How to Plan a Photo Safari

How to Plan a Photo Safari
There are guided tours that let you see wildlife roaming free from a Jeep, a canoe, or your own car. mariakray/Shutterstock
Bill Lindsey
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The traditional image of a safari may find you searching for zebras and lions roaming the African veldt as you bounce along a rutted trail in a dusty Land Rover, but there are other closer-to-home, photos-only options to consider.

A photo safari is similar to a traditional hunting safari, with the distinct difference that in the former, you shoot with a camera. Otherwise, the experience can range from multiday affairs far from civilization and staying in tents to day trips in comfortable, air-conditioned vehicles on well-tended paths. The idea of both is to provide the experience of seeing animals in their natural habitat—or a reasonable facsimile thereof—while you take photographs or observe them with binoculars.

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