Arc Earth

Arc Earth We organise and host tailor-make wildlife, bird and conservation safaris across wildest Africa.

14/05/2026

In some of Africa's remote wilderness areas, camps are often unfenced on purpose, allowing the wildlife to move freely. This allows some exciting encounters to happen. Such as this! When an elephant can smell juicy green acacia leaves and follows the fresh growth right up close to your mess tent. Luckily, when guests are quiet and calm and don't make sudden movements, humans are simply part of the landscape to them. Get your tea ready and watch an African story unfold, bliss!

13/05/2026

The red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) is, by a considerable margin, the most numerous undomesticated bird on earth (at an estimated 1.5 billion individuals). While foraging, they can fly 50–65 kilometres each day, returning to the roosting or nesting site in the evening. Their nesting colonies can cover entire trees (as seen here) and even whole riverines. What looks like noisy chaos is, on closer inspection, a kind of order so accurate that each individual movement triggers a cascade of responses across thousands of birds simultaneously. Quite a marvel to watch in the wild.

Lions roaring before dawn. A lone hyena fresh off a kill. We were so lucky because it's not always like this; we never k...
12/05/2026

Lions roaring before dawn. A lone hyena fresh off a kill. We were so lucky because it's not always like this; we never know what's around the corner.

Busanga doesn't give itself away easily. That's exactly why we go.

Deep in the far north of Zambia's Kafue National Park, these seasonal floodplains are only reachable by light aircraft.

Just four days of wild, unhurried Africa — with our wonderful guide Willard, who has spent a lifetime learning to read this land.

We watched two male lions fresh from a territorial battle. We sat with a lioness moving her cubs through tall grass. We lunched on an island. We searched all afternoon for a cheetah and found only the remains of a kill.

Then the last light came and we saw more than we could have imagined.

This is the Africa Arc Earth thrives upon.
No roads in. No crowds.

📍 Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia
✈ Accessible by light aircraft · Dry season only (June – Oct)

12/05/2026

A place where the day exhales...

One of our favourite things to do on safari in the late afternoon/early evening is sit around the campfire, have a refreshing drink and snack, and tell stories from the day. Campfires have a mesmerizing quality made even more exciting in the bush. No fences, just the sound of birds roosting, hyenas whooping, lions roaring, and frogs starting their nightly hymn. It's equal parts exciting and thrilling, as there is nothing between you and Nature's wildest animals.

08/05/2026

Early morning game drives on on safari are a perfect match. 🫶
The next four days at Busanga Plains, unfolded the way Africa does when you slow down enough to let it.
Lions roaring before dawn, a lioness passing our vehicle early one morning, unhurried and unfussed.

05/05/2026

Rich gives us a mini tour of Dune Riding in the Namib.

Hats on, folks!

Home to some of the tallest dunes on earth, these ancient dunes in the heart of Namibia's Namib-Naukluft National Park have been shaped by wind and time for over 55 million years.

The dunes shift colour as the light moves — deep ochre at dawn, burning rose at midday, violet at dusk. No two descents feel the same. No photograph does it justice.

For Europeans, it also offers a warm, sunny respite from chilly European Winters.

In East Africa, especially across the vast ecosystems of the Masai Mara and Serengeti, something is thrilling about find...
01/05/2026

In East Africa, especially across the vast ecosystems of the Masai Mara and Serengeti, something is thrilling about finding the more elusive characters of the bush.

A Serval lifting above the grass with those impossibly long legs.

The unmistakable, eerie call of a Spotted Hyena at dusk.

A Cheetah is trying to eat a kill quickly before a lion or hyena finds it.

Or a Bat-eared Fox, ears twitching as he hunts termites in the fading light.

Drives in Kenya and Tanzania can be longer than those in South Africa because the
The landscapes are vast and open, which means wildlife can roam further and sightings often require patience (and a great guide).

But that’s part of the magic as you’re searching, tracking, and truly experiencing the wild.




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30/04/2026

The lions of Ongava Game Reserve are something quite different to what you might expect from a classic East African safari.

Ongava Game Reserve is located in northern Namibia, right on the southern boundary of Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s most iconic wildlife destinations.

What makes this region so unique is the proximity to Etosha’s salt pans.

Lions here hunt species like springbok, zebra, and oryx.

The open terrain means less cover, so hunts rely on timing, teamwork, and terrain rather than ambush alone. Waterholes become critical gathering points, especially in the dry season.






We've been going through our archives of photographs, and we can't help but share some of the iconic photography Richard...
27/04/2026

We've been going through our archives of photographs, and we can't help but share some of the iconic photography Richard De Gouveia and have captured at sunset in the African bush.

Here are our top 5 tips for capturing these moments:

1. Shoot in Manual or Aperture Priority (with control)
Tip: Dial in exposure compensation (-1 to -2) to protect the sunset colours.

2. Use a Wide Aperture (but not too wide)
Tip: Aperture: f/4 – f/6. And if you’re shooting a silhouette, you can go narrower (f/8) for a crisper outline.

3. Keep Your Shutter Speed Fast Enough
Tip: Minimum: 1/250 for still animals. If it’s too dark, don’t drop the shutter too low; rather increase ISO.

4. Don’t Be Afraid of Higher ISO
Tip: ISO range: 400 – 1600 (even higher if needed)

5. Focus on the Mood, Not Just Detail
Tip: Expose for the sky, not the animal → creates silhouettes






26/04/2026

A male elephant walks straight up to our vehicle, showing us who's really the 'biggest of them all'. You can see he's been rubbing against a tree, and that's stuck on his large forehead above his eye.

The difference is, we haven't pushed our way down to him; we've sat quietly, acknowledged him in a low voice, and let him do the leading. He looks us in the eye and calmly moves in front of us. This is us respecting wildlife and remembering we are merely (respectful) bystanders. Exploring with Purpose.




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