Join me for an amazing 15-day photo safari to Tanzania in February 2007 during the height of the wildebeest birthing season where we will visit two of the most famous locations in East Africa to view and photograph wildlife. Our safari will begin in Arusha where we will be met upon arrival and transported to our hotel. The next morning we will drive to Lake Manyara National Park and spend a day with excellent opportunities to photograph elephant and bird life. Then we will drive to Ngorongoro Crater where we will spend two days with good opportunities for lion and rhino. Then we will drive to Serengeti National Park. We will spend three days in the central Serengeti with an excellent opportunity for hippos and good opportunities for leopard, giraffe, baboons, and monkies. Then we will spend seven days in the southern Serengeti where about a million wildebeest will gather, along with an almost equal number of zebra, to give birth. The open plains will be packed with animals --- it's an amazing spectacle. This area is also good for cheetah and lion, and we will have the permits necessary to visit the neighboring Ngorongoro Conservation Area so we can go where the animals are. After flying back to Arusha, we will have a day room to prepare for our flights home after dinner.

This safari is intended for photographers, or serious naturalists, who want to spend time with the animals in order to allow behavior to develop. On game-drive days, we will maximize our time in the field during good light by leaving before sunrise and having a boxed breakfast in the field. On some days, we will return to camp for lunch and a siesta, then return to the field in the afternoon. On other days, we will take a picnic lunch so we can remain in photographically interesting areas further away from our camps. We will have three photographers in each 7-passenger Range Rover to facilitate shooting and accommodate our gear. Our local guides have an in-depth knowledge of animal behavior, are sensitive to the needs of photographers, and will help put us in position to create spectacular images. We will spend our nights in lodges and a luxury mobile tented camp to experience the modern and more traditional ways of visiting Africa. Electricity will be available at our accommodations to power laptops and charge camera batteries.

The safari is limited to 11 participants to provide a cozy small-group atmosphere. The safari is not physically demanding, but you must be able to get in and out of a van-like vehicle and be able to climb steep, narrow steps to the commuter plane.

Several airlines fly to Arusha. KLM/Northwest provides reliable service from Amsterdam, and has a generous carry-on policy. Many people find it useful to arrive in Arusha a day before the safari starts in order to recover from jet lag. Our internal flights have a 55 kg (approximately 120 Lb) baggage limit (total of carry-on and checked) per person to facilitate transporting our gear.

This safari is scheduled to mesh with my Primates in Feb 2007 safari, so join me for both to make the most of your air travel.

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Day 1	Feb 3	Arrive in Arusha Transfer to the Arumeru River Lodge for dinner and overnight
Day 2	Feb 4	Breakfast at the Arumeru River Lodge Drive to Lake Manyara National Park Short game drive Lunch at Manyara Serena Lodge Afternoon game drive Dinner and overnight at Manyara Serena Lodge
Day 3	Feb 5	Breakfast at the Manyara Serena Lodge Drive to Ngorongoro Crater Check into the Serena Safari Lodge Descend into the crater for game drive with picnic lunch Dinner and overnight at Serena Safari Lodge
Day 4	Feb 6	All-day game drive with boxed breakfast and picnic lunch Dinner and overnight at Serena Safari Lodge
Day 5	Feb 7	Short morning game drive with boxed breakfast Drive to Oldupai Gorge, the site of Louis and Mary Leakey's famous archeological discoveries Drive to Serengeti National Park Picnic lunch Check into the Serengeti Serena Lodge in the central Serengeti Afternoon game drive Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge
Days 6-7	Feb 8-9	Morning game drive with boxed breakfast Lunch and siesta at Serengeti Serena Lodge Afternoon game drive (On some days, all-day game drive with boxed breakfast and picnic lunch) Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge
Days 8-14	Feb 10-16	Morning game drive with boxed breakfast Lunch and siesta at Unique Luxury Mobile Tented Camp Afternoon game drive (On some days, all-day game drive with boxed breakfast and picnic lunch) Dinner and overnight at Unique Luxury Mobile Tented Camp in the southern Serengeti
Day 15	Feb 17	Breakfast at Unique Luxury Mobile Tented Camp Fly to Arusha Lunch and day room at the Arumeru River Lodge (opportunity to shop at an excellent local craft shop) Dinner and depart for home

* The itinerary is subject to change due to driving conditions and game locations.