The safari is an experience that everyone should do at least once in life, for those who are passionate about photography is a unique opportunity to capture breathtaking landscapes, unforgettable sunsets and animals in their natural environment. Tanzania has been awarded in recent years as the best destination for the photo safari in Africa, it is the land of the famous Serengeti National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro known as the roof of Africa and Zanzibar called the island of spices.
What can I photographed while on safari in Tanzania?
Africa and Tanzania have a very different place from Italy and there are many opportunities for photographers: Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, banana plantations and coffee, the colorful local markets, shops of yesteryear, rickety carts and people from special smile. In the parks there are plenty of animals: elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, baboons and mischievous Colari birds, a visit to the Masai village is an opportunity to photograph the Masai warriors and their women with collars and very showy earrings.
Sunrise and sunset are the moments with the best light, it is good to get organized with the safari guide, starting at 6:00 in the morning before sunrise and take advice Right the place for sunset.
Sport equipment
The first tip is to check all your equipment before leaving, here in Tanzania is not a lot and the little that is is way overpriced or bad quality, controls everything before starting: Battery, optical, camera body, filters , cases and everything else.
The ideal is to have a digital SLR camera with at least a 200 mm (the 300 is even better), the animals are usually quite close and are not indispensable most powerful optics. But they do need different memory cards and at least one spare battery, to be more confident you should save all the photos on a memory card at the end of each day. In some cases it is very useful to have dual camera body to have at hand the 18-55 mm and 300 mm, in this way we will always be ready to shoot with the right perspective.
My tips
It ‘s a good idea to protect the machine from dust by putting it in the case when not in use and remove dust in the evenings with the special wipes. Careful to dust if you change optical “on the road”.
When the memory card is almost full or low battery better to put a new right away, let us not see us in the middle of a hunting scene with full or battery low, I assure you that the lions will not wait !!
Charge the batteries at the lodge / tented camp as soon as possible,during safari hold batteries and memory cards on hand during the safari.
Before photographing people ask permission, there is always someone who does not like touchy.
ABSOLUTELY NOT TAKE PICTURES OF AIRPORTS, CONVOYS MILITARY, MILITARY, POLICE, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, and the like, if you do it you and your guide will end up in trouble.
Have fun and enjoy the safari parks of Tanzania.
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