You are invited to join photographer Ray Christenson on a safari of a lifetime during the season when over 1.5 million wildebeest and one-quarter of a million zebra are on the Serengeti Plains in the Tanzania. This is one of the best times to be in the Serengeti in that it is when the most babies are born.

Our safari will not only be about the migration. We will also visit the other wildlife reserves in Tanzania’s “Northern Circuit,” Tarangire, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Crater. In addition, we will have an up close experience with the Maasai on a private Maasai group ranch.

If you are a serious photographer, you will want to arrive a day early and experience a game drive in Arusha National Park to practice your photography. Your day of photography will be followed by a “work-flow” discussion with photographer, Ray Christenson. If time allows, you can end your East Africa safari with a few days in Zanzibar.

The lodges and camps used on this safari will be of the same deluxe standard as the ones found in the award winning book, On Safari.

If you want to learn about digital workflow, you will arrive today so that you can spend a day with Ray Christianson. You will need to arrive this evening, two days before the rest of the group. Arusha National Park is one-half way between Kilimanjaro International Airport and the town of Arusha, only about a 30-minute drive from the airport..

It has been a long journey so we will want to start our day at a slower pace than normal. After a late breakfast, our photographic leader will lead a short workshop on how to get the most from your safari. We did not come to Africa to hear a lecture or sit in a workshop! This afternoon we will take a game drive in Arusha National Park. We will explore the "Little Serengeti" plains in the south, walk to stunning gorges and waterfalls in the north, enjoy the tropical mountain rainforests, experience the diverse fauna and flora along the Momella Lakes with its rich flamingo population and discover the secret haven of the hidden Ngurdoto Crater - nick-named "little Ngorongoro" due to its stunning beauty and rich wildlife. All these highlights are towered by the shining glaciers of Kilimanjaro and the horseshoe-like cliffs at the peak of Mt. Meru – occasionally covered with snow. Arusha National Park is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful destinations in the country.

Friday, we will spend our morning in the park photographing. We will return to our lodge for lunch. After lunch we will download our images and have time to do some editing before meeting with Ray to present our work. The meeting times will be determined by consensus of the group. This will be influenced by the number of people that sign up for this pre-safari photographic digital workflow workshop and peoples interest.

We arrive in Arusha this evening on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. We will be met by a David Anderson Safaris’ representative and transferred to our hotel.

We begin our safari this morning with a short drive to a private Maasai group ranch at the foot of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro standing 19,341 feet above sea level. We will spend two days photographing the wildlife with Mount Kilimanjaro as our backdrop. The area is known for elephants, which move between Kenya’s Amboseli National Park and the private land owned by the Maasai. The highlight of a visit to this area is the interaction with the Maasai.

We leave our Maasai friends today and drive to Arusha for lunch and then continue to Tarangire National Park. Situated 120km (75 miles) from Arusha, Tarangire National Park is easily accessible and boasts magnificent herds of elephant and other species of wildlife. The baobab-studded landscape also plays host to a vast variety of resident and migratory bird life. Looking out over the rolling countryside the lodge is a tranquil oasis set in over 2,600 sq kms (900 sq miles) of National Park. The Tarangire flows north to south year-round and sustains an abundance of fauna and flora rarely seen elsewhere. You spend two days here.

We continue our safari with a short drive to Lake Manyara National Park. This beautiful reserve is situated under the cliffs of a huge escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, and the varied terrain includes the cliff's forests, a short Savannah plain at the bottom of the cliffs, and the shoreline and great Lake Manyara. An incredible variety of animals and birds are found here, including Manyara famous "tree climbing" lions. Manyara has been the location of much scientific research, including definitive studies on the very large herds of African elephants found here.

You have the morning to photography from your Land Rover or you might want to go canoeing on the lake. This afternoon you will continue to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

• Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary or simular.
• Transport in custom built safari Land Rover or Landcruiser.
• Services of English-speaking safari driver/guide.
• Mini-workshops covering nature photography and digital workflow.
• Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as per itinerary.
• All Government taxes and levies.
• All meals on safari as indicated.
• Mineral water during game drives.
• Comprehensive safari pre-departure preparation.
  
  

• • Two nights accommodation.
  • Flight from Arusha to Zanzibar.
  • Breakfasts.
  • Flight to Dar es Salaam on 12 February 2011.