Essential Africa has attracted the very best and most knowledgeable private guides in the industry.
Our private guides take the time up front to discover exactly what you are looking for. They know and have extensive experience of the territories, camps and facilities. This places them in an ideal position to match your requirements with the very best of what Africa has to offer.
Your guide will accompany you for the duration of your visit, or for just a portion of it, depending on your requirement. They will share their knowledge with you, as well as their passion for the African wilderness, taking care of every detail along the way.
Matthew Copham is an accomplished guide and published photographer after years of experience living, working and travelling in the African bush. He attained his first guiding qualifications at the age of sixteen and now, over the past 12 years, Matt has guided at some of southern Africa’s top private lodges and Wilderness areas.
After finishing school he attained a diploma in game ranging and lodge management, which set up the theoretical background for entering the then quickly developing eco-tourism industry. At the age of 19 he was employed full time as a guide in the Greater Kruger National Park, moving between the Manyeleti, Sabi Sands and Thornybush game reserves. Here he remained for six years gaining invaluable experience for the future as a professional guide.
Matt now lives in Maun, Botswana, the Okavango Delta’s doorstep. He conducts privately guided safaris for Wilderness Safaris which again gives him the oppotunity to travel throughout Southern Africa.
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Botswana & Zambia - June 09
I have just returned form a diverse trip through Botswana and Zambia. We visited Jacks Camp, Zarafa, Mombo and Luangwa house. What an adventure, planes getting stuck in the mud, the highest floods since 1963, lion kills, leopard kills, Pel's fishing owls in Mopane trees, zebra migrations, and amazing wild dog sightings.... read more
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The Magic of Mombo - January 2010
What a way to start 2010, six nights at Mombo. From the time we arrived there was non-stop action. Intense sightings to some unusual sightings and this is how it all began.
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Lubbok Safari Highlights - 2009
It was amazing to see the extent of the flood and knowing that there was more water on its way.... read more
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Okavango Delta - January 09
An exceptional wildlife safari recently took in the Okavango Delta camps of Mombo and Duba Plains. The wildlife sightings and interactions we saw left us simply in awe and unsure what to expect next.... read more
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