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Southern Tanzania is a wilder place. There are fewer human visitors, here, than in the busy parks to the north. The animals are less accustomed to people and more focused on going about their business.
The massive size of the national parks and nearby wildlife reserves yields uninhibited animal movement and fully functioning ecosystems.
The surprise is that Southern Tanzania’s landscape is so stunning. The sheer beauty of the Ruaha and Rufiji River systems is enough, but then paint scenic landscapes adorned with giant baobab trees and you have a region with unmatched beauty. These have become our favorite landscapes in sub-Shahara Africa!
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These rivers rise and fall with the seasons, swelling with rains that bring fresh greens to the surrounding landscapes. When the countryside is beautiful, the animals also find a wealth of food whether they eat vegetation – or eat those that do. They also spread out in the landscape and can be found almost everywhere.
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This is when we have planned our Southern Tanzania Photography Safari. We have picked our dates for the short dry season between two wetter seasons – to capitalize on a verdant landscape filled with healthy animals.
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We’ll find the beautiful Ruaha River flowing among water smoothed rocks and hosting hippos and crocodiles in clean pools or sunbathing on sandbars.
We’ll create gorgeous landscape images with river scenes and giant baobabs.
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Elephants and all kinds of hoofed animals will come to drink, along with troops of golden baboons. Owls will roost near the river, waiting for nightfall to find food. Birds of prey will frequent high branches, some over the water and others along paths where they might find smaller creatures.
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The view from your window will feature the river. Hippos will sing to you and the sunrise will reflect in the river. |
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We’ll find the Rufiji River, Tanzania’s largest river, flowing strongly. It is a braided river, in many areas, reshaping sandbars with each change in river flow.
Its sandbars and quiet eddies will be filled with Nile Crocodiles of all sizes. Scores of bloats of hippos (bloats is the official word for groups of hippos) call back and forth from the water to the shore. This is the best place we have found, anywhere, for photographing clean looking hippos in and out of the water.
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There is a wealth of birds here, seeking food from the Rufiji’s waters or from the insects that fly above. Several impressive herons.
Great congregations of yellow-billed storks. Stately saddle-billed storks. Marabou storks, which spit their time between fishing and scavenging. And an openbill stork that can’t fully close its bill. |
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But the kingfishers and bee-eaters steal the show. We’ll find and photograph multiple kinds of colorful kingfishers perched above the water or diving after fish.
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And the bee-eaters are amazing. We’ll be able to work them up close – hopefully even find one with a freshly caught insect!
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There is a giant kilometer-long high riverbank filled with literally hundreds of nesting cavities of bee-eaters. Sometimes trees above the bank each have a hundred birds decorating them in bright colors.
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As the Rufiji spreads out into lakes and oxbows, it provides many edges. Great places to explore from land in safari vehicles and from water with our dedicated flat bottomed, comfortable safari boat.
Those wet areas expand and contract with the seasons – and are lined with woodlands. They are great places to find elephants and giraffes and all kinds of other hoofed animals.
Here, too, we’ll seek, golden baboons and colobus monkeys!
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These are also the places where we’ll seek wild dogs! And where we’ll watch for lions and leopards.
The list goes on and on...
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The Rufiji is the heart and soul of the Selous which has recently been named Nyerere National Park, Tanzania’s new largest national park and one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries on the planet. That naming pushed Ruaha National Park into the status of second largest.
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These are big, wild, natural places. Places of beauty and free roaming animals of all kinds. We’ll approach the areas in small planes which will land on gravel runways away from towns and other development. We’ll get about in open sided safari vehicles and flat-bottomed boats (on the Rufiji).
Our lodgings are surprisingly sophisticated – and the main lodges have surprising cuisine, gorgeous views, free laundry, and internet. You’ll be able to charge and download in your rooms.
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2023 Southern Tanzania Wild Photography Safari
February 20 - March 2, 2023
This adventure starts and ends at the international airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We will travel by small plane from Dar es Salaam to Ruaha National Park and then Nyerere National Park, and back to Arusha. Transfers to and from all airports and landing strips are included.
Outings will take place in open-sided safari vehicles with awning roofs and on flat bottom boats with awnings.
Most meals are included. Laundry is included.
