Tanzania - March 26-April 4, 2026
Tanzania - March 26-April 4, 2026
Tanzania - March 26-April 4, 2026, Private safari
Join award winning photographer Denise Ippolito for an amazing safari adventure to the famed Serengeti and Ndutu area of Tanzania. Serengeti National Park is a World Heritage Site noted for it's great migration and vast plains. These plains are dotted with trees and kopjes where majestic lions with huge, dark manes hang out--literally on the trees, making for some spectacular images. I am bringing my main guide/driver from the Mara with us to Tanzania to insure the great sightings.
Ndutu is a wildlife-rich area that includes grasslands, woodlands, and lakes in northern Tanzania. This area attracts tons of wildlife. And is part of the Ngorongoro Conservation.
We will use stretch Toyoto land cruisers with three rows per vehicle so that everyone gets their own row.
This photo tour led by Denise Ippolito
10 nights (including first night in Arusha) and 11 days.
The timing and location of the tour has been designed to coincide with the renowned annual wildebeest migration. In the last decade, only a small fraction of the herd has been crossing into Kenya’s Masai Mara, so to truly appreciate the size of the herds, one needs to view them in Tanzania when they have just begun their migration following their annual stay in the calving grounds near to the Lake Ndutu area.
Most of our trip will be spent in the central Serengeti in the open Savannah grasslands, punctuated by rock outcroppings or kopies. These beautiful rocks are a magnet for the big cats, especially lions and leopards and this will be a key photographic target for our group. Both Lake Ndutu and the central Serengeti are home to large numbers of big cats including a number of huge, black-maned lions. The two areas are also home to tree-climbing lions, a rarity in Africa.The presence of the wildebeest and zebra herds means that we have a good chance of witnessing and photographing predation by the cats.
While there are no rivers in the areas we are visiting, Lake Ndutu has a large lake and the Serengeti has numerous waterholes, which draw the herds in huge numbers. We expect to be able to photograph rarer species such as Serval cats while bird life is prolific. We are guaranteed chances with elephants, giraffes and numerous other herbivore species.
Itinerary:
Day 1 - Arrive Kilimanjaro International airport and transfer by vehicle to Arusha (around 30-40 mins). Overnight there.
Day 2 - Morning vehicle transfer to Arusha airport for domestic scheduled flight to Lake Ndutu. Transfer to Lodge. Afternoon game drive.
Day 3 - Morning and afternoon game drives in the Lake Ndutu area.
Day 4 - Morning and afternoon game drives in the Lake Ndutu area.
Day 5 - Morning game drive in the Lake Ndutu area. Transfer by vehicle to the Central Serengeti, Nabi gate. Afternoon game drive among the famous rock kopies. Overnight Nabi gate area.
Day 6 - Morning and afternoon game drives in the central Serengeti area among the kopies. Overnight Nabi gate.
Day 7 - Morning game drive in the central Serengeti area among the kopies. Transfer to Nameri Plains area. Afternoon game drive Nameri Plains.
Day 8 - Morning and afternoon game drives in the Namiri Plains area.
Day 9 - Morning and afternoon game drives in the Namiri Plains area.
Day 10 - Morning and afternoon game drives in the Namiri Plains area.
Day 11 - Morning game drive in the Namiri Plains area. Transfer to Seronera airport for late morning flight back to Arusha…Tour ends.
Guide tips are $400.00 per person.
Deposit
Final payment is due on May 15th, 2025. All payments except for the deposit must be paid via check only, made out to “Denise Ippolito LLC”. Overseas folks can pay their balances via wire transfer; the registrant is responsible for the fees on both ends. Sorry, there are no discounts given to non-photographer spouses for this trip.
Travel Insurance- I urge everyone to purchase travel insurance for a major trip like this.
