PUNJAB
THE ENDLESS CRADLE OF LIFE
COORDINATES: -2.3333°N, 34.8333°EA journey into the vast, timeless plains of the Serengeti and the enclosed sanctuary of the Ngorongoro volcanic crater. Following millions of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles on their annual migration, we observed wildlife in its purest, most untamed habitat. The scale of the African sky at sunset is something no lens can ever truly capture.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS & SENSORY MOMENTS
- 01 //Drifting silently in a hot air balloon at sunrise over thousands of migrating wildebeest.
- 02 //Spending three hours watching a pride of lions rested atop ancient granite kopjes.
- 03 //Descending 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Caldera to find rare black rhinos.
- 04 //Sitting around a boma camp fire listening to Maasai warriors sing ancient songs under the Milky Way.
- 05 //Witnessing a leopard descend with effortless grace from an acacia tree at dusk.
Singita Faru Faru Lodge & Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp.
Bush breakfasts cooked over open embers and sundowner gin & tonics in the plains.
DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY CHRONOLOGY
Flight into Seronera
Touched down on the dirt airstrip in a 12-seater bush plane. First giraffe spotted before we even left the runway.
The Great Migration Crossing
Raced north toward the Mara river. Thousands of hooves pounding dust clouds as herds braved the crocodile-filled rapids.
Descent into the Crater
Drove down into the green caldera basin. An ark of flamingos, hippos, elephants, and lions in an unbroken 360-degree rim.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES & ARCHIVAL FRAMES
Solitary umbrella acacia tree at dawn on the Serengeti savannah
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Male lion surveying the golden plains from a rocky kopje
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Dust storm kicked up by zebra herd at sunset
#03Hot air balloon drifting over the misty savannah riverbed
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