| African safaris and Adventures have operated all | | | | safari tented camp has adequate resources, this |
| sorts of safaris in Kenya Tanzania Uganda and | | | | includes guides as well as vehicles and there is a |
| Zanzibar Island with activities that range from | | | | definite split between casual wildlife observers or |
| honeymoon vacation, camping adventures, bird | | | | children that may get bored quickly and people |
| watching tours, wildebeest migration safaris, lodge | | | | who would like to spend longer at sightings to |
| safari and family travel but the most challenging | | | | enable them to get great photographs they may |
| safari activities are serious photographers who | | | | even split you up into different game drives. |
| are always searching for that safari perfect shot. | | | | Safari Vehicles |
| If you are taking a Safari holiday in Africa and | | | | Safaris in Masai Mara and Serengeti are famous |
| your main interest is in wildlife photography, rather | | | | for having loads of people crammed into "mini |
| than just relaxing and enjoying the savannah, you | | | | vans", which are not appropriate as a safari |
| will have precise needs that could make or break | | | | vehicle especially for photography safaris. Even if |
| your safari. Here are some safari tips to ensure | | | | you were the only traveler, the enclosed space |
| that you get the most out of the experience, | | | | makes it difficult to take decent photographs, but |
| your safari is "photographer friendly" and that you | | | | when it is full of other people it can make it really |
| return with the best photographs possible. This | | | | difficult and sometimes almost impossible. So |
| article assumes that you already have the right | | | | make sure that the safari lodge that you being |
| camera for safaris and that you know how to | | | | accommodated uses open top safari vehicles |
| use it. | | | | specifically designed for game viewing and safari |
| When to go on Safari | | | | holidays. Also ask about their maximum passenger |
| If you are traveling to Kenya Tanzania Uganda, | | | | policy as this can make the difference between |
| remember that the northern hemisphere's | | | | an enjoyable 4 hour game drive and a |
| summer is Africa's winter. In many places, this | | | | uncomfortable, hot and sticky 4 hour mission! |
| can be a great time to go on safari as it is their | | | | Decide for yourself which vehicle you would |
| dry season, the grass will be shorter, making it | | | | rather go on safari in! |
| easier to spot and photograph wildlife. | | | | Number of People at a Sighting |
| Temperatures will also probably be more | | | | Many Game reserves and national parks in Kenya |
| comfortable during the day, but beware it can get | | | | and Tanzania don't have a maximum vehicle at a |
| very cold at night in some places. | | | | sighting policy, many are the times you witness |
| Because it is the dry season, the sky in Tanzania | | | | over 10 vehicles at popular sightings, and this |
| Kenya Uganda is often cloudless during winter, | | | | really annoys wildlife and is against the principal of |
| giving you plenty of light for photography, we find | | | | viewing that you shouldn't intrude on the natural |
| this particularly useful for bird photography as you | | | | behavior of wildlife that you are observing. |
| can often get better photographs of birds with a | | | | It can also ruin the experience for you of having |
| clear blue background. Another advantage of the | | | | loads of vehicles all crowding around a lion and for |
| dry season is that there is less water out in the | | | | the wildlife photographer it can completely destroy |
| bush and so water dependant animals tend to | | | | your shot, by having a safari vehicle in the |
| congregate at or not travel too far from water | | | | background, you may as well go to the zoo and |
| holes, dams and rivers, making them much easier | | | | have a fence in your photos. |
| to find and photograph. | | | | If you are sharing a safari drive with non |
| The most significant thing to do is to talk to the | | | | photographing tourists talk to them, let them |
| safari guide on a Kenya Tanzania Uganda travel | | | | understand what you like. As long as you remain |
| and explain your interest, the kind of photographs | | | | polite many people will happily swap their position |
| you want. | | | | with you. |
| Explain to your safari guide about your | | | | Edwin is a specialist in African Safaris and a tour |
| expectations before tour safari starts, as there | | | | operator. The tour company he co-owns, African |
| are people in your group that may get | | | | Safaris & Adventures, has presence in South |
| uncomfortable waiting for you whilst you are | | | | Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, |
| taking loads of photographs, it can make it | | | | Malawi, Mozambique, Egypt, Madascar, Tanzania, |
| unpleasant for everyone involved. If the lodge or | | | | Zanzibar, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Seychelles. |