Name: The Great Migration: Photographic Safaris Activities: Child-friendly, Interpretation, Migration, Natural Heritage, Photography, Professional Safari Guide, Tented Camp, Wildlife Location(s): Kenya & Tanzania Duration: 12 Days

Wildebeest jumping the Mara River

Mara Intrepids Camp, Mara

Lion Male, Serengeti Guide: Fidel Kyalo, Kenya

Origins Classic Seasonal Tented Camp, Serengeti

Wildebeest & newborn calf, Serengeti

Guide: Renatus Mushi,Tanzania

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THE GREAT MIGRATION:

Crossings & Crocodiles,

Maasai Mara, Kenya

Seasons: July to October

Day 1: Nairobi
An Origins driver will meet you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer you to a Nairobi hotel.
1 overnight Nairobi Serena Hotel

Days 2-11: Maasai Mara
You meet your Professional Safari Guide for a briefing and drive for 4-5 hours to reach the Maasai Mara National Reserve, descending the Rift escarpment just north of Nairobi and crossing the flat valley floor before we ascend to the Mara plateau.   Your base is a comfortable tented safari camp in the upper Mara eco-system, overlooking the Talek River.  

You spend the next ten days following the herds, capturing the drama as it unfolds throughout the day.   Early starts and evening drives back after full days roving the plains with provisions on board to ensure uninterrupted access to the greatest wildlife spectacle of them all.

The rhythm of the wilderness takes over: different habitats and species are unveiled as you spend your days driving, watching and capturing on film the drama as it unfolds�  

The key is flexibility: our guides know where to look, at which time of day for specific behavioral patterns and wildlife rituals.

10 overnights Mara Intrepids Camp

Day 12: Depart

After breakfast you drive across the savannah on a last excursion, stopping for a picnic lunch at mid-day.   You reach Nairobi mid-afternoon with time to freshen up and prepare for the international flight home.

Day Room Nairobi Serena Hotel

THE GREAT MIGRATION:

Calving & Carnivores,

Serengeti, Tanzania

Seasons: January to March

Day 1: Arusha

On arrival in Arusha at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be greeted by an Origins driver and transferred to your hotel.

1 overnight New Arusha Hotel

Day 2-11: Serengeti National Park

You leave very early for the 5-6 hour drive to the Serengeti plains.   Here your mobile safari camp is set up, set up to give the best access and maximum coverage of the herds as they graze and browse the plains, stalked by their predators.   Your base is a mobile tented camp, flexible, comfortable and entirely dedicated to this safari.

10 overnights Origins Classic Seasonal Tented Camp.

Day 12: *Depart

You spend the morning on your final photographic shoot, before heading back to Arusha.   On arrival in Arusha a day room is booked for you to rest, re-pack and freshen up prior to your international flight departure.

Day Room New Arusha Hotel

* OPTIONAL NGORONGORO CRATER EXTENSION

Day 12: Drive to Ngorongoro

You leave camp early in the morning and drive across the Serengeti plains with a packed lunch before arriving in the Ngorongoro highlands.   You spend the next two days exploring the Ngorongoro Crater, a natural wildlife haven created by the sheer walls of this extinct volcano, home to greatest mass of large mammals in Africa.

3 overnights Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Day 14: Depart

Back to Arusha. On arrival in Arusha a day room awaits you prior to the international flight departure.

Day Room New Arusha Hotel