Get snap happy on a wildlife photography holiday

Let’s face it, there is a budding photographer inside all of us, and (weddings aside) there is no time like a holiday to get snapping! But instead of endless pictures of sun burnt friends guzzling Sangria, why not get out into the animal kingdom and really test your photography skills?

Kayak.co.uk, the world’s leading travel search engine, has come up with five trip ideas for some cracking wildlife photography. If you have a new camera you are just aching to put through its paces and fancy yourself as a bit of a David Attenborough with the animals, you can get a summary of airfares to these spots by using Kayak’s Trip Idea section. From there you can easily use Kayak’s award-winning Fare Buzz to get an instant snapshot of air fare prices to locations from your home airport.

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Strandja Mountain, Bulgaria

Strandja Mountain is like an endless green ocean. A rolling chain of hills flank peaceful rivers flowing towards the Black Sea. This is a perfect place to photograph the many varied species of bird that inhabit the woods.

Flights from London from £142 with Bulgaria Air, leaving Monday 5 November, returning Monday 12 November.

Ranthambhore, India

Ranthambhore National Park is a great place to shoot action shots of tigers, the light goes from really soft in winters to really harsh in summers so can you can really get some dramatic images. Elephants and deer will also congregate around the waterholes, so snap away from the safety of your Suzuki!

Flights from London from £453 with Jet Airways, leaving Monday 5 November, returning Monday 12 November.

La Selva, Costa Rica

Work your way through the scenic cloud forests of Braulio Carrillo National Park and into La Selva where you will find over 400 species of birds, 500 species of butterflies as well as hundreds of mammals, snakes and frogs. It’s a beautifully rich vein of ecological diversity.

Flights from London from £366 with Virgin Atlantic, leaving Monday 5 November, returning Monday 12 November.

Mojave Desert, California

Nothing quite compares to the strange and stark beauty of the arid, wind blown desert. It seems hard to believe that anything could live here, but there are hundreds of dramatic pictures waiting to be taken. Ravens, vultures and tarantulas can be captured against what is a suitably forbidding background.

Flights from London from £329 with Northwest, leaving Sunday 4 November, returning Sunday 11 November.

Taiga Forest, Finland

The Taiga Forest straddles Finland's border with Russia, and is the home to a large amount of European Brown Bears. From the safety of your hide you can observe the bears and shoot them (with a camera that is) whilst they are mingling, playing with their cubs and foraging for food.

Flights from London from £147 with SAS, leaving Monday 5 November, returning Monday 12 November.

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