in comfortable locations in our many destinations, within amazing ...Read more >

Embark on an exciting humanitarian photography program in Cape Town, South Africa! It's a great opportunity to contribute to grassroots charities through your photography, and to build a unique portfolio of images at the same time. You'll be guided by humanitarian photographer Anna Lusty, who will assist you throughout the experience. You'll start your program with a one-week workshop by Anna, which will teach you everything you need to know about photographing nonprofits in a South African context. It will prepare you for your individual assignments that you'll start from the second week; each week, you'll join a nonprofit organisation of your choice, and you'll have a chance to learn ...Read more >

Take a trip to some of Namibia’s most iconic destinations where you’ll find a stacked cast of varied wildlife and landscapes that are truly out of this world! Namibia’s a world-famous destination for both landscape and wildlife photography. This country offers a motley patchwork of landscapes featuring mountain ranges, deserts, and waterfalls. It also has healthy populations of all of Africa’s most iconic wildlife. On this trip, you’ll get to experience all of it! The itinerary for this tour covers a jam-packed roster of Namibia’s must-see destinations for photographers. You’ll explore Etosha National Park, witness the awe-inspiring Epupa and Ruacana Falls, and journey through the ...Read more >

Botswana is renowned for exclusive safari experiences in untouched wilderness, and Tuli Block is the hidden gem of the country. This trip takes you to pristine African bush thriving with healthy populations of all of Africa’s most iconic wildlife and gives you a week to explore, have close, uncrowded encounters with wildlife, and take some incredible wildlife photography. Spend a week at a safari camp in the heart of Botswana’s wilderness, exploring the stunning Tuli Block each day, and training your sights on a spectacular cast of wildlife. Tuli Block is a goldmine of wildlife photography opportunities. It's an incredible location to see big cats like lions, leopards, and cheetahs, as ...Read more >

Get off the beaten path and explore the hidden gems of Southern Tanzania. This is the photo safari for the more discerning photographer. One who’s not drawn to the most popular, famous destinations, who instead prioritize finding the best wildlife photography opportunities. You’ll stay at well-situated, luxurious camps in remote destinations, find unbelievable photo ops, and enjoy more intimate, exclusive safari experiences. On this tour, you’ll avoid the crowds of the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, and other well-trodden attractions of Tanzania to discover lesser-known, yet equally impressive destinations. With most of the country’s biggest tourist draws being in the north, Southern ...Read more >

This is an exciting opportunity to get up-close encounters with wildlife, collect a stacked portfolio of pics, improve your skills with a camera, and get all the other benefits of a photo safari, all whilst contributing to good causes. This program sends you to a game reserve and wildlife sanctuary on the border of Zimbabwe’s Zambezi National Park. There, you’ll spend 2-12 weeks exploring the region through a range of safari experiences and making the most of the fantastic wildlife photography opportunities. What’s more, you’ll get real-world experience as a conservation photographer and take on assignments documenting conservation activities at the wildlife sanctuary. You’ll be taking ...Read more >

Enjoy close encounters with lions and leopards, photograph elephants and rhinos, drink sun-downers under acacia trees, and get professional photographic tutoring at the same time during an exclusive wildlife photography workshop in South Africa. Set in a private game reserve in the Timbavati, this photo safari is a wildlife photography dream. The area is known for its incredible sightings of the African Big Five, including the elusive leopard.   Throughout the workshop, you’ll be guided by professional wildlife photographer Alan Hewitt, who will provide both theoretical and practical photographic tutoring and will help you become the best photographer you can be. The Timbavati, a ...Read more >

Explore and photograph Namibia’s striking red dune landscapes with the guidance from two professional landscape photographers. With its ancient deserts, dramatic canyons, distinctive rock formations, and glorious red sand dunes, there is no doubt that Namibia’s landscapes are a feast for landscape photographers. In this complete landscape photography workshop we guarantee breathtaking photographs of Namibia’s scenic highlights, including the magical Quiver Tree Forest, Fish River Canyon, the deserted mining town of Kolmanskop, the red dunes at the famous Sossusvlei and Dead Vlei in the Namib Desert, and the iconic Spitzkoppe Mountains. For the best lighting on our shoots many of our days ...Read more >

Embark on a photographic journey to a small wildlife reserve in Zimbabwe. Enjoy uniquely close encounters with rhinos, elephants and cheetahs and receive expert photography tuition from zoologist and award-winning photographer Sam Turley. Learn new photographic skills, enhance your portfolio with a conservation-focused photo story and bask in the magnificent scenery and wildlife of Zimbabwe. For this weeklong wildlife photography workshop and experience, you will stay at Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservancy: home to zebra, buffalo, antelope, giraffe and an abundance of birds and reptiles. Imire is also a wild sanctuary for three rescued elephants, two eighth-generation captive bred ...Read more >