A photo safari in Tanzania with someone who lives here: comfortable, unhurried, and planned from start to finish around getting you the photographs you came for.
I live and work in Tanzania. I know these parks through every season: where the herds move, which areas the cats favour, and where the light falls best at sunrise and sunset. You get a photographer who knows the ground, not a visitor reading from a map.
Most safaris are planned around ticking off animals. Mine are planned around photographs. That means small groups, room in the vehicle for every camera, and the patience to stay with a sighting long after other vehicles have driven on.
Timing is everything in East Africa. I plan each trip around the season and the wildlife, and I look for quieter areas and hours so that you, and the animals, aren't surrounded by other vehicles.
From the route to the places we stay, every part of the trip is chosen with photography and your comfort in mind. If something isn't right for the people who travel with me, it isn't on the itinerary.
This isn't just a game drive. I'm beside you the whole way, sharing settings, composition ideas and how to read animal behaviour, and answering your questions as they come up.
Every trip is planned with care, by someone who calls this place home. Karibu Tanzania.
Hundreds of thousands of wildebeest give birth on the short-grass plains, and the predators follow. Some of the most dramatic cat photography of the year.
Dry-season light, golden grass, and the herds massing along the Mara River for the crossings.
As the land dries out, large elephant herds gather along the Tarangire River beneath ancient baobab trees.
One of the densest concentrations of wildlife in Africa, inside a vast volcanic caldera, worth photographing in any season.
Our safari begins in the Central Serengeti and moves south to Ndutu. At this time of year, huge herds move between the Serengeti plains and the northern edge of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in search of fresh grass, and the predators are never far behind.
It's the green season, and the occasional storm only adds drama to the sky. It's one of the best times to be here: wildlife is everywhere, newborn animals draw the big cats close, and hunts happen in front of the camera.
We finish in the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest intact volcanic caldera in the world.
Its walls rise around 600 metres and stretch roughly 20 kilometres across. Inside lives one of the densest populations of large mammals on Earth, so in a single day you can photograph an extraordinary range of species, predators included.
“A natural amphitheatre, ringed by walls 600 metres high and full of life.”
Pick-up at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to your hotel in Arusha. Time to rest and get ready.
After breakfast we head for the Serengeti. We check in to camp, have lunch, and set out on an afternoon game drive to find the herds.
A morning drive, then south to the Ndutu area, the heart of the calving season and one of the best places for predator action.
Full days photographing in Ndutu and the surrounding plains. On the afternoon of Day 5 we drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and stay on the crater rim.
An early descent into the crater for a full day of photography, with a picnic lunch on the crater floor.
A final morning game drive, then back to Arusha to relax.
Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight home.
*The itinerary may change depending on wildlife movements, weather, and park conditions on the ground.
Prefer to travel on your own schedule? I plan private photo safaris for individuals, couples and small groups, built around the wildlife you most want to photograph and the time you have.
Whether it's big cats in the Serengeti, elephants in Tarangire, or a few focused days in the Ngorongoro Crater, we design the route together, and you get my full attention behind the lens the whole time.
“Your safari, your pace, your photographs.”
Send me a message with your dates, interests and group size.
I'll suggest the parks, season and pace that give you the best chances, and adjust until it's right.
I meet you in Tanzania and we spend every day in the field, chasing the light together.
Thinking about a photo safari in Tanzania, a workshop, or a print for your wall? Send me a message. I'll answer every question personally and help you plan the shoot you have in mind.