Endoscopic probe with an elongated shaft (11, 21), which has the form of a hollow body, with a proximal end of the shaft (11, 21), with a distal end of the shaft (11, 21), with a shaft head (12, 22) on the distal end of the shaft (11, 21), wherein the shaft head (12, 22) can be moved in relation to the shaft (11, 21), with at least two actuators which are configured to align the shaft head (12, 22) relative to the shaft (11,21), wherein each actuator is provided with an elongate shape memory wire consisting of a shape memory alloy, with an electrical conductor which is electrically conductively connected to the shape memory wire and configured to supply the shape memory wire with current, wherein the shape memory wire is configured to convert the electrical energy of the current flowing through it into thermal energy and to change its length from a first length to a second length under the influence of this heat, with a wire insulation which surrounds at least some sections of the shape memory wire and consists of an electrically insulating material, with a flexible sheath which is pressure-resistant in the longitudinal direction of the shape memory wire, which forms a guide for the shape memory wire and a counterbearing for supporting the tensile forces to be transmitted which are effective as a result of the change in shape of the shape memory wire, and which surrounds the wire insulation, characterized in that the at least two actuators (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f) are arranged in the