Rhino Rewilding Conservation Photo Safari with Mike Dexter 2026
Safari Overview
Your Guide: Mike Dexter.
Group Size: Maximum 6 guests.
Recommended for: Photographers of all levels with an interest in rhinos, conservation and visual storytelling. This experience is suited to guests looking for rare access to a working conservation project and the opportunity to document the people, animals and operations behind it.
Fitness level: Low to Average. You will need to climb into and out of an open safari vehicle and helicopter, walk short distances and spend time photographing outdoors. On-foot rhino photography takes place only under professional supervision.
Included in costs: The quoted amount includes accommodation, meals, selected beverages, return transfers from OR Tambo International Airport, specialist photographic guidance, a doors-off helicopter flight and the conservation and photographic activities scheduled during your stay. See the brochure for full details.
The C4 Experience: This experience has been created to give a small number of guests meaningful access to an active rhino conservation project. Mike Dexter knows the project site, its team and its daily operations, allowing you to document the story with understanding and respect. Each day remains flexible and is shaped around the conservation work taking place during your visit.
A CONSERVATION STORY STILL BEING WRITTEN
At first light, the team begins its daily rhino roll call. Across the property, animals are checked, feeding operations get underway and the work of preparing rhinos for their return to the wild continues. African Parks has committed to rewilding 2,000 rhinos across protected landscapes in Africa within a decade. This two or three-night photographic experience takes you behind the scenes of the project, offering insight into the care, security, planning and coordination required to undertake a conservation operation of this scale.
This is not a staged visitor experience. You step into the working rhythm of the project, with each day shaped by what is happening on the ground. You may join the morning roll call, observe feeding operations, visit the nursery where orphaned calves are cared for and photograph rhinos on foot under professional supervision.
Game drives, aerial photography from a doors-off helicopter, drone photography and after-dark sessions from an underground hide provide different ways to document the animals and their surroundings. Guided by Mike Dexter, the focus extends beyond individual wildlife portraits to creating a considered photographic story about the rhinos, the people and the work behind their return to the wild. Should an operation coincide with your stay, you may have the opportunity to witness it. This cannot be guaranteed. Over the coming years, the rhinos will be relocated to protected areas across Africa. Once the work has been completed, access to the project in its current form will no longer exist.
Safari Overview
Your Guide: Mike Dexter.
Group Size: Maximum 6 guests.
Recommended for: Photographers of all levels with an interest in rhinos, conservation and visual storytelling. This experience is suited to guests looking for rare access to a working conservation project and the opportunity to document the people, animals and operations behind it.
Fitness level: Low to Average. You will need to climb into and out of an open safari vehicle and helicopter, walk short distances and spend time photographing outdoors. On-foot rhino photography takes place only under professional supervision.
Included in costs: The quoted amount includes accommodation, meals, selected beverages, return transfers from OR Tambo International Airport, specialist photographic guidance, a doors-off helicopter flight and the conservation and photographic activities scheduled during your stay. See the brochure for full details.
The C4 Experience: This experience has been created to give a small number of guests meaningful access to an active rhino conservation project. Mike Dexter knows the project site, its team and its daily operations, allowing you to document the story with understanding and respect. Each day remains flexible and is shaped around the conservation work taking place during your visit.
A CONSERVATION STORY STILL BEING WRITTEN
At first light, the team begins its daily rhino roll call. Across the property, animals are checked, feeding operations get underway and the work of preparing rhinos for their return to the wild continues. African Parks has committed to rewilding 2,000 rhinos across protected landscapes in Africa within a decade. This two or three-night photographic experience takes you behind the scenes of the project, offering insight into the care, security, planning and coordination required to undertake a conservation operation of this scale.
This is not a staged visitor experience. You step into the working rhythm of the project, with each day shaped by what is happening on the ground. You may join the morning roll call, observe feeding operations, visit the nursery where orphaned calves are cared for and photograph rhinos on foot under professional supervision.
Game drives, aerial photography from a doors-off helicopter, drone photography and after-dark sessions from an underground hide provide different ways to document the animals and their surroundings. Guided by Mike Dexter, the focus extends beyond individual wildlife portraits to creating a considered photographic story about the rhinos, the people and the work behind their return to the wild. Should an operation coincide with your stay, you may have the opportunity to witness it. This cannot be guaranteed. Over the coming years, the rhinos will be relocated to protected areas across Africa. Once the work has been completed, access to the project in its current form will no longer exist.