In May we're off to Namibia

Squiver Photo Trips: Namibia Untamed & Etosha Safari - In just a few weeks we'll be taking an international group of enthusiastic people with us on a roundtrip through Namibia. We're really looking forward to return to this hauntingly beautiful country, and especially to the spectacular microlight flights over Sossusvlei - a unique experience no one else offers in Namibia. Keep an eye out for the pictures and stories on our website! It's a trip you might want to consider for next year, because Namibia is simply stunningly beautiful! There are still two openings left for May 2008, so if you want to have a great time with a bunch of like-minded photo enthusiasts and return with tons of jaw-dropping images, you'd better hurry!

Chinese pandas and siberian tigers

At this moment Marsel is in China to photograph pandas and siberian tigers. As soon as he returns we will try to find some time to update the galleries and add some of the amazing shots he took over the past months. If you like to be on our mailing list for image updates and new photo trips, please let us know.

Japan in wintertime

For three weeks we've been traveling in Japan to photograph Japanese cranes, steller sea eagles, white tailed eagles, whooper swans and snow monkeys. We enjoyed it so much, that we have set up a Photo Trip to Japan! Wintertime is an absolutely magical time to visit this wonderful country. Take a look at some photos and videoclips on our website.

Madagascar image in National Geographic

"Visions of Earth", March issue 2009 - For the second time this year, National Geographic has chosen one of Marsel's images to show the astonishing beauty of our planet in Visons of Earth. The award-winning image of an oxcart surrounded by giant baobab trees, was shot in Madagascar and is now featured as a double page spread in the March issue of the magazine.


We visited this location several times in order to get the perfect conditions, and luckily our patience paid off. The 80-foot-tall "upside-down trees" could become the island country's first national monument and we hope that this image will help to make that happen.
Limited Edition fine art prints of this spectacular image are now available through the shop on our website.

Winner 2007 National Geographic/PDN World In Focus Travel Photography contest!

We are proud announce that one of the images Marsel took at Madagascar was chosen as a winner in the 2007 National Geographic/PDN World In Focus travel photography contest.

Very crowded waterholes in Etosha

We were in Etosha when the rainy season was just getting started, which meant the waterholes were still extremely crowded with oryx, zebra, wildebeest, springbok and the unique black-faced Impala. The lions in Namibia were the biggest we've seen during our whole trip through Africa.

Visit to Namibia: Spitzkoppe will be added to our Namibia Untamed Photo Trip

Namibia remains unrivaled when it comes to spectacular landscapes and photographic opportunities for nature photography. We returned to Deadvlei and Sossusvlei, which were noticeably greener than during our last visit, because of good rains two years ago. And we visited the amazing boulders and mountains of Spitzkoppe, a region that is often left out in roundtrips through Namibia, but which is extremely photogenic. A good reason to change our schedule for the Namibia Untamed Photo Trip and include it, because it is a real "must" when visiting Namibia!

Botswana: Chobe National Park & the Okavango Delta

In Botswana wildlife was abundant and getting ready for the rainy season. We photographed hundreds of elephants in Chobe and lots of lions, buffalo, elephants, leopards and big herds of general game in the Okavango Delta. The large numbers of animals made our visit absolutely amazing.

Zambia: a hidden gem featuring the Zambezi River

We have just left Zambia, which we visited for our book on Africa. It is beautiful, combining great game viewing from a vehicle with boat trips on the Zambezi River or even from a canoe. Approaching animals from the water gives you a different (often eye-level) perspective and you can get quite close to them. Zambia is still relatively unknown as a safari-country, making it not so crowded or touristy. A real gem!

Report from our trip through South-Africa for the book Wild Romance

It's been two months since we arrived in South-Africa, and our visit brought us everything we hoped for: wild dogds, black rhino, lion cubs, baby elephants, hyena pups, leopards and lots of other species. We're now in the final stage of the first part of our Africa project. We'll spend two more weeks in Madagascar, and then we're off to Amsterdam again. So far the trip has been amazing. We've spent months in the wilderness and it will take some time to re-adjust to everyday city life again.


As far as the photo gear is concerned - most of it has survived the bumps and the dust, lots of dust, and ou backs are still in one piece, despite the 20kg of camera gear we each lug around every day.
One of our back-up cameras lost autofocus, one of the screws of our window mount broke off, and one of the legs of Daniëlla's tripod broke after she was charged by a warthog - just another day in the African bush...

Wild Dogs in South Africa

We've been traveling in South Africa for little over a month now, and so far we've been very lucky. We found the wild dogs we were looking for on more than one occasion, and got some great elephant shots, while tracking a large her on foot - an unforgettable experience. We're now heading east, hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive leopard.

Tanzania: unusually wet

As a result of the unusually wet weather in the months before our arrival in Tanzania, the migration was shattered all over the Serengeti. The herds were more numerous, but smaller.
Luckily, we managed to find one of the bigger herds near the east of the Serengeti and we spent many hours observing thousands of wildebeest and zebra, moving like a giant lawnmower.


Less pleasant were the countless tsetse flies that were after our blood, and their painful and itching bites caused us many restless nights. Next stop will be South Africa, where we'll go looking for wild dogs, a highly endangered species.