THIS TOUR IS AN EXTENSION TO THE TOUR – THE GREAT MIGRATION IN THE MASAI MARA, KENYA
20 – 26 JULY 2024. READ MORE HERE…

In southern Kenya close to the border with Tanzania, lies Amboseli National Park. Amboseli National Park is only 392 square kilometers in size, making it one of Kenya’s smallest national parks, but despite that, the experiences in the park are great.
Amboseli National Park is best known for its large herds of elephants and for the magnificent view of Mount Kilimanjaro, which is across the border with Tanzania. Kilimanjaro is the world’s highest freestanding mountain.
Our focus during our days in Amboseli will be on photographing the national park’s large herds of elephants and we hope to get the elephants in front of Kilimanjaro. During the days, we will also use a Masai guide who follows Amboseli’s large male elephants, the so-called “Tuskers”. Although the elephants are our main focus, will we always keep our eyes open for all possible photo opportunities of other animals or the beautiful landscape.
Amboseli’s landscape is varied. Here we find both plains and wetland areas. In the national park there are over 80 different species of mammals, so we will hopefully get photo opportunities also with wildebeest, giraffes, lions, hyenas, antelopes and zebras to name a few.
Itinerary
Day 1 26/7 (Dinner)
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi in the evening where you will be met by our tour guide. Transfer to hotel and dinner.
Day 2 27/7 (Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner)
After breakfast we travel to Amboseli National Park and our camp. We expect to arrive by lunchtime. In the afternoon we make our first game drive into the national park.
Day 3-4 28-29/7 (Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner)
We have an early start to the day and spend the morning in Amboseli National Park photographing elephants and other beautiful subjects. Return to our camp for rest and food. After lunch we go again on game drive..
Day 5 30/7 (Breakfast – Lunch)
Even today we have an early start to the day and do one last game drive in Amboseli.
After lunch we leave our lodge and head back towards Nairobi and the airport in good time before departure.
More information
Photographic leader
Henrik Karlsson, born in 1968, is a photographer, writer and conservation biologist.
He is ambassador for OM SYSTEM and has been appointed as a National Geographic Explorer. He is also a member of the Swedish Nature Photographers Association (Naturfotograferna/N) as well as PhotoNatura. In 2003 he was awarded Naturfotografernas/N and Kodak’s scholarship. Henrik has also won awards in several European photo competitions.
Henrik has a wide selection when it comes to subjects to take images of and tell stories about. He will be more than happy to photograph everything from insects to the orchids in the forest or the great wild animals around the world. He has the whole world as his photographic field but is more and more drawn to Africas beauty and wildness.
Previously, Henrik worked as a guide in several Swedish Nature Reserves and National Parks. He is a frequent lecturer and an appreciated guide on photo courses and workshops. He also leads photo tours all over the world.
In 2011 Henrik self-published the book ”Mångfaldens ö – bilder och tankar från Ölands natur”, and the book ”Vilda Norden” was published in 2017. 2020 he published the book Ölands orkidéer and in 2021 Orkidéer på Gotland.
