John Sebastian Witherspoon, the founder, and guide of African Photo Safari, is an experienced hunter from the days before the shooting ban. He is the best tracker in the world and as such can take his clients safely to and from your photo opportunity with the Serengeti inhabitants. What will surprise you about Africa is that you did not even realize there was such a variety of animal life to photograph. Take hoofed mammals, for example. You can probably name zebra and impala, but there are also dik-diks, elands, gazelles, gerenuks, gnu, oryx, topi, and waterbuck, to name just a few. Buffalo, hyena, hyrax, fox, jackal, mongoose, warthogs, and wild dogs probably do not roll off the tip of your tongue either, and we are just getting started. In short, get ready to be overwhelmed (and bring a good identification book!). The Big Cats: leopards, lions, and cheetahs are surprisingly easy to find and photograph, though getting pictures of them hunting or with a kill is a hit or miss proposition. Herds. Seeing a herd of cattle on a farm is one thing, but standing at the edge of thousand of animals is a photographers dream. The Forgotten Animals. Monitor lizards, hyenas, wild dogs, asps, chameleons, and a much wider range of birds than you would expect are all there if you look hard enough in the right places.