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Tanzania

Amazing Wildlife

Tanzania

the Great MIgration

Private guided Safaris

in Tanzania

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Individual & Small groups

"Welcome to Tanzania"

the Soul of Africa

First Destination In Africa For Wildlife Photography

and Most Authentic Photo Safari

Tanzania is famous in the world of wildlife photography for the photo safaris into the most important nationals parks like Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire, Selous and many others.

First on the list is the leggendary Serengeti N.P. where during the migration season millions of wildebeest cross the Mara River, giving spectaular views of wildlife and the opportunity to realise amazing photos during the entire Photo Safari.

Tanzania is also the original land of the Masai tribe, a fascinating tribe dressed in strong colors and interesting ornaments, for the joy of all photographers who love portrait photography.

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WHAT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE LOOKING FOR

our passion for nature and photography, inspired us to make our photo safaris in Tanzania an exclusive experience. Photographers, photo lovers and travel passionate will get the best wildlife photography shots whilst immersed in this wonderful natural environment

OUR PHOTO SAFARI PHILOSOPHY

Professional photographer and guide, that know very well the needs of each photographer, leads all ours photo safaris in Tanzania. We organize authentic photo safaris, concentrated on offering the best support for photographers and photo lovers. Following the photographer's philosophy is our primary goal. We are at your complete disposal, focused on following your favorite species and scenes during our photo safaris.

PHOTOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS

On board of our special 4x4 vehicles especially developed for photographers, we offer the best photo safaris through unique and exclusive routes, off the beaten track and far from the classic tourist itineraries. Always focused on wildlife and portrait photography.

PHOTO SAFARIS DURING THE BEST LIGHT CONDITIONS

Dedicated to private groups of photographers and photo-lovers, our photo-safaris are at their peak when the light is at its best. Searching and waiting for the right moment for the best photos. This means that we focuse our photo shoots at sunrise and sunset.

EXCLUSIVE LOGISTICS

Our logistics have been developed to give you the best possible comforts in this natural environment and our special permits allow us to take you where others can't.

Photographer's Need

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PHOTO SAFARI

here you have some of our suggested Photo Safaris

but you can custom your path and decide where and how many days to spend

Serengeti N.P.

Ngorongoro Crater

SEASONS: December/March - June/September

DURATION: min. 7 days safari

The photo safari begins in the plains of the Serengeti National Park and ends at the Norongoro Crater. We will visit the southern area of the Serengeti where the great migration of wildebeest arrives to give birth to their puppies during the winter season.

We will follow lions and cheetahs with their cubs without losing wonderful shots of other equally important animals.

Lake Natron, Serengeti NP,

Lake Manyara NP

SEASON: July/September

DURATION: min. 10 days safari

This photo safari in Tanzania is the most itinerant among our proposals and is perhaps a one-of-a-kind photo tour. We will leave from Arusha and move towards Lake Natron to visit this amazing paradise, where we can shoot the best images of pink flamingos and of the most original Masai tribes. We continue our photo safari, driving north, into the Serengeti NP where we follow the great wildebeest migration across the Mara river. We move through this amazing National Park from north to south where we stop in a location off the beaten track for more amazing images. We end this photographic tour dedicating one more big game drive into Manyara NP. , famous for its lions on the tree branches.

Serengeti NP

The great Migration

DATE: July/September

DURATION: min. 8 days safari

This photo safari is concentrated in the northern area of the Serengeti N.P., along the Mara river, to observe the great migration. We will dedicate all of our time here to a photographic safari based on action photography.

Lake Natron

Serengeti NP

DATE: June/September

DURATION: min. 8 days

On this photo safari we visit two important geographical areas: Lake Natron and the Serengeti National Park.

The itinerary is also designed to create beautiful landscape photographs in a context of incredible colors.

Lake Natron is known as the unique paradise of pink flamingos and the Serengeti National Park is now famous for the great wildebeest migration. We will focus on the northern part of the great Serengeti plain, bordering the Masai Mara in Kenya, for a game drive in the search for hunting scenes.

