IMIRE - ZIMBABWE - THE FULL EXPERIENCE - 376 IMAGES - MAY 2024

A full set of photographs taken during my two week stint at IMIRE, Zimbabwe taking part in some eco-tourism on their magnificent Rhino & Elephant Conservancy - I realise that this may seem like a lot of images and yes, it is - but this gallery is just as much for me as it is for the people I shared this life changing experience with - not to mention these 367 images are broken down from 4000+ that I captured during that time.

I encourage you to view this on a large screen IF possible. Looking on your phone really doesn't do them an iota of justice.

Thank you for looking - Fiaz Farrelly, July 2024

Early morning drive on the second day (I didn't bring my camera on the first day)

One of the lads who was helping herd the animals in the previous image

Stopping to give the other group a little bit of motivation

Helmeted Guinea Fowl

I loved all of these drives! Cold or not!

A bit of Kim and another group behind us

Watching the new arrivals of tsessebes

Off you go! Your new home!

Watching the new arrivals of tsessebes

Reilly (the owner) educating some of the community's children on wildlife in general. Reilly is a legend.

A job well done!

Hmm, what are those for?

A bit of Catherine's head

A local school we went to to go see the children and do a few activities with - SO MUCH FUN

The Zimbabwean flag

Here we are walking to the school

Colouring time! I had the best time with these little people

Bev some of the class with their teacher

Bev, Catherine and her group

Hi Catherine!

Francis in another room that day

Trymore in the background, Doug talking to the teacher and Émeline just to the right

Bye guys! It was such a great time!

A beautiful knot in a tree

Wait, frisbee too?!

On our return to camp we saw these guys to our right

Trymore got them to come a little closer

A female Kudu

One of the ostriches - you'll have to forgive me, I'm not sure which one this is

Delphine & Émeline stripping the bark off of the trees we were chopping down with machetes (so much fun)

Our van :-)

Good morning African bush!

A driving sunrise

Good morning guys!

I have forgotten his name - I think this is Bear

Good morning guys!

Rhinoceros are so beautiful aren't they?

I love the dappled sunlight

Good morning guys!

Wait, what do you want?!

:-)

BEAUTIFUL

Sunrise through the trees as we drove by

The African bush and it's sunrises never cease to impress

Trees are such beautiful lifeforms - I am grateful to share an existence with them all

The sunrise deep in the bush

Kids going to school

The man himself, Mr. Trymore William. Our main guide, educator of all things in the bush, constant source of smiles, a ball of energy and one of the most beautiful souls I've ever met. Love and miss you, man.

Sunrise looking at Castle Kopje

Tracking our first rhinos

Formidable

Detail

Stiff upper lip!

LOVE the profile

A beautiful, elegant giraffe

Giraffes are another incredible presence in the bush

I'll have to get all the names of all these rhinos - this was the morning I learned that when the tail is up like that - BEWARE

She was threatening poor Matopos there on the right - I don't think he was allowed to eat that morning

Elegance and aggression

She charged him at this point - I guess black and white rhinos don't mix too well?

What a beast!

Gorgeous

The main building at our camp

And just to my left...

This is Toto, who lives with the buffalo - it's a very interesting story

I adore all three of these photos I got of the buffao

A baboon

Good afternoon guys!

Hello!

The welcome sign at our camp

Our amazing staff going home for the night. <3

Walking with the elephants

Some of our group

Francis & Mac

Francis & Mac - closer

Strike a pose

Testure

Mariska

A lone zebra

Émeline, Delphine, Catherine & Polite

Group selfie time

Mac's profile

Mandebvu through Mac

Mac's breakfast

Polite & Mac

Classic Mac

Mac in his element

Giraffes

Mac & Mandebvu joined us for a bush breakfast!

Rob & his gopro

Kim, Paul & Mac

Photo time!

An apple a day...

Open up Mandebvu!

Breakfast in the bush - unparalleled

Bush views

Trees are just beautiful aren't they?

Flight

Crazy looking grasshopper or locust?

