About Your Tour Leader

Todd Gustafson is an internationally renowned photographer and videographer who has been photographing nature, wildlife and natural history around the world for the last 3 decades. Capturing beautiful light on beautiful subjects in an artistic way at the decisive moment is a continuous personal goal. He is a seasoned photo safari leader who combines his passion for photography with his love of exploration. He guides nature and photo enthusiasts through breathtaking landscapes and habitats in search of the dramatic and the unexpected. This enables them to capture the world’s beauty at its most dramatic.  Todd’s approach to leading photo safaris is rooted in his deep respect for nature and culture. He emphasizes the importance of ethical photography, encouraging participants to tread lightly and leave no trace.  To find out more about Todd, please click here biography.

Vehicles

Our Land Cruisers are specifically designed with big lens photography in mind. No more than three photographers per vehicle allows you the freedom to use your photo gear to your best advantage.

Destinations

Gustafson Photo Safari photo destinations are carefully chosen to include iconic natural history subjects and supporting species. These subjects will help you build an exciting and well-rounded portfolio.
Tanzania’s Great Migration Birthing Season has more than a million wildebeest giving birth during the spring. Birds, mammals, and stunning scenery complete the story. River Crossings Season during the fall, places the wildlife in a color pallet of gold.
Brazil has jaguars! You will see an average of 12 individual cats as well as giant otters, Brazilian tapirs, giant anteaters, and countless birds.
India features tigers, temples and the Taj Mahal. When you add birds, jungle cats, ungulates, and leopards you have a full tapestry of photo subjects.
Madagascar is all about lemurs, chameleons, baobabs, and endemic plant life.
Rwanda brings you face to face with one of the rarest animals on Earth: the mountain gorilla.
Costa Rica is a long lens and macro shooter’s paradise. Toucans, sloths, colorful reptiles and amphibians share the photographic canvas with hummingbirds and the Resplendent quetzal.
Borneo is a trip to the Ends of the Earth where jungles are inhabited by orangutans, Pygmy elephants, and horn-bills.
Indian Ocean provides Snorkel or dive over pristine coral reefs, swim with turtles and whale sharks.
Namibia Take a walk in the oldest and largest sand dunes in the world and experience the wildlife of Etosha!
Mexico Photograph the wonder of the monarch migration as you stand in the midst of millions and millions of butterflies.
Galapagos We travel from island to island to see each wildlife specialty as we imagine what Darwin might have thought when he first set foot on Galapagos!
Patagonia Test your photographic skills in the land of breathtaking landscapes, calving glaciers, and extraordinary wildlife.

View our other destinations and current tour schedule here:

Tour schedule or download a Full destination guide (pdf).

Testimonials

“Todd, I’m not kidding you when I say that you are the greatest wildlife photographer alive today!” Joe McDonald, Pennsylvania

“As many of you know, Todd Gustafson is an extremely talented photographer and a dear friend. As I looked back at Todd’s images I said to myself, ‘Was I on that trip? How can one person be so talented? Is Todd not the best safari photographer alive today?’ ” Art Morris, Florida

“I do wish you the best on this trip and all the others that you lead. I am impressed with your photos on these programs. I know with your knowledge of the places a lot is possible. Your work is proof of that. Your images are exceptional and the video is a very good marketing tool. All my Best,” George D. Lepp