Why choose us

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of our photo safaris

and photography workshops that

we organize in Tanzania with care and passion

PRIVATE GUIDED PHOTO SAFARI

For individuals and small groups

We work only for small groups to ensure the exclusivity of each photo-safari; for this reason we have limited places and recommend booking well in advance to ensure your participation. We conceive these photo-safaris focusing on the best areas in the world for photography and the observation of animal species. Exclusive photo-safari and workshops with the support of guides, rangers, and pro-photographer to fully experience and be envolved in a real photographic expedition. To find the most eclusive animals our expert guides use 4x4 vehicles especially equipped for photographers.

Our photography journeys and safaris in Tanzania are studied to offer the best photo opportunities and allow us to focus on wildlife, landscape and portrait photography.

PRIVATE LOGISTIC AND MOBILE ACCOMMODATIONS

in The Heart of Nature

Thanks to our exclusive logistics, our mobile tented camp allows us to reach fascinating places not crowded with tourists, and finds us in the best locations during the first lights of dawn and the last at sunset. Our camp, where you have your own comfortable accommodation, is set up just a short distance away and is for the exclusive use of your group.

LEADED BY PROFESSIONAL GUIDE AND PHOTOGRAPHER

for Wildlife and Portrait Photography

Join us to experience a spectacular trip and photo safari in Tanzania. There is no better destination for embarking on an African Safari!

Visit our pages and feed your curiosity with our descriptions. If you don’t find what you are looking for, do not hesitate to contact us, about trips and photosafaris and for your perfect customized safari. We are spacialized in african tours, photo safaris and private safaris for professional photographers and photo lovers. Our photo safaris is a real photo expeditions. Therefore, if you love photography there is nothing better than a guided itinerary by a photographer to taking photographs in complete tranquility, without hurrying and having plenty of time to capture wonderful images. You will be supported by a staff of expert guides and led by a professional photographer who you can ask ask for advice and discuss photography. If you don’t want to be a simple tourist, and what you are looking for is to be part of a close-knit team, join us where we move with passion for photography in the heart of nature,

THE BEST LOCATIONS

We lead you out of the tourist routes

We are focused on the northern parks of Tanzania where we offer photo safaris in the immense savanna of the Serengeti National Park. The northen area of the Serengeti N.P. is where the famous great wildebeest migration takes place. There are also many differents point of photographic interests throughout the Serengeti NP. Unfortunately, especially during the high season, the most popular locations are full of tourists, but we will organize our photo safaris far from these areas in many different locations off the beaten track, where we concentrate our game drive.

We organize photo safaris from the beautiful Ngorongoro Reserve, with its magnificent crater, to the shores of fascinating Lake Natron, famous for its colours and its pink flamingos. Our safaris also include the wonderful Tarangire National Park, famous for its elephants in its unique landscapes dotted with Baobab trees; we do not neglect the nearby Manyara National Park, famous for its lions in the trees almost like leopards. Manyara National Park is on the shores of the lake of the same name, on the edge of the fascinating Rift Valley. The Arusha National Park, near Mount Meru, and with the mythical Kilimanjaro in the background, offers the opportunity to enjoy a photo safari in a fascinating place.

Mobile Camp

the closest one to the best photography location

PRIVATE AND EXCLUSIVE ACCOMMODATIONS

This is a private camp with special licence that allow us to set up the tents in exclusive locations inside the N.P.. The accommodation solutions include two options : Adventure Safari Tents and Comfort Safari Tents

The two solutions differ in size of the tents and their content, which will be reduced to the bare minimum in the Adventure Tent option. The camp will be followed and supervised by qualified personnel.

There is also the possibility to obtain a double tent for single use paying a supplement.

THE TENTS

We use last generation safari tents, spacious and comfortable, which adapt perfectly to the surrounding environment. They have been designed and made with attention to meet the needs of our guest photographers during photo expeditions, with comfortable beds, essential to rest well after the busy days of our photo safari. Designed to accommodate even in the hottest hours, when is not possible realize good pictures because the light is too high. They have a roof made with a double layer and a cavity that guarantees better ventilation, not allowing the tent to overheat.

Each tent has 6 very large windows that cool off the interior and allow a generous view of the surrounding environment.

