14 Days Kenya & Tanzania
Pro Wildlife Photography Safari

Leave Nairobi and travel towards the Maasai Mara. The road journey takes you through the Kenyan countryside before the landscape opens into the Mara.

Arrive in time for an afternoon game drive and start looking for the wildlife that makes the Mara one of Kenya’s best photography areas. Your guide will help position the vehicle for clear views and good light.

Start early for a photography-focused game drive while the light is soft and wildlife is active. Spend time with lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, buffalo and the many plains animals found in the reserve.

Continue through the afternoon, following recent sightings and looking for strong moments rather than rushing from one sighting to another. Depending on the season, large wildebeest and zebra herds may also be around.

After breakfast, leave the Maasai Mara and cross into Tanzania before continuing towards the Serengeti. The scenery changes as you move from the Mara ecosystem into the wider Serengeti plains.

Arrive in the Serengeti later in the day and, if time allows, head out for an afternoon drive. This first look gives you a chance to start finding wildlife before returning to camp.

Start before sunrise for some of the best light of the day. Follow fresh tracks and recent sightings in search of lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant and other wildlife.

Take a break for lunch, then head out again in the afternoon. With more time in the Serengeti, you can wait for behaviour and work on different compositions instead of only collecting quick sightings.

Spend another full day in the Serengeti, using the changing light to photograph wildlife across the open plains. Look for wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, elephants, antelope and the smaller animals and birds around the grasslands.

Your guide will adjust the route around wildlife movement and weather. Late afternoon light can be especially good for silhouettes, dust and wide landscape shots.

Enjoy a final morning drive in the Serengeti (optional) before leaving the park. Continue towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area as the open plains give way to the cooler highlands.

Arrive near the crater in the afternoon and settle into your lodge or camp. The evening is free to rest and prepare for the crater photography the next day.

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater early for a full day game drive. The crater floor holds a high concentration of wildlife, giving you good opportunities for lion, elephant, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest and hyena.

A picnic lunch is taken in the crater before continuing the drive. With luck, you may also photograph black rhino. The crater walls and changing light give the day a strong landscape element as well.

After breakfast, leave the Ngorongoro highlands and drive towards Lake Manyara. The park is smaller than the Serengeti but has a very different feel, with woodland, groundwater forest, open areas and the lake itself.

Spend the afternoon on a game drive looking for elephant, buffalo, giraffe, monkeys and birdlife. Depending on water levels and season, the lake can also attract large numbers of waterbirds.

Leave Lake Manyara after breakfast and continue towards Tarangire National Park. The landscape becomes drier and the large baobabs start to appear.

Enjoy an afternoon game drive around Tarangire, an excellent place for elephant photography. The park also has giraffe, zebra, buffalo, antelope and plenty of birdlife, with baobabs adding strong backgrounds to your images.

After breakfast, leave Tarangire and drive towards Arusha. On a clear day, you may get views of Mount Kilimanjaro as you approach the area.

Visit Serval Wildlife Sanctuary for a guided wildlife experience, then continue to your Arusha hotel. It is a change of pace from the national parks and gives you time to enjoy another side of northern Tanzania.

After breakfast, leave Arusha and travel back into Kenya towards Amboseli National Park. The route takes you through the border area and into the dry landscapes around Amboseli.

Arrive in time for an afternoon game drive. If the weather is clear, the first views of Mount Kilimanjaro can make a great backdrop for wildlife photography.

Start early for the best chance of photographing elephants and other wildlife with Mount Kilimanjaro behind them. Amboseli is known for large elephant herds and open views, especially around the swamps.

Spend the afternoon on another drive, looking for giraffe, zebra, buffalo, hippo and birds. The changing light around Kilimanjaro can give you very different images through the day.

After breakfast, leave Amboseli and travel north towards the Laikipia region and Ol Pejeta Conservancy. It is a longer transfer day, but the scenery changes from the Amboseli plains to the greener highlands of central Kenya.

Arrive at Ol Pejeta later in the day and settle into your lodge. If time allows, take a short evening drive to begin exploring the conservancy.

Spend your final morning on a photography-focused game drive in Ol Pejeta. The conservancy is well known for rhino conservation, and you may also see lion, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, zebra and many bird species.

Enjoy a final game drive or conservation experience before leaving the conservancy. Later, transfer towards Nairobi for your onward flight or final hotel, marking the end of the safari.

After your chosen Nairobi activity or lunch, continue to the airport for your departure flight. We recommend allowing enough time for traffic and airport check-in, especially for international flights.