Tanzania Photographic Safaris | 2024 & 2025

Safari Overview

The Photographic safari plan is based on the satisfactions of a good professional photographer and its well recommended to get all that time. This safari is during a time of the year with fewer people in the area, making for more private time with what the theme is all about: the big cats. Typically we rise just before dawn, collecting our breakfast and head out at first light to see what has happened overnight. In Tanzania the incredible Serengeti wildebeest migration is what surprises most people around the world .

The magic of the Ndutu, especially in our private conservancies, is the ability to position our vehicles off-road for the best viewing angles to photograph our subjects. Apart from just selecting the best destination, Sana wild Experience team ensured that you get the best affordable Accommodation throughout the Safari where you will relax well , get nice food and other services.

DAY 1: Arrival Arusha

Arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by one of our experienced driver guides, ready to greet and escort you to Arusha and your chosen hotel. He will introduce you to this wonderful city and country.

Welcome to Tanzania, Welcome to Arusha the region in Tanzania that’s surrounded by a lot of precious national parks best known as the Northern Circuit National Parks.Arusha city is where you can find best of cultural practice from societies of Maasai people, the Datoga tribe and the Hadzabe people. Accommodation as arranged.

Accommodation: Villa Maua

DAY 2 & 6: Arusha to Ndutu Area-Southern Serengeti

You’ll have an early morning breakfast then we will drive to Ndutu Area and in the afternoon, you will have a picnic Lunch. From December to May, dependent on the rains, the plains of Ndutu are populated by huge herds of wildebeest, zebra and antelope as they settle on the productive grasslands to calve.

As is to be expectable of nature, the predators come in pursuing and feasting on the weak ones. It’s a smorgasbord of wildlife and the natural circle of life. From July to September is a Predators Photographic Season. This is a immense season to really enjoy the resident predators of Ndutu and without a doubt Ndutu area is favorite for professional guides , photographers, scientists and biologists for its high statistics of cats including lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, civet, serval, wild cat, Aardwolf and caracal. The resident predators are defensive and once they have their young they stay at Ndutu in the local swamp areas which stay wet all year round and are an essential fresh water source for the herbivores therefore attracting predators.

The marshes also serve as the ideal place for cheetah and lion to hide their offspring from danger. You can enjoy sightings of all three species of jackal including the rarely seen side-striped jackal and in the late afternoon you may glimpse striped hyena at the lake shore. The wonderful thing about doing a game drive during this dry time of year is that the behaviors of these area are more able to be seen due to the lack of vegetation.

The variety of habitats allows plenty of places to discover and you often find yourself having confidential encounters with predators. The most important in Ndutu area is off road drive, it is the place where you can drive as closely as you wish to follow the animals that is what we call it photographer’s heaven.

Accommodation: Ndutu Safari Lodge

DAY 7 & 8: Serengeti- Soronera Valley

Early in the morning, enjoy your breakfast followed with an afternoon game drive en route to Serengeti Central (Seronera).The park is well recognized for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the “big five”, named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: Lion: the Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.

African Leopard: these reclusive predators are commonly seen around. Continue with your game drive until evening then drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Accommodation as arranged

Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camp

DAY 9 & 11: Serengeti Central - Mara River

Early breakfast, depart for morning with game en route drive to the Mara River. (picnic lunch by the river. You will be waiting for crossing along the river, Start the late Afternoon game drive at the Mara river as you wait to see the great migration of thousands of wildebeest ,zebras and gazelle crossing .In the evening drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight .Kogatende is the unsung gateway to the Mara River in the northern Serengeti.

The wildebeest herds, straggled by zebra and gazelle, cross over to the Kenyan side of the Mara, tending to move back to the Serengeti around October. The Great Migration,” 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, and gazelle follow a circular migratory route through the Serengeti and Maasai Mara bionetworks, uptight with a series of river passages whose raging currents and predatory beasts waiting in the shallows make the venture more than just a simple swim. Accommodation as arranged.

Accommodation: Kenzan Mara Tented Camp

DAY 12: Serengeti – Soronera Valley

Morning after your breakfast start your early morning game drive to see also night-time predators returning from hunting and animals waking up in early morning light followed by full day game drive while driving to central Serengeti which put you in a position to see a lot of animals. From mid-June to December, Thousands and thousands of wildebeest are concentrated in the northern part and some cross towards Masai Mara in Kenya in search for water and pastures. The migratory and some resident wildebeest which number is over 1.5 million individuals, constitute of the largest population of vast mammals that still meander around the wild. Accommodation as arrangeed

Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camp

DAY 13: Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Early morning after breakfast depart from Serengeti national park and drive with game en route to Ngorongoro conservation area for crater tour descent in the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s most famous sites and is said to have the highest density of wildlife in Africa. Sometimes described as an ‘eighth wonder of the World.

The home of more than 270,000 wild animals. Ngorongoro is the best place to see the black rhinoceros, wildebeest, zebra, and gazelles. The crater also has the thickest known populace of lions and it’s the place you can find the black-manned lion. In the evening you will drive to karatu town for Dinner and overnight .The colorful town of Karatu which served as a comforting pause from our wildlife safari.

Located alongside the northern safari circuit, Karatu serves as entrance to the Ngorongoro Highlands and is found between Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater. Due to its location, many safari goers end up overnighting or stopping here for a quick break earning it the nickname “Safari Joint”. Accommodation as arranged.

Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge

DAY 14: Tarangire National Park

Following breakfast at your hotel then take your time for relaxation till early lunch. After lunch we will drive to Tarangire national park also known as the BIG TWO PARK, It’s a 2hrs drive that will take you to Tarangire gate where you will start evening game drive till sundown time, Tarangire National Park has some of the highest inhabitants density of elephants as compared to every place in Tanzania, and its scarce vegetation, scattered with baobab and acacia trees, makes it a beautiful and unique location to visit.

Tarangire trees climbing pythons relaxing in the branches where the fruit of the sausage tree disguises the twitch of a tail. The park is also famously rich of bird life, flora and fauna. The area also supports a great diversity of wildlife, including giraffe, Buffalo, Lesser kudu, Eland, Oryx, Impala ,wildebeest and Zebra. Lion, leopard and Cheetah are also present. Up to 6000 elephants inhabit Tarangire in the dry season. Drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Accommodation as arranged

Accommodation: Tarangire Simba Lodge

DAY 15: Tarangire Park-Arusha

Early morning breakfast, then drive to the park while enjoying the African sunrise which will keep you strong while taking your incredible pictures of the beautiful landscape full of Fauna and Flora. In the afternoon you will drive to Matete picnic site for lunch then continue with game driver while saying Goodbye to this beautiful national park. Late in the afternoon drive to Arusha. Accommodation as arranged

Accommodation: Villa Maua

DAY 16: Arusha-Kilimanjaro

Early morning breakfast, then drive to Kilimanjaro for the day trip excursion, This tour will give you the chance to learn and discovery all about Chagga tribe and East Africa traditional, you will enjoy beautiful landscape with great valleys, deep gorges, rivers, natural forest and local agricultural activities on small farms. On the other hand you will interact with local people and get an opportunity to listen to their stories about the culture, history and their total way of life.

From the farm land to waterfalls you will have 3 to 4 hours walking this will depend on your body strength. You will also have the chance to visit one of the Primary school at the village, You will finish your tour with a local lunch well prepared by the Chagga women community…Don’t miss it is one of the best food you will never regret to eat. After lunch you will drive to Kilimanjaro Airport…..GOOD BYE KARIBU SANA

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