Outside a veranda allows you to relax in the shade. A tent can accommodate 2 people and is furnished with two single beds (or double bed on request), two bedside tables for personal effects, a trunk to comfortably hold photographic equipment, even large optics, a laptop and other personal objects..

In each tents there is a table to be used as a photograpich workstation for the use of the laptop to view and select the photos taken during the day, the table is also essential for the daily maintenance of photographic equipment.

The bathroom is adjacent to the back of the tent, with direct access, essential but elegant, includes a floor with sink, mirror, hot shower and hygienic service.

All made in an eco-friendly way with an exclusive style that adapts and respects the environment that hosts us. All the objects are hand-made to obtain a unique style and to give work to the native population.

Adventure Safari Tent

This tent is the first choise to feel the real Safari in Africa.

We love to go out of the ordinary routes in search of fascinating places to live intensely to offer highly sought photographic safaris.

After years of experience, in the world of photographic safaris, we have chosen this mobile tented camp because it allows us freedom of movement and the possibility to choose places always different without giving up comfort.

Thanks to special permits we can locate our tented camp in strategic areas, from the photographic point of view, inside the parks. In this way we will be far away from the beaten route by the mass tourism and could concentrate undisturbed to realize important shoots.

Comfort Safari Tent

We have designed a comfortable mobile tented camp that meets our needs: the accommodations have been designed with direct collaboration of photographers, to create sought-after safaris and photographic workshops, out of the ordinary tourist routes.

Photography and adventure are our common thread and we want to live in the most authentic way every African Safari. That’s why our tented camp is located in strategic areas with the aim of easily reaching the theater locations of the most representative scenes, taking advantage of the best lights of the dawn and sunset.

Our tented camp generally is located into Serengeti National Park and welcomes photographers from all over the world. Thanks to its special structure we can easily move it also in other Tanzania parks, satisfying the desired needs and itineraries.

The tented camp has all the comforts necessary to live an exclusive photo safari, with spacious safari tents, comfortable beds, en-suite bathroom with shower and toilet. The kitchen guarantees three meals every day.

Safari Restaurant

All the tented camp is very compact and the restaurant is located in the center: furnished in a simple way but at the same time elegant and welcoming is a sort of gazebo, open on the sides to allow a free view of the surrounding environment at 360 degrees, closable in case of adverse weather condition with sliding curtains.

The camp kitchen is followed by a local Chef who will prepare delicious breakfasts, lunches and dinners and offers different varieties of wine,beers and prestigious local products.

The restaurant turns into a bar and is a perfect meeting place where you can enjoy a cool drink, exchange ideas and discuss about the pictures that have been taken during the photo session.

THE MAGIC SUNSET

Maybe the idea to be completely surrounded by the nature in darkness can intimidate….or the thought to get bored can cause concern….Well! We dare to say that the experience to overnight in our camp will have an incomparable charm that will give you moments that will impress in your memory , giving you emotions that cannot be described in words.

The bonfire that we will lit every evening will give a magic touch, more to the already incredible atmosphere that surround us while the Rangers and the Masai Guard will assure us the tranquility to be protected.

We will spend pleasant moments exchanging information about the past day, notions of photography, listening to the stories of the guides about local customs or animals. Being completely surrounded by nature, savoring exclusive moments and have the possibility to observe the myriad of stars that sparkle in the intense blue of the sky of these places is priceless.

Game Drive during the Best Light moments

The first golden light of the morning and the last of the evening , we know, are the best moments to shot beautiful pictures…. Thit is the first reason why we use mobile tents during our photographic safari, rather than relying on classic Lodge or fixed tented camp..

This choice is strictly linked to the need to be in the most strategic places of each park to photograph animals and landscapes in the best light conditions that the day offers.

It must be specified that the golden light at the equator lasts not to long, so it is necessary to be on the spot before the sun rises and we must be able to stay until the last light at sunset. The use of our tented camp during photographic safari allows us to be, before dawn, in the strategic place to gather animals when they are most active. These are the moments when the best photographs of the day are taken. All other safari companies rely on classic lodges or fixed tented camps, which remain too far from the scenes and require long transfers to reach the best areas.

