Photographic Tour Leaders
Meet the leaders that make ORYX Photographic Expeditions such a memorable experience!
As with our destinations, our photographic leaders are carefully selected for their exceptional photographic, people and field guiding skills. They are all award-winning photographers and well published across the world, as well as being experienced, passionate and patient teachers; all of which are essential skills for ensuring a well-run and enjoyable tour.
Full Time Leaders
Adam Riley
Adam Riley has travelled extensively, leading birding and wildlife tours from Antarctica to Egypt, and Alaska to Papua New Guinea. He is one of Africa’s most experienced birders, having seen over 2,000 species on the continent and close to 7,000...
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Dale Morris
Dale Morris has spent more than twenty years working with wildlife and in conservation and ecology projects all over the world. He has been a professional magazine feature writer and photographer for the past decade and has more than 400 articles,...
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Greg du Toit
Greg du Toit is a professional fine art wildlife photographer who whose work is easily recognized by the tangible mood, primitive energy and vibrant colours that it conveys. This signature style has brought him international acclaim and he has...
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Marius Coetzee
Marius Coetzee is a professional safari tour leader and award-winning wildlife photographer. His photos have graced the covers and pages of numerous premier publications and with over 13 years experience in the safari industry, Marius has become a...
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Part Time Leaders
David Lloyd
David Lloyd is a photographer of wildlife from New Zealand living in London, arriving in late 1989 for a six month journey and still resident some twenty years later. Some of David’s favourite places are Kenya, Rwanda,Uganda, Namibia, Botswana...
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Elliott Neep
Elliott is an award-winning professional wildlife photographer supplying stock images to Getty Images and Frank Lane Picture Agency (FLPA). Elliott’s images regularly feature in books, greeting cards, calendars, magazines, and the national...
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Matt Copham
Born in South Africa in 1977, Matt Copham developed a great interest in nature and wildlife from a young age, completing his first game ranger course at the age of sixteen and spending school holidays volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center...
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Murray Cooper
Murray Cooper has been living in Ecuador since 1991, of which he spent the first eleven years working to conserve the Choco Rainforests. He also helped found the 21,000 acre Los Cedros Biological Reserve, which saw him living eight hours by mule...
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Partnerships
Jari Peltomäki
Jari is professional wildlife photographer (born in 1965), living in Liminka Finland. There he runs his own bird tour and wildlife photography business. He has been taking photographs since he was a school boy, and turned professional wildlife...
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