A one week safari in Kenya designed especially for photographers, staying seven nights in Kenya’s finest wildlife area, the Mara ecosystem, and escorted by well-known wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio. Paolo Torchio was born in Turin, Italy, in 1961 and came to Kenya in 1990. A keen photographer since childhood, he was immediately captivated by the African wildlife and wilderness areas that he encountered, and quickly made the country his home. Paolo’s work has appeared in a host of other Kenyan wildlife and travel magazines, including Travel News, Kenya Birding, and About Kenya, as well as in some illustrious wildlife magazines elsewhere in the world. Paolo’s photography has earned widespread acclaim. In 2006 he was declared Overall Winner of the East African Photographer of the Year Award.
His photographs and articles documenting aspects of the region’s animal, bird and insect life have appeared regularly in Swara, the quarterly magazine of the East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS), where they are seen all over the world.
- Day 1: Arrive in Nairobi and transfer to Wilson Airport for the 50 minute flight to Mara, landing at the airstrip from where you will be transferred to the Camp for 3 nights. Game drives will be taken to photograph the wildlife for which the Mara is famous.
- Day 4: A full morning traversing the Mara from one location to another with plenty of time for game viewing along the way, arriving for lunch. Afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at the Camp (you will stay the next 4 nights).
- Day 5, 6 and 7: A further 3 days in the Mara with game drives in a Conservancy and in the Mara Reserve depending on where your guide considers the best wildlife viewing to be available. Night game drives will also be taken.
- Day 8: Final early morning game drive and transfer to the airstrip to fly back to Nairobi. Transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi for your flight home.