Epic Photography Safari
An epic photo safari in Kenya designed especially for photographers and the aspiring students in photography(amateurs), spending the nights in Kenya’s finest wildlife areas and escorted by a professional photographer educator. This safari provides an immersive experience with a wide variety of subjects for the traveling photographer, including landscape, wildlife and cultural themes. Africa is blessed with minimal light pollution, so star trails, Night Sky and Milky Way opportunities may become available during the trip. We aim to make the safari photography both productive and fun without beating up our tour participants in the African bush.
Day 1:
Arrive in Nairobi where you are picked up from the Airport and transferred to your hotel for refreshing and overnight stay.
Day 2:
Morning breakfast and thereafter transfer to Wilson Airport for the 45 minute flight to the Masai Mara National park, landing at Mara Serena airstrip from where you will be transferred to your hotel arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive and overnight at your hotel where you will stay the next 4 nights. Evening workshop sessions that involve image review of the day and to offer expert advice on where photos and techniques can be improved. The discussion conducted after dinner and before going to bed.
Day 3, 4, 5, 6:
A full morning traversing the park with early sunrise view and plenty of time for game viewing. Whole day photography until after sunset, typically with meal breaks in between. The goal is to be immersive, all-inclusive and to seize opportunities. The Masai Mara has a soul of its own. A soul kept alive by its vibrant, completely dumbfounding flora and fauna and is regarded as one of the best wildlife viewing destinations in Africa and is renowned for its big cats, over 95 mammal species and close to 450 bird species to see. It’s also the home of the new Seventh Wonder of the World, where over two million wildebeests, gazelles and zebras cross over from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya in search of greener pastures. This safari destination will produce a life-long memories and coupled with the images of Mara’s famous sunrises and sunsets. The Maasai Mara is like no other place in Africa; the density of wildlife in the Maasai Mara is a photographer’s dream.
Day 6:
Early morning game drive and after breakfast, transfer to the airstrip to fly to Amboseli National park. You will be picked and transferred to your hotel arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive and overnight at your hotel where you will stay the next 3 nights. Evening workshop sessions that involve image review of the day and to offer expert advice on where photos and techniques can be improved. The discussions conducted after dinner and before going to bed.
Day 7, 8, 9
A full morning traversing the park with early sunrise view and plenty of time for game viewing. Whole day photography until after sunset, typically with meal breaks in between. The goal is to be immersive, all-inclusive and to seize opportunities. Nicknamed the “Land of the Giants”, Amboseli is where you will come face to face with the largest land animal, the African Elephant, as they leisurely graze on the plains with Mount Kilimanjaro as a unique backdrop! The view from there is effortless, with the park offering Africa’s highest-peaking mountain in angles any photographer would kill for. The park has become internationally acclaimed as the perfect place to observe the intricacies of their behaviour. Other wildlife commonly spotted in the park include big cats besides the other many animals, and over 600 species of birds. Nature lovers can explore five different habitats here ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with Sulphur springs, savannah, and woodlands.
Day 10:
Morning game drive before returning for breakfast at your and transfer to the airstrip to catch your flight to Nairobi. For the remainder of that afternoon and evening we can just relax at the Serena Hotel by the pool or at the bar before transfer to Nairobi Airport for your international flights home.
Our Photography safari is not limited the Masai Mara, we have destinations to other iconic Kenyan photography safaris such as Samburu, Ole Pejeta and Amboseli. Beyond Kenya, we have gorilla trekking photography in Uganda!