Python by torchlight

People often ask when they hear of our passion for African safari holidays "But what about the snakes - aren't you scared?".

The truth is we've only been lucky enough to see snakes in the wild a handful of times in more than 25 trips.

Here was a good spot - a young Python (only about 2m ) out hunting early in the evening, caught in the spotlight from our vehicle.

It was to be one of three snake sightings in the trip, more than in any other we've had, perhaps the product of some good rains earlier in the year which would have helped prey species thrive and thus the snakes.