This means that customers arrive at the place when the best light is over and the same problem arises again in the evening where they have to return to the camp before dark, losing the moments of better light than the sunset. To be obliged to leave the scene with the best lights of a sunset during a photo-safari is one of the most frustrating things for a nature photographer. We will be able, instead, to wait until the last light fades away, before returning to our camp, which is at a short distance. For these reasons we will always be the first to reach and the last to leave the strategic points.

The Territory

The territory of Tanzania is extremely varied, predominantly mountainous in the northeast, where there are volcanoes Ngorongoro and the very famous Kilimanjaro, which with its peak at the height of 5.895 m, is the highest peak of the African Continent, the Pare Mountains, Mount Meru.

In the north and west lies the region of large lakes, including Lake Victoria (the largest), Lake Tanganyika (the deepest), Lake Manyara and Lake Natron, characterized by salt water, located in the Rift Valley, near the border with Kenya. To the west we find Lake Tanganyika.

To the northwest of these mountain ranges is the famous Serengeti National Park, which extends to the west of Tanganyika an houses the Savannah, a river forest and woods.

The center of Tanzania is constituted by a vast plateu with grasslands and cultivated lands. Tanzania face east on the Indian Ocean, just off the coast is the archipelago of Zanzibar with Pemba, Unguja and Mafia.

The climate of Tanzania varies as much as its morphology, inland the temperatures are mitigated by the altitude, while on the coast we find a warm and humid climate, typically tropical.

In Tanzania there are mainly two rainy seasons: the longest and most consistent is from March to May, while the less intense is between November and December.

Tanzania is the perfect place for those who love adventure, photographic safari and photography: Tanzania remains an unparalleled country, in terms of naturalistic richness, with the conservation of wildlife and flora, its parks and reserves represent a quarter of its national territory with unusual habitats and indescribable landscapes: tribes, animals and a succession of breathtaking views make Tanzania the ideal destination for a dreamy photographic journey.

Tanzania is one of the country with the largest biodiversity on the planet, offers photographic trips between mountains and sea ... we are focused on photographic-safari in the parks of Tanzania but, for mountain lovers we organize ascents on the famous kilimanjaro with professional guides and sherpas for transporting the equipment. Mount Meru is another popular destination that offers breathtaking excursions. For those who want to spend some time on the ocean, we offer trips on the Tanzanian coast, offering wild and fascinating places, or tours of the Pemba and Zanzibar Islands to enjoy paradisiacal glimpses of atolls and wonderful beaches.

On the geographic map of Africa below, we highlighted Tanzania and then we attached a magnification where the National Parks and areas of naturalistic interest are shown.

Safari in the Northern Tanzania Circuit

The parks of the North are the closest to our logistics base and boast the highest animal concentration.

In some ways we consider the safari In northern circuit the most desiderable from the photographic point of view. These are all the Parks in our photo-safari

Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Lake Manyara National Park
Tarangire National Park
Kilimanjaro National Park
Arusha National Park
Lake Eyasi
Lake Natron

Serengeti National Park

We will reach the immense Savannah of the Serengeti, the most famous national park in Africa, thanks to all the documentaries turned to its internal, and we will try to this natural paradise for a photo-safari, adapting it to its rhythms, searching the more interesting scenes of action.

The Serengeti National Park is the best known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and scientific value, home to the great migration of Wildebeest and Zebra and the inevitable hunting of big predator ( felines and crocodiles) during the crossing of the rivers. This ecosystem is one of the most prolific in the world and an ideal place for Safari and wildlife photography. Its includes several other game reserves and parks, notably the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Kenya ‘s Masai Mara National Park. The great Serengeti area is roughly defined by the wildebeest migration route.

The Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth and unique. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive. This park can be divided into 3 section.

The popular southern/central part , land of endless plains, it s savannah, dotted with acacias and filled with wildlife. The western part is marked by the Grumeti River and has more forests and dense bush. The north, lobo area, meets up with Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve.

RAIN SEASON (from November to May)

We will visit the central and south area of Serengeti, where, as into Ngorongoro, the animals are concentrated in the rainy season: here, between December to March, the herbivores live and reproduce between vast expances of low grasse, thanks to an ideal soil for the amount of minerals and nutrients, essential for the growth of puppies during the first months of life.

