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Why travel with Carole?

Carole Deschuymere has lost her heart in Africa, and she traveled already 10 times to Mana Pools:

There is a kind of magic in the air here. I’ve never felt as alive as in Mana Pools. You must have experienced it to understand…

Carole organizes unique trips, with small groups of up to 6 people. She is the perfect photography teacher, and together with an experienced professional local guide she forms a top team.

The guides in Zimbabwe are among the best in the world. In Kenya, Carole is working with the guide who accompanied the BBC crew for the documentary series ‘Big Cat Diary’.

The trips are always an adventurous, but safe journey, completely under supervision, where you will be completely immersed in nature. No typical classic tourist safari, but a unique experience where you will never have come so close to wild animals, but the guides also take you to the best places with the most beautiful light, with breathtaking sunsets …

Carole and the local guide know how animals behave. They know the best places to photograph them, because they have spent weeks and months in the wild themselves. But they have always treated the wild animals with respect.

“That’s why the animals usually come to us in a quiet way,” Carole knows. “Every trip we focus on one large area. This gives you more insight into the location of the animals, how they move. We don’t change location everyday, because the longer you stay in one place, the better the photography gets. This allows us to guarantee a maximum amount of time to take pictures.”

The phenomenal landscapes and the unique wildlife are a dream for creative photographers, but as a professional photographer Carole assists both novice and advanced photographers with tips and after each game drive photos and photo editing are discussed together. But even if you’re not interested in photography, you won’t be bored for a moment! In and around the camp there is plenty to do!

We spend the night in the bush, in comfortable tented camps. In Mana Pools we travel in a spacious open safari jeep and walk around when we see something to photograph.  The 17-day round trip in Botswana we make with 3 Toyota Hilux jeeps… and you drive yourself your own 4X4 course!

JOIN ME ON A SAFARI

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Mana Pools 2026

Mana Pools 2026

Private Tour

Private Tour

Okavango Delta Botswana 2025

Okavango Delta Botswana 2025

Mana Pools October 2025

Mana Pools October 2025

Danny Plettinckx

Are you looking for a photographic safari in Botswana full of adventure, guided by an amazing photographer, someone who takes the time to elevate your photography to the next level?
Do you love dining around the campfire, having fun all day long, and experiencing it all with someone who knows Africa inside and out? Then there’s only one place to go: “Wildlife Photography & Safari by Carole Deschuymere.”

We returned home with stunning images and found the entire trip exceptional in every way.
Our next journey to Botswana in 2024 has already been booked for a long time!

Botswana Safari

Danny Plettinckx
Corine Minous Vanderhelstraeten

Africa, The Time of My Life
A dream that had been on my list for so long—and what a dream it was. It was emotional and, at the same time, felt like coming home.

I had set my sights on Mana Pools, with its stunning landscapes of trees and that blue haze that completes every photo. The sultry sundowners among and alongside the animals. The Big Five and so much more.

“It’s your lucky trip, you’ll get it all!” Carole repeated time and again.

Excellent safari guidance and, not to forget, outstanding photography coaching. For anyone with questions, nothing was too much for Carole—she would always take the time to personally explain things to you if needed.

Mana Pools Safari

Corine Minous Vanderhelstraeten
Kay Tompkins

After having spent time with Carole on a couple of African photographic trips, my photography has improved 500%.

She has taught me all I now know about photography. Always explains everything very well.

I would 100% recommend going on one of Carole’s African adventures.

Kay Tompkins

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