A hard working dung beetle

Bush abstractions

Bringing up the rear

Stopping to say hi to the other group

Oh, hello!

A little closer

Closer...

Closer still..

:-)

SO beautiful!

Hi guys!

Going back to camp

If you know, you know

Sunset at Castle Kopje arrives

Virginia & Paul

Sunset at Castle Kopje

Early Sunday morning before the sun came up

Early Sunday morning before sunrise

Early Sunday morning before the sun came up

Here comes the sun

Hello :-)

Here comes the sun - over a termite mound

Francis & Catherine's living quarters at sunrise

HERE is the sunrise!

Warmth comes back

Bush textures at sunrise

Beautiful

Paul & Doug

Paul

Paul's legs and some fire

Afternoon sun - magnificent

Post dinner chats

FIRE

Monday Morning Mist

Monday Morning Misty Sunrise

Coming down to help clean out the elephant boma in that beautiful morning mist

Mac & Mandebvu in the morning mist near their boma

Next task! Moving hay bales

See you guys later!

THE BOYS

Hi Paul!

Good morning Mr. Giraffe

Castle Kopje

I LOVE the bush roads - they remind me so much of my childhood

Hehehehe

Hi guys

Rhino detail

Chilled

:-)

L - R (clockwise) Émeline, Mariska, Catherine, Delphine & Francis

A sable

A sable chilling in the grass

Mandebvu

African Trees

Castle Kopje

A gathering of minds

:-)

Catherine & some zebras

Mac's Eye

Mandebvu & Mac

Bush Sunrise through the mist

On of my favourite sunrises of the entire time!

Misty mornings provide wonderful scenes

Back to clean out the boma again!

Some of the rangers

Misty mornings provide wonderful scenes

Hellloooooo!!!!

This photograph sums up the whole experience for me, personally - I'm not sure what it is about it but it does

Nearly feeding time!

Hey! Where's Trymore with my cubes?!

Look how cute!

There's Trymore!

Cubes!!! Yum!

Chew!

A satisfied face!

Thanks Trymore!

Are you ready for your close up?

Feed me!!!

So cute!

Breakfast for the community

:-)

Mum and baby

Baby

A Kingfisher

I must apologise, I forget the name of these caterpillars that Trymore showed us!

Trymore educating us - clearly I wasn't paying enough attention as I can't remember the name of this caterpillar!

A meeting of minds

Crispin! :-)

Mariska & Doug

Toto and The Buffalos

Details of Toto

Such beautiful, but dangerous animals

Details of Toto

Here's looking at you kid

Some of the rangers at IMIRE

A Warthog & a Wilderbeest

A tsessebe

Wilderbeest

Wilderbeest sunset

Another beautiful sunrise

A morning sunrise walk with Maddie

A sunrise in the bush

Mac & Catherine (as well as someone else)

I love African trees - I love trees

Who's footprint is this?!

Pumba!

Francis & Mac

Mac, face on

Trunks and Warthogs

Mac in all his glory

Catherine & a Zebra

A beautiful Zebra

The beautiful couple - Mac & Mandebvu

Breakfast afters

Mac with Trymore in the distance

The beautiful couple - Mac & Mandebvu

Buffalo walks

Toto!

The beautiful tree lines of IMIRE

Hi Francis!

The peak of Castle Kopje

Hellllo up there!

Spying on Trymore

A sable

Those who know, know

IMIRE sign

An evening shot of one of the resident Kudus - I struggled to get this only for him to stand for us during one of the last sunsets

Same Kudu albeit portrait and black and white

African sunrises

The couple at sunrise

What a beautiful morning!

Rhino textures

A gathering of minds

What a beast!!!

Here he comes! :-)

A female Nyala

A male Nyala

The local baboons

Matopos and Trymore

Hiding in plain sight

You can barely see them until it's too late!

Textures & depth of field

A demo from the anti-poaching K9 Unit - what an experience!

One of the best days of the whole experience was getting to go and hang out with these wonderful kids at a local school where we spent time and read some stories with them