
Safari style 04
Photography Safari
Longer sightings, and routes built around light and patience.
What it means
Longer sightings and routes built around light, patience and photographic opportunity.
Photography changes what a good safari day looks like. You want to be in position before the light arrives, to stay with a sighting long enough for something to happen, and to have a vehicle you can work from without three other people wanting to move on.
In practice that means a private vehicle, full days rather than split drives, and routes with stationary days built in. It also means choosing camps for their position rather than their spa.
The Serengeti, the Maasai Mara and the Ngorongoro Crater carry most of this, with Amboseli and Tarangire adding landscapes nothing else on the circuit has.
Is this you?
This style suits you if…
- You want a private vehicle you can work from
- You would rather have one long sighting than six short ones
- You are prepared to be out before dawn and back after dark
- You want stationary days rather than a transfer every morning
Routes
14 routes that work this way.
Kenya · 3 daysclassic safari
3 Days Private Amboseli Safari
Elephant country under Kilimanjaro, on a private vehicle from Nairobi.
Nairobi · Amboseli · Nairobi
Kenya · 6 daysclassic safari
6 Days Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Amboseli Safari
Three of Kenya's best-known parks, with a full day in two of them.
Nairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Amboseli · Nairobi
Kenya · 6 daysclassic safari
6 Days Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Samburu Private Safari
South-west grassland, Rift Valley rhino, then the dry country of the north.
Nairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Samburu · Nairobi
Kenya · 7 daysclassic safari
7 Days Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha & Amboseli Safari
A full week across Kenya's Rift Valley and south to Kilimanjaro's shadow.
Nairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Lake Naivasha · Amboseli · Nairobi
Kenya · 7 daysprivate safari
7 Days Samburu, Ol Pejeta, Lake Nakuru & Maasai Mara Private Safari
Northern dry country, rhino conservancy and the Mara, on a private vehicle.
Nairobi · Samburu · Ol Pejeta · Lake Nakuru · Maasai Mara · Nairobi
Kenya · 8 daysclassic safari
8 Days Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli & Tsavo East Private Safari
The broad Kenyan circuit, ending in the red-earth wilderness of Tsavo.
Nairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Lake Naivasha · Amboseli · Tsavo East · Nairobi
Kenya · 9 daysprivate safari
9 Days Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria, Maasai Mara & Amboseli Private Safari
The long way round Kenya: northern deserts, Rift Valley lakes, grassland and Kilimanjaro.
Nairobi · Samburu · Lake Nakuru · Lake Baringo & Bogoria · Maasai Mara · Amboseli · Nairobi
Tanzania · 4 daysclassic safari
4 Days Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater Safari
The standard northern circuit shape, with Manyara as the way in.
Arusha · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Arusha
Tanzania · 4 daysclassic safari
4 Days Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater Safari
Two nights in the Serengeti, with a full day on the plains before the crater.
Arusha · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Arusha
Tanzania · 5 daysclassic safari
5 Days Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater Safari
The northern circuit with room in it: three habitats and a full Serengeti day.
Arusha · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Arusha
Tanzania · 6 daysclassic safari
6 Days Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater & Tarangire Safari
The complete northern circuit, finishing among the baobabs of Tarangire.
Arusha · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Tarangire · Arusha
Kenya & Tanzania · 10 daysclassic safari
10 Days Kenya & Tanzania: Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli, Arusha, Serengeti & Ngorongoro
One ecosystem seen from both sides, plus Kilimanjaro's shadow in between.
Nairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Amboseli · Namanga · Arusha · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Arusha
Kenya & Tanzania · 11 daysclassic safari
11 Days Kenya & Tanzania: Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro
The ten-day circuit with Lake Manyara added, and less driving on the Tanzanian side.
Nairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Amboseli · Namanga · Arusha · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Arusha
Kenya & Tanzania · 12 daysclassic safari
12 Days Kenya & Tanzania: Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro
The longest cross-border circuit, with a full stationary day in the Serengeti.
Nairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Amboseli · Namanga · Arusha · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Arusha
Plan your safari
Plan a photography safari.
Tell us your dates and how long you have, and we will shape a photography safari around them.
A guided enquiry, not an instant booking. No obligation.