Mothers with their puppies offer us spectacular images to watch and are important photographic opportunities that we are going to immortalize with the very first light of dawn and the last flashes at sunset.

DRY SEASON (from June to October)

We will follow the herbivores that during the dry season migrate from the north, on the border with the Masai Mara, heading south, creating scenarios of extreme charm that we will capture in the best light conditions at sunrise and susnset.

Thanks to our experience in Safari and the knowledge of the territory, we will reach the most remote areas of the park and we will enter in beautiful places, far from the usual paths beaten by mass tourism, to find unique and unmissable photographic opportunities, in a real paradise of wildlife.

Thanks to special permits we will be able to follow the felines out of the normally authorized trails, positioning ourselves in the best spots according to our photographic needs to capture the most authentic scenes.

Leaving from the field at dawn, when it is still dark, we will look for predators to catch them at first lights.

During our Photo-Safari we love spending the day following the big felines….sometimes breaking the day with some re-entry to the camp, not far away, for a pause, a good meal and a comparison on the pictures just made.

If we are lucky enough to find us in interesting situations like in front of a family of lions or cheetahs with their puppies, we will be glad to wait, even for the whole afternoon, in the shade under an acacia, without losing sight of them, waiting for them to come back into action in evening hours, so managing to create beautiful photographs with the sunset lights.

In addition to animal photography, a photo safari in the Serengeti is an unmissable opportunity to take pictures of the enchanted views. The golden grassy savannah during the dry season and intense green during the rainy season, make the Serengeti a fascinating place for landscape photography.

It is usual to meet lions or cheetahs sheltering from the sun and laying down into the shade of the acacias during the hours of the day, however careful to what happens around.

This Safari does not required man movements and will allow us to enjoy the photography with the comfort of the tended camp near the best scenes.

Lake Natron

Lake Natron, the Red lake with vortexes, is a place as of incredible charm as lethal and ideal destination for a photographic trip.

At Natron you can create photographs of extraordinary beauty by exploiting the contrast of shades of colors, ranging from pink to carmine red to orange, with white streaks, due to sodium accumulation, that create veins in the shape of a vortex, and the pink flamingos that inhabit it and the Gelai volcano that acts as a sprawl. It is an area completely unrelated to mass tourism. On its banks was shot the fabulous documentary made by Disney nature entitled “the mistery of pink Flamingos”.

The Masai tribes, living at its borders, are the most fascinating and authentic in absolute and will offer countless photographic opportunities. The Natron is a lake rich in salts and carbonates and owes its composition to the alkaline magmatic rocks emitted by the volcano. The minerals end up in the lake through the natural path of rainwater.

On the shores of the lake there are carcasses of naturally stuffed animals, thanks to the particular composition of its water; a book by the photographer Nick Brandt has also been created that has immortalized the embalmed animals by posing them and crating beautiful photographs. The water compound contains sodium hydrate carbonate and is lethal to most of what live, except for Flamingos which are the only species immune to the natron. Here thousand of Flamingos find their ideal environment to lay eggs; lake Natron is therefore an unmissable stop for lovers of photography which offers multiple ideas to make magnificent photos.

Ngorongoro – Natural reserve

The crater of Ngorongoro is a large volcanic caldera that offers a landscape of extraordinary beauty for an incomparable Safari: a huge crater that contains within it an impressive number of animals, as herbivores attracted by the soil rich in minerals, and consequently predators.

The crater is the ideal place for a photographic Safari where you can meet the so-called “Big Five”: Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo and some specimens of rhinoceros, which unfortunately is almost extinct and don’t exist in any other parks of Tanzania.

During the Safari we will explore this huge crater, which cover an area of 265 square kilometers, visiting the different areas, paying particular attention to the shadows created by the crater ring: we will photograph animals in some places during the dawn and in other at sunstet with the aim of obtaining the best photographic result.

Moreover, the Masai tribes, that live in Ngorongoro, offer one more opportunity for wonderful photographs, while the Pink Flamingos, that reflect in the shallow waters of the Magadi lake at the bottom of the crater, are an unmissable shows to photograph at dawn.

