Akari Photo Tours

An adorable little Brown Bear cub we photographed the other day in Romania.

Zimanga is not just another safari destination.

It feels like someone sat down and asked, “What would photographers actually want?” Then they built it.

Low-level safari vehicles. Purpose-built hides. Overnight hide sessions. Close wildlife encounters. Excellent guiding. Strong teaching opportunities. And in 2028, we are taking over the entire lodge.

That matters.

It means the rhythm of the safari is built around photography — not around a standard lodge schedule. We control the pace, the teaching, the hide rotations, the game drives, and the flow of the experience.

With 3 professional photography instructors and a small group, this becomes more than a safari. It becomes a focused learning experience in one of the most exciting wildlife photography settings I have seen in Africa.

This is the kind of trip people talk about after it sells out.

Which is annoying, mostly because by then it is sold out.

Tour Page:
https://akariphototours.com/tours/zimanga-safari/

Helpful Blog Post:
https://akariphototours.com/blog/why-i-love-zimanga-for-an-african-photo-safari/

Small owl. Big attitude.

In Romania, we photographed a Little Owl hunting ground squirrels, and it was one of those quiet wildlife moments that kept everyone locked in.

A Little Owl is a small, daytime-hunting owl with bright yellow eyes and the confidence of something ten times its size. This one watched, waited, and then dropped into the grass when a ground squirrel made a poor career choice.

Natural behaviour, clean backgrounds, and a tiny predator with a lot of personality.

Romania keeps delivering.