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Custom Pantanal Photography Safari Wild Adventure
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The Pantanal, in Southwest Brazil, is probably the best place in the world to photograph jaguars. And that photography is largely accomplished from a boat. We have concocted a photography safari that will take you to the best spots at the best time with a great local operator. Jaguars are the object, but we'll also find giant river otters, ocelots, macaws, caiman, capybaras, monkeys, anteaters, tapirs, and toucans! This is one of our wild adventures - as we'll journey far off the grid and lodging is about positioning us rather than luxury! |
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The Pantanal, in Southwest Brazil, is probably the best place in the world to photograph jaguars. And that photography is largely accomplished from a boat. We have concocted a photography safari that will take you to the best spots at the best time with a great local operator. Jaguars are the object, but we'll also find giant river otters, ocelots, macaws, caiman, capybaras, monkeys, anteaters, tapirs, and toucans! This is one of our wild adventures - as we'll journey far off the grid and lodging is about positioning us rather than luxury! |
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Custom Pantanal Photography Safari Wild Adventure
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The Pantanal, in Southwest Brazil, is probably the best place in the world to photograph jaguars. And that photography is largely accomplished from a boat. We have concocted a photography safari that will take you to the best spots at the best time with a great local operator. Jaguars are the object, but we'll also find giant river otters, ocelots, macaws, caiman, capybaras, monkeys, anteaters, tapirs, and toucans! This is one of our wild adventures - as we'll journey far off the grid and lodging is about positioning us rather than luxury! |
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The word Madagascar evokes mystery and wildness. Madagascar is home to all of the world's lemurs, a branch of primates from the same roots that also spawned humans. There are scores of species of chameleons. Several species of baobabs. And most of the birds here are endemic. The size of Texas, Madagascar has numerous ecosystems - each with its own set of creatures - and a number of exciting landscape opportunities. This round is a private tour. Another round in 2024 - with limited space. Contact us if you want on the list! |
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The vestages of the great Mayan world. Exciting caves. Rainforests and rivers filled with exciting flora and fauna. |
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Venture out into the wilds of Rwanda with a small group, often on foot, to experience photographic encounters with wild gorillas, chimpanzees, colobus monkeys, golden monkeys, and much, much more. Dates are tentative until we secure permits. We are building custom groups of travelers we have field experience with. Ask if you fit this group! |
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Timed to meet the great migration in the Serengeti, our safari takes you to some of the great parks and protected areas in northern Tanzania in search of lions, zebras, giraffes, cheetah, hyenas... Of all our itineraries, anywhere in the world, this one has the best reviews - and is a real life-changing experience! If you'll only be making one photography foray into sub-Saharan Africa in your life - this is the trip! |
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We're headed back to the Galapagos with a new yacht and new itinerary. Join us in 2024 - and we'll explore favorite haunts and add new landings and vistas. Giant tortoises, flightless frigates, 3 kinds of boobies, land and marine iguanas, sea lions and fur seals, flamingos, and the northernmost penguin in the world. The list goes on and on! Truly an inspiring experience - ties the Serengeti in client feedback as the "most life-changing" experience of their lives. Contact us now to reserve space - dates and prices coming. |
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Journey with us through Ecuador's Chocó Cloudforest Ecosystem to find exciting birds. We have choreographed an adventure to help you build an outstand collection of images of colorful and exotic birds - including a number of unique hummingbirds! And, we'll have our very own bird "whisperer" along to help us find them! Did we mention nightwalks for spiders and other creatures? And butterflies and waterfalls? |
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Apr 30 - May 7 |
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The Southern Oregon Coast is one of the most wild and dramatic coasts in North America - and presents great photographic opportunities if you know when to be where. We do. This was home for us. Join us as we take you to our secret places - and use our "local knowledge of tides and weather" to get you to great opportunities. Sunrises and sunsets. Tidepools. Dramatic breaking waves. Reflections. Sea caves and arches. And ancient forests! |
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Join us on a jaguar quest that will yield so much more than jaguars. The Pantanal is the only place in the world where jaguars routinely hunt during daylight - and the jaguars of the northern Pantanal are "patient" with photographers! We'll journey by boat to seek jaguar action - but we'll also find giant river otters, caiman, capybara, and a wealth of birdlife including the jabiru stork - largest flying bird of the Americas.. You are likely to come back with images of birds with fish in their possesion. Great place to master flying birds. A must do photo trip! |
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Jul 22-28 |
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Join us in one of the largest wetlands and flooded grassland habitats on the planet as we work to capture images of anteaters, tamanduas, armadillos, and several kinds of macaws. Expect toco toucans close enough for detailed images. We'll visit two sinkholes that host the rare red-and-green macaws. We'll explore by safari vehicle and foot - and enjoy some of the best bird feeding stations in the Pantanal. Expect to be wowed! |
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The Great Migration of wildebeest and zebras reaches Tanzania's Northern Serengeti in late July or early August. Rains furthern north, in Kenya's Masai Mara beckon the herds - and the route involves crossing the treacherous Mara River where crocodiles await. We've timed this safari to put you at the right place at the right time to capture the drama - and so much more as we explore the areas around the Mara, the Central Serengeti, Tarangire National Park, and the fabled Ngorongoro Crater! |
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It's time to grab your spot on our Kenya Photography Safari. We have secured a set of logistics to put us in great positions to photograph great wildlife, superb landscapes, and some unique cultures. Your chance to create images of three kinds of giraffes, and several species not found in other southern and eastern Africa safari destinations. Our key destinations include Samburu, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Elementaita Lake, and the Masai Mara! And there is an exciting extension to Amboseli National Park September 13-17. |
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Join us on a photographic journey to special ecosystems on the mysterious Island of Madagascar!. All of the world's lemurs are endemic here - 110 species and counting. Chameleons - 160 species! And more kinds of baobab trees than anywhere else on earth. Wet forests, dry forests, endemic plants and animals everywhere. We'll photograph during the day and again in the darkness! And an extension to Tsingy - a land of razor-sharp limestone blades and pinnacles! |
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Ice Caves. Glaciers exhibiting their winter "blues". Frozen Waterfalls. Outstanding icebergs and bits on black sand beaches and floating in both fresh and salt water. Unique ice formations. And, the opportunity to photograph the Northern Lights with great foregrounds. This is an adventure you don't want to miss. Join us! |
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Our Drones Photography Group is at it again! Back to Iceland to visit a number of unique sites, looking for great places, away from people, to position our drone cameras to capture unique angles. This time we'll find some great "interior" locations, some thermal features, some wild coastlines, and some exciting rivers. Waterfalls are always part of the game in Iceland - you'll be able to position your drone where no person has ever put a camera before. Bring your drone and come create great art with us! |
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Turkey sits at a geographical crossroads, which means that, over history, many cultures have passed through Turkey, each leaving a distinct imprint on the culture and the archaeological record. Let's explore some of the great archaeological wonders - while putting ourselves in great positions make exciting art with cameras. Mosques, Fairy Chimneys, Ephasus, Istanbul, Aphrodisia, Pergamum, Assos and so much more. |
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