Photographic safari

6 days—The Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti planned around the light, with four guests maximum

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Safari summary

A normal game drive is planned around covering ground. This one is planned around the two hours at each end of the day when the light is usable — and around waiting, which is the part most itineraries cannot afford.

Four guests maximum, so every seat is a shooting position. Bean bags, a beanbag rail and charging for every body in the car. We wait. Sittings of two or three hours are normal on this trip. A guide who positions the vehicle for the light, not just the sighting.

Every TopaTanzania safari is private: your own 4x4 Land Cruiser with a pop-up roof and your own Maasai guide, with nobody else put in your vehicle. The itinerary is a starting point, so the length, route, pace, camps and dates can all be changed.

Where: Central and southern Serengeti, plus the Ngorongoro Crater. Best time: Green season for skies; dry season for concentration.

Price from US$3,380 per person sharing; your written quotation is the binding figure for your dates.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti

What’s included?

Accommodation
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

All drinks
International flights
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Arusha to the crater rim

Ngorongoro Crater

A short travel day so the first evening is not wasted. Rim light at sunset is the best landscape opportunity of the week. (Approx. 4 hours' driving; Sunset on the rim.)

Crater floor at first light

Ngorongoro Crater

First vehicle down. Mist on the floor, low side light, and a full morning before the haze builds. (06:30 descent; Full morning on the floor.)

Into the Serengeti

Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti

Down through Oldupai and onto the plains, arriving in Seronera for the afternoon light. Kopje work at sunset. (Approx. 4 hours' driving; Afternoon game drive.)

Seronera: cats

Serengeti

Dawn and dusk on the river circuit for leopard and lion, with a long midday break for backup, editing and sleep. (Dawn and evening drives; Midday break.)

Whatever we found

Serengeti

The day is set the night before, around the best sighting of the trip so far. If that means six hours at one tree, that is the day. (Flexible routing; Full-day game drive.)