Ndutu Serengeti: Should Calving Season be on your Bucket List?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2023
- Join Janine on an unforgettable journey with us in our latest video as we traverse the wide-open plains of Ndutu in the heart of the Serengeti. This isn't just any safari; we're here during the phenomenal calving season, an annual wildlife spectacle that is both beautiful and profound.
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The Serengeti plains transform into a nursery during calving season, with thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and antelopes bringing new life into the world. Witness the miracle of birth in the wild, as nature unveils her most intimate moments. We'll also encounter the other magnificent residents of this vast ecosystem - lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, and a myriad of bird species.
Through the lens of Janine's camera, we've captured the raw and awe-inspiring beauty of the Serengeti. Watch as newborn calves take their first shaky steps, as herds gather around watering holes, and as predators lurk in the shadows, reminding us of the delicate balance of life in the wild.
Join us for this photo safari adventure and experience the magic of Serengeti's calving season. From heartwarming scenes of motherhood to the nail-biting tension of survival, this trip report is a rollercoaster of emotions. It's not just a journey through the Ndutu region, but a voyage into the heart of life itself.
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Timestamps:
00:39 Intro to Ndutu
02:15 Ndutu Calving Season explained
03:15 Ndutu's role in The Great Migration
04:17 The wildlife diversity of Ndutu
06:50 The Ngorongoro Conservation Area
08:19 Tree climbing lions
08:51 About the Ndutu Wilderness camp
09:47 The verdict: Should Ndutu be on your Bucket List?
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Have you ever been to Ndutu? If not, will you now be adding this to your photo safari Bucket List?
No have not been, and yes you've offered yet another wonderful location to consider.
Never been, but I'm excited to be signed up to go with you in January 2024!
We visited Ndutu in mid-February for 3 nights staying at a tent camp overlooking Lake Ndutu where we could hear the Flamingos. We saw so many lions that we stopped taking photos unless there was something unusual. Saw big male lions stealing kills from cheetahs, cheetahs with kills, hyenas with kills - it was amazing. Lots of lions (females and young males only - big males are too big) up in trees - great photos. spent a whole late afternoon doing nothing but the flamingos right below our camp. I plan on doing it again but a little bit earlier as we were maybe one week or so late for the calving. Lots of young still had umbilical cords attached. One sad event that we witnessed was when a few wildebeest with many young ones crossed the lake at a narrow point. before they got to the far side, the adults decided to turn back. all but one of the young ones could be seen slowly disappearing below the surface of the water as their strength gave out. (10-15 calves) - then it was off to the other side of the white pillars and the Serengeti
Love it…. Someday…. 😊
Someday soon!!
Wonderful Janine. Love the slow panning shot of the flamingos! Can’t wait to visit in 2 weeks!
See you soon Simon.
That last with collection of photos is really like a movie…story being told
Janine superb photos a wonderful region on my bucket list. Your photos are amazing the clarity incredible
Great video and photography, as always. I wish I could find a way to make a trip like this happen.
yep..i have worked in serengeti
I have been to Ndutu. It was wonderful and an abundance of animals to photograph. Highly recommended
Thank you.
Thank you for the wonderful video and beautiful images!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always 👍🤗
Glad you liked it.
Hello Janine. Thanks for sharing the magic of Serengeti. You put it in a way that I felt like I am in Serengeti. So it is in my photo safari bucket list.
Very nice. A new area that I hadn’t considered before.
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful images.
Thank you
Awesome video Janine !! and I would definitely recommend Ndutu as a location, you won't be disappointed!!
Thank you.
This would be so much fun to see! Thank you for sharing!
Its our pleasure.
Fingers crossed, one day I will book a trip with you and enjoy photograph all this beauty. 🤞🤞🤞
You know where to find us!
Wonderful information 👍🌹👌
Many Thanks for sharing 👌🌹👍
You are very welcome
Looks like a wonderful trip, Janine! You truly do have a wonderful job! Thanks for sharing your world with us!
Glad you enjoyed it.
This is fantastic and thanks for posting.
Its our pleasure.
Tanzania is a wonderful country. Always worth a trip.
As I already visited north of Ngorongoro, I will skip this one. On my bucket list is still a trip with pangolin in chobe 😊
We look forward to welcoming you!
I visited Ndutu in february 2018, a great expecience indeed!
Where is next on your list then?
@@PangolinWildlife this August I’m traveling to Lake Manyara, Karatu, Serengeti (Seronera), North Serengeti (Kogatende), Lake Natron and then back to Arusha. Can’t wait…..
Yes, it is. I knew it before... have been at Ndutu a long time ago, and have been in both Ngorongoro and Serengeti more recently ...
And know again, your photos in the end of the video (I have yet only seen the there first ones.) The first and the third was truly all you need to say it is worth it.
PS. I do not like hyenas ... DS.
We love them. ;-)
+Pangolin Wildlife Photography This is really cool beautiful and majestic. Tanzania is one of East Africa’s great countries with good wildlife from Ndutu, Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater, The Mahale mountains and to Gombe Stream and Issa Valley. I hope you’re gonna do Kenya and the Uganda (The pearl of Africa) next!
It is indeed!
@@PangolinWildlife Thanks.
I really liked the explosion of Kestrels.
Lovely moment wasn't it!
Great footage!
I will go there in February. One question. You mentioned you had a filming permit. Do I really need one, when just taking pictures and filming with my camera as a tourist?
As a tourist you do not need a film permit - which is for commercial use, allowing the film crew access to areas normally off limit.
1:55 -- I was there for that leaping baboon and baby photo! :) Cannot recommend Pangolin highly enough. See you again next year.
Thank you for the endorsement
Hi Janine, I normally travel in southern Africa. I am definitely considering this trip with you folks. Can you tell us, please, which lenses you folks found most useful on your Ndutu plains safari? Thanks!
I’ve been a few times to Ndutu and unlike Kruger, the open/vastness of the area would normally require a lot of reach (600mm or more). But since Ndutu is in a conversation, unlike a nation park in TZ, you can drive off road (excluding the crater floor). I would strongly recommend bringing 2 bodies and covering yourself from 100-600mm. My primary lenses when going on safari and my Z 400mm 2.8TC, 70-200mm 2.8 and an external 1.4TC which covers me from 70-784mm. Looking at my photos from Ndutu roughly 45% of them were taken with the 70-200mm and the rest with the 400mm.
That sounds amazing!
One question: are those kopjes in the Serengeti located around this area?
Further into the Serengeti...we have another video from that area coming soon.
will you be offering photo safaris to this region? It does look amazing!
We will indeed. have a look here: www.pangolinphoto.com/safaris/serengeti-ndutu-ngorongoro-photo-safari
I be been to several Safari in East n South Africa but never with friends devoted to photography. I wonder whether it’s possible to join a Pangolin group that needs more members.
Check out the hosted safaris here: www.pangolinphoto.com/photo-safaris
Added to my Bucket List! Beautiful images.
Great news!
Any reviews on the Nikon z8 or z9?
Soon we hope.
What month were you there/filming this?
This was at the start of February
Are you doing the competition this year?
Yes we are...should be launching next month!