Photographed at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Camera data: Sony α7R III400 mmf/5.61/400 sISO 100Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Where the wild things are
Where to photograph the world's wildlife: seasons, species, conditions and budgets.
Africa · Tanzania
The Serengeti is the archetypal big-cat landscape: open short-grass plains, granite kopjes and river lines where lions, cheetahs and leopards are photographed against some of the cleanest horizons in Africa.
Best Late January–March · Moderate
Africa · Rwanda
Volcanoes National Park protects Rwanda's share of the Virunga Massif, where habituated mountain gorilla families can be photographed at close range in bamboo and montane forest.
Best June–September · Hard
Africa · Uganda
Queen Elizabeth National Park combines savanna lions, the hippo-packed Kazinga Channel, crater lakes and the tree-climbing lions of Ishasha in a single Albertine Rift landscape.
Best June–August · Moderate
Africa · Kenya
Amboseli is the park for elephants beneath Kilimanjaro: big-tusked herds crossing dusty flats and green swamps with Africa's highest mountain filling the background.
Best June–October · Easy
Asia · India
Ranthambore is India's most photographed tiger reserve, where Bengal tigers walk through dry deciduous forest, past lakes and beneath the walls of a tenth-century hill fort.
Best March–June · Moderate
Americas · Brazil
The rivers around Porto Jofre in Brazil's northern Pantanal are the most reliable place in the world to photograph wild jaguars, from boats, at eye level, in the dry season.
Best July–September · Moderate
Americas · United States
Yellowstone is North America's great wildlife theatre: bison, elk, wolves and bears across wide valleys and geothermal basins, at its most photogenic in deep winter snow and steam.
Best January–February · Moderate
Europe · Finland
The boreal forests and bogs of eastern Finland near the Russian border offer Europe's most dependable brown bear photography, from purpose-built hides through the long light of the northern summer.
Best Late April–May · Moderate
Polar · Norway
Svalbard is the most accessible place on Earth to photograph polar bears in their sea-ice habitat, from small expedition ships that follow the retreating pack ice under 24-hour daylight.
Best May–June · Demanding
Polar · Antarctica
The Antarctic Peninsula is the most visited part of the continent and the most rewarding for photographers: penguin colonies, seals and whales among icebergs, reached by expedition ship across the Drake Passage.
Best November–early December · Demanding
Planning guides
India's tiger reserves run on a seasonal clock: closed core zones in the monsoon, lush and difficult in winter, hot and productive in spring. Here is how to choose your window.
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