Arusha – National Park

The Arusha National Park is the smallest and least known among the parks of northern Tanzania but one of the most beautiful under the photographic profile. Inside the park rises Mount Meru with an altitude of 4566m and its volcano still active, while its small lakes Momella offer enchanting landscapes to photograph.

From the ring of Ngurdoto Crater you can enjoy a spectacular view of the lakes and Kilimanjaro to photograph.

The National Park of Arusha hosts the largest concentration of Giraffes in the world and is therefore the ideal park for photographing these elegant animals in a context of particular backgrounds. In Arusha National Park is possible take pictures of many species of antelopes, African buffaloes, warthogs, hyenas and thousand of flamingos living in the waters of Momella lakes.

Tarangire – National Park

The Tarangire National Park is a very interesting destination from the photographer point of view: it is an area of rare beauty characterized by a succession of rolling hills, beautiful to be seen in the dry season but wonderful when they are green.

This park proves to be very fascinating for a photographic safari because, in addiction to its beautiful landscape, it is the second park in Tanzania for its great concentration of wildlife.

To all intents and purposes it is the undisputed kingdom of elephants and gigantic Baobab, which are the constant background to the wild natural landscape. The areas around the Silale swamps, instead, are particulary suitable for pictures of animals portrayed with panoramic backgrounds. The park also offers much of bird lovers for the many springs that live there, including the Russian steppe eagle.

During June to October we concentrate mostly along the Tarangire river, where the animals are more present, as they find water even during the dry season.

Manyara Lake – National Park

The Manyara Lake, at the foot of the Rift Valley, is al Lake of alkaline water in apark of rare beauty where relize a beauty photo-safari. The park distinguishes itself from others for its very varied vegetation, in fact it hosts a forest, a savannah and lake vegetation, offering different photographic prospective in a small area. The top view of the Rift Valley offers breathtaking photographic views. Tha Manyara park is inhabited by many animal species as well as considered a true paradise for bird photography lovers.

Moreover you can make unusual photographs of lions because, contrary to what happens in other parks, here they have the habit of climbing trees. The park is also known for its large flocks of pink flamingos that give beautiful photographs and give the lake a color with particular nuances.

PLAN THE TRIP TO TANZANIA

Depending on the time you have available it will be possible to plan and optimize your photo safari in Tanzania:

ONE WEEK

If you have only one week available, you can opt for a photo-safari in the parks of the North.

The arrival airport is the Kilimanjaro International Airport, here we will come to pick up you and start our adventure.

If you prefer to opt for a Safari in the circuit of the parks of the south, the arrival airport will be Dar Er Salaam and from this airport will begin our journey.

TWO WEEKS

Two weeks are a good time to realize a wonderful travel in Tanzania. We can offer you a Safari full immersion by touching two different areas: the parks of north and spend the week after relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the African coast or Zanzibar.

A MONTH

With a month available you will have no trouble to visit Tanzania, this wonderful glimpse of Africa, passing from a Safari to a trekking to a dream sea extension.

COST

We can suggest the best route to adapt the services and the costs to your budjet and to the time at your disposal. Contact us, we will find together the right solution to your request.

We will be happy to interact with you to find the best solution and get an exciting travel program.

About Us

Max Keyen, professional guide and photographer, coordinator and founder of this photographic project located in Arusha, right in the center of the nothern parks of Tanzania, organize private photo-safari for photographers, photo lovers and Africa lovers with enthusiasm and passion.

We offer our experience and professionalism with all those who love photography, nature and adventure.

We welcome all those who, like us, love animals and respect the nature, the tribes and local population, tackling together the adventure of photo-safari, immersed in wonderful landscape scenarios. We invite you to take an authentic photo-safari with us and a dream journey to this paradise called Tanzania.

We will strive to involve you and convey the emotions of an authentic photo-safari leaded by a team of professional guide and photographer who will be, at the same time, travelling companions with whom you will share unique and exclusive photo-safari in which you will be part of a true photographic expedition without ever feeling like an accompanied tourist.