THIS TOUR IS AN EXTENSION TO THE TOUR – BIG CATS OF AFRICA – MASAI MARA, KENYA
12th – 18th JANUARY 2025. READ MORE HERE…
Some highlights
- 4 days i Amboseli National Park wit a total of 6 game drives
- We will have our focus on Amboseli’s elephants and will do everything we can to be able to photograph the elephants in front of Kilimanjaro
- We will be looking for the great “tuskers” of Amboseli. With a little luck, we will find Craig and the other large male elephants. We will have a special guide for this
- Great diversity of other mammals such as giraffe, zebra, buffalo, gazelles and antelopes as well as lions
- Fantastic bird life with “everything” from herons and storks to secretary birds and other birds of prey as well as lots of colorful birds such as bee-eaters, kingfishers and rollers
- Maximum four photographers in each jeep
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 18/1 (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 19/1 (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 20-21/1 (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 22/1 (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
Magnus Martinsson, born in 1964, is a photographer, writer and natural geographer, living on Gotland since 1988. Since then, he has devoted himself to nature conservation issues in the profession. His interest in nature and photography has taken him on a large number of trips around the world and also given him deep knowledge of the Gotland homeland. Magnus contributes in various ways to conveying his knowledge to a broad public. He is a frequently engaged lecturer, excursion and travel leader. Magnus Martinsson is responsible for photos and text in a wide range of publications. As a member of the Naturfotograferna, he is one of the leading nature photographers in the country.