The concept of offering top quality tours to the world’s most famous photographic destinations was developed by award-winning South African wildlife photographer and tour leader Marius Coetzee. Following in the successful footsteps of Rockjumper – Worldwide Birding Adventures and Indri – Ultimate Mammal Voyages, Oryx will draw widely on the knowledge base built up over [...]

Recently we had the pleasure of contacting Adam Riley from Rockjumper who you have seen on the blog before. After 2 successful posts with Adam, he recommended I contact his business partner Marius Coetzee, and we are all very lucky today that I followed up on that recommendation. Not only is Marius Running Oryx World [...]

Oryx Expedition Leader and Operations Manager Marius Coetzee will be touring extensively in the next month and a half, assisting his clients in their quest to photograph spectacular wildlife and scenery. His first stop is the African country of Zimbabwe, where he will be visiting Sango in the heart of the Save Valley Conservancy. Stretching [...]

Congratulations to Oryx expedition leaders Greg du Toit, Dale Morris and Elliott Neep on their recent achievements! Greg was awarded a Highly Commended in the 2010 Veolia BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards in the Gerald Durrell Category for Endangered Wildlife. Elliott’s entry was awarded Highly Honoured in the 2010 Nature’s Best Photography in the African Wildlife category. [...]

Greetings from the Oryx team! We are busy attending the largest photo and film exposition in Africa at the Coca Cola Dome in Northriding, Johannesburg. Despite the fact that it is a Thursday and only the first day of the expo (which runs from 14 – 17 October), Marius and I are very happy with [...]

When 8 year old Jack Chapman-Lanting from New Zealand fulfilled his dream of viewing trained elephants in Thailand, he was horrified to discover the torture and abuse that these animals often endure. As a result, he left Thailand determined to make a difference to the lives of abused elephants, and began fundraising with a view [...]