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The Last Horizon
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Planet Trotter Expedition Documentary Expedition21 Days

The Last Horizon

Tanzania · Africa · Kaziranga National Park, India & Ndutu Plains, Serengeti National Park and Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Duration

21 Days

Format

Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge

Participation

6 Selected Filmmakers

The Mission

Upcoming · Applications open

To run a fair Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge, select six participants through jury review, and produce one collaborative wildlife documentary filmed across Kaziranga National Park and Tanzania.

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY FIELD JOURNALDocumented outputs of this expedition

A Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge: ten photographs and a 30-second wildlife video open the door to selection. The Foundation jury picks six participants who join the field team as one unit to make one documentary across Kaziranga and Tanzania.

To run a fair Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge, have the Foundation jury select six participants, and produce one collaborative wildlife documentary filmed across Kaziranga National Park and Tanzania.

Applicants enter the Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge with ten wildlife photographs and a 30-second wildlife video. The Foundation jury reviews every entry, with public engagement as one input, and selects six participants. Those six travel together, first to Kaziranga National Park for story development and field preparation, then on to Tanzania to film across Ndutu Plains, Serengeti National Park and Ruaha National Park, working as one team to produce one wildlife documentary.

The Last Horizon is a Planet Trotter Foundation wildlife filmmaking and documentary project built around the Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge. Applicants submit ten wildlife photographs and one 30-second wildlife video, in the Mobile or DSLR/Mirrorless category. Public likes, comments and shares are one input into selection, alongside review by the Foundation jury, which selects six participants. The six work together as one team to make one wildlife documentary, filmed across Kaziranga National Park in India and Ndutu Plains, Serengeti National Park and Ruaha National Park in Tanzania.

The route

1Kilimanjaro2Arusha3Ndutu Plains4Serengeti National Park5Ruaha National Park
OverlandBy airStarts & ends: Kaziranga National Park, Mumbai · 5 stops

Field notes

  • Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge: ten photographs and a 30-second wildlife video open the door to selection
  • Foundation jury selects six participants, who join the field team as one collaborative unit
  • Field programme across Kaziranga National Park, India and Ndutu Plains, Serengeti National Park and Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
  • The footage becomes The Last Horizon, a Planet Trotter Foundation wildlife documentary

Brainstorming, story development, documentary planning and field preparation with the Foundation's field team.

In the field

Wildlife photography challengeDocumentary filmmakingField productionJury selection

Who can join?

Wildlife photographersFilmmakersNature enthusiastsConservation enthusiastsWriters

Eligibility is set per expedition; applications are reviewed by the expedition team.

Expedition application

Go further. Come back with a story.

Apply as a participant, or as a photographer, filmmaker, writer, researcher, naturalist or field assistant. Paid participation is handled through the participation card; this application is how the team gets to know you.

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From the field

Elephants at close range on the northern circuit, photographed from the Planet Trotter field vehicle
Elephants at close range on the northern circuit, photographed from the Planet Trotter field vehicle
Maasai women outside their home; community encounters are part of the expedition
Maasai women outside their home; community encounters are part of the expedition

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Applications Open

3 Sept 2026

Last Date to Apply

3 Oct 2026

Results Announced

8 Oct 2026

Departure to Kaziranga

10 Oct 2026

The Wildlife Filmmaking Challenge

Applicant Gallery

Nikhil Pratap Singh

Nikhil Pratap Singh