Alaska

What is a custom wildlife tour?

Every itinerary I design is built from scratch around you: your travel style, your wildlife priorities, and the experiences that matter most. What you receive is a fully customized day-by-day plan that goes far beyond standard tourism, with hand-picked lodges, vetted guides, and every logistical detail taken care of, so you get to experience wildlife the way very few people ever get to.

Overview

Alaska

A photo tour to Alaska presents an extraordinary opportunity to capture some of North America’s most breathtaking wildlife and landscapes. Alaska’s vast, untamed wilderness is home to an incredible variety of species, including brown bears, bald eagles, wolves, and marine life such as whales and sea otters. The combination of dramatic scenery, long daylight hours in summer, and rich biodiversity makes it a dream destination for photographers.

Highlights of an Alaskan photo tour include the chance to photograph brown bears fishing for salmon in iconic locations like Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks, as well as breaching humpback whales and adorable sea otters in the Prince William Sound and the Kenai Fjords.

The light in Antarctica is a dream for photographers. During the austral summer, the long daylight hours bathe the landscape in a soft, golden glow, enhancing the textures of ice and snow.

Expeditions to Antarctica take place on liveaboard ships, allowing access to remote locations that would be impossible to reach otherwise. Zodiac excursions bring you up close to wildlife, offering unique low-angle perspectives.

HIGHLIGHTS

brown bears, black bears, bald eagles, wolves, moose, red foxes, humpback whales, orcas, sea otters and seals​

Led by expert naturalist guides ​

Seabird colonies including puffins, kittiwakes, murres and more​

Stay in wilderness lodges, rustic cabins or liveaboard boats​

Coastal mountains, tidewater glaciers, and reflective fjords​

Safely view brown bears on foot and by zodiac​

Kid-friendly (select locations)​

Suzi Eszterhas

Travel design and award winning photographer

Entrusting an itinerary to a travel designer requires objective proof of competence. Suzi Eszterhas brings over twenty years of global expedition experience to every custom safari. Her logistical precision and fieldcraft meet the exact standards required by the most demanding editorial publications in the world. Accolades including Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year serve as a functional guarantee of elite capability in predicting wildlife behavior and securing optimal positioning. She is the author of nearly thirty books and serves as the jury chair for the Big Picture Natural World Photography Competition.

Frequently Asked Questions

The scheduled photo safari I am interested in is already full. Can I get on a waitlist?

Suzi’s tours sell out early, but we do get cancellations. Just email us to get on a waitlist.
And make sure to sign up to our mailing list to receive tour announcements.

The journey begins with a personal call with Suzi to discuss your interests and dream destination.
From there, she will craft a customized itinerary, curating a one-of-a-kind wildlife adventure
tailored just for you. It’s easy! Simply contact us to get started.

Our custom safaris are perfect for families with children. Many of our carefully selected
destinations are not only kid-friendly but also feature lodges and camps that offer
engaging programs designed to keep young adventurers entertained between activities.
These programs provide enriching opportunities to learn about wildlife and local culture
in a fun and engaging way.

TRAVELER'S STORIES

What My Travelers Say

Real experiences from real adventurers who chose our safaris.

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R.T.
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"Thank you Suzi! You're an outstanding trip leader. It's obvious that you really care about your clients. I really appreciate how hard you worked to make sure that everyone on the trip got great photos"
D.G.
D.G.
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"Your safaris expanded my world like a supernova; I have never felt so alive as I do when I am out in the environments that you have so carefully chosen to show us."
C.F.
C.F.
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"This was one of my all time favorite trips, and one of the most prolific. I took over 14 thousand pictures and I keep finding one good picture after another Thanks for making the trip such a memorable and special experience!"
A.D.
A.D.
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"Traveling with Suzi on the tour was an incredible experience. I learned so much from her. But perhaps the best part about traveling with Suzi is that she actually cares about her clients, something that I have learned, from experience, that most photo leaders do not do."
J.D. & V.K
J.D. & V.K
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"Our trip was everything we hoped for and more. Amazing experiences with the gorillas, and 1000s of photographs to show for it! Suzi was brilliant. if you haven't travelled with her before, you don't know what you are missing."
D.R.
D.R.
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"I've been singing your praises at Camera Club and with my other photography friends!! You were the absolute best leader I've ever had."
J.v.V
J.v.V
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"Suzi led the group with care, consideration, enthusiasm, encouragement and shared her incredible expertise all the time."
A.S. & S.P.
A.S. & S.P.
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"Thank you for an extraordinary experience. Beside the closeness to wildlife and all that I learned, it was a pleasure to travel with such a gifted group of people who freely shared their knowledge and life experiences. Other than my jet-lag fog, I treasure every moment of the past three weeks!"

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