Photographic Safari 14 Days in Tanzania
A Northern Tanzania photographic safari with Kijani Tours is designed for travelers who want time, light, and access to create powerful wildlife and landscape images. The route typically covers Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and Tarangire National Park, with opportunities to photograph lions, elephants, wildebeest migration, and volcanic highlands. Guided by local experts, the experience emphasizes ethical wildlife viewing, low-impact travel, and cultural encounters with Maasai communities.
A photographic safari in Northern Tanzania is shaped by patience, positioning, and access to the right locations at the right time. The purpose is not only to observe wildlife, but to capture animal behavior, landscapes, and changing light across some of Africa’s most visually strong ecosystems.
With Kijani Tours, the experience is guided by local field knowledge. Guides understand animal movement patterns, seasonal light conditions, and quieter areas inside the parks where photographers can work without interruption or crowding.
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Northern Tanzania Photographic Safari Itinerary
Day 1
ArrivalArrival and an overnight stay at Arusha coffee lodge in Bed breakfast accommodation
Day 2 - 4
Full day game drive at Tarangire National ParkTarangire National Park with an overnight stay within the park at the lodge or a public campsite. Tarangire is famous for having one of the largest populations of Elephants in Tanzania and for its majestic Baobab Trees. Throughout the dry season, you can expect to see large herds of Elephants, thousands of Zebras, Wildebeest, and Cape Buffalo who trek hundreds of kilometers to drink and congregate in the Tarangire River among hilly woodlands, where this river becomes a lifeline during this period of the year.
Day 5
Tarangire national park to KaratuAfter a morning game drive in Tarangire, we will head toward Karatu town for an overnight stay at Ngorongoro farm house for a night stay.
Day 6 - 7
Central Serengeti full dayDrive to the next camp in the central Serengeti, looking for lions, cheetahs, leopards, other animals, and birds along the way as we drive to Serengeti National Park. Check in and spend one night in a tent with all meals, selected drinks, and game viewing and sundowner activities included.
Day 8 -11
Serengeti- Ndutu full day and later drive to NCAA for an overnight stay on the eleventh nightOur next destination is Ndutu. A popular destination in the southeastern Serengeti National Park. The southeastern portion of Serengeti is teeming with wildlife year-round, but the peak in terms of wildlife density is between December and April. Giant herds of wildebeest and zebra are attracted by the seasonal rains pouring down. In this period the best area to see wildlife is around Lake Ndutu, in the heart of the wildebeest gathering. This is where female wildebeest give birth to countless calves and therefore makes up one of the highlights of the Great Migration.
Day 12
Hadzabe and Datoga day tripLake Eyasi located along the Yaeda valley a famous place for cultural travelers to go and witness the daily of the Hadzabe (traditional hunter-gatherer people who have one of the richest and most interesting histories) and Datoga are pastoralist Nilotic people with rooted in South Sudan or Ethiopia based in Yaeda Valley and Northern part of Singida region. Time spent with the Hadza and Datoga offers a very raw and authentic cultural experience and overnight at Ngorongoro farm house.
Day 13
Drive from Karatu/MoshiEarly morning, we pack our luggage and gear and drive north to Moshi via Arusha city we can have an evening photo shoot of Moshi town and Mt. Kilimanjaro but this will depend on the clouds covering the mountains.
Day 14
Moshi town photo tourMoshi offers an ideal place for photography and places to finish off your journey before flying home on the same date or on a coming day.
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