Explore Africa’s Ultimate Wilderness: The Best Safari Photo Guide

Aline Coquelle’s latest collaboration with iBestTravel sees her traverse the luxurious camps and wild terrain of Africa’s most popular safari destinations.

Photography by Aline Coquelle

16 August 2023

Among the towering trees of Botswana, elephants navigate the wilderness. In Kenya, a zebra pauses, seemingly glaring at a distance lens; elsewhere, wildebeest make treacherous river crossings, and leopards gaze out on the horizon. Moreover, the semi-nomadic Samburu people tend to their herds of cattle, while Kenyan percussionists play in the long grass.

This is Africa – a continent for animal lovers and anthropologists alike. Journey through this magical corner of the globe, and your worldview may be permanently altered. Millions of travelers do this each year, checking into luxurious properties and tented camps that blend harmoniously into their surroundings.

This is exactly what photographer, art historian, and anthropologist Aline Coquelle did, capturing the essence of these places on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure through Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, and Rwanda. While traveling along the Okavango Delta, zooming over the Great Migration, and meeting resident gorillas, Coquelle captured the vibrant action in awe-inspiring safari photography.

26 of Our Favourite Safari Photographs

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• Matetsi Victoria Falls Lodge in Zimbabwe.

• Great migration of wildebeests in Kenya.

• Rwandan artist Cedric Mizero.

• Xigera Lodge in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

• Breakfast into the wild at Xigera Lodge in Botswana.

• Vibrant Samburu gathering in Kenya.

• Maasai portrait by Mirella Ricciardi.

• Map of Africa outlining the stops on the Greatest Safari on Earth.

• One & Only Gorilla’s Nest Lodge Gardener, Rwanda.

• A woman in Rwanda.

• Angama Mara, a luxury lodge in Kenya.

• Game drive in Zimbabwe.

• Elephants in Botswana.

• Old Leopard in Kenya.

• Zebra in Kenya.

• Moses Turahirwa (right) photographed with his dear friend artist Cedric Mizero.

• Matetsi Victoria Falls – Luxury Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe.

• One&Only Gorilla’s Nest, Rwanda.

• Kasiva Mutua – a Kenyan percussionist.

• Xigera Safari Lodge Okavango Delta, Botswana – Luxury Safari.

• Guests on a hot air balloon safari.

• The Baobab Treehouse, close to the main Xigera Safari Lodge, Botswana.

• Maasai people.

• Traditional dress.

• One&Only Gorilla’s Nest, Rwanda.