My interest in birds started during a holiday in the Kruger National Park. It was December, summer and very hot. My two brothers and I were quarreling in the back seat for leg space when my mum gave me a bird book to distract me, the rest is history. As a student I always enjoyed organizing weekends and holidays for my friends to national parks around South Africa and introducing them to birding and photography. This became my career, leading and organizing birding, wildlife and photography tours all over the world since 2004.