Thomson’s Gazelle at Lobo Valley

Tucked into the northern reaches of Serengeti National Park, Lobo Valley is one of the ecosystem's most remote and dramatic corners, its rugged granite kopjes rising abruptly from open savannah to create a striking backdrop for Thomson's Gazelle. Travellers joining the Lions of the Serengeti holiday in September will find this landscape well worth the extra distance, with the interplay of rock and grassland offering plenty of scope for considered compositions. Working with a longer lens against the kopjes can help isolate individual gazelles from the wider plain, making the most of the valley's distinctive terrain. It's a location that rewards patience, given how much of its appeal lies in the setting itself as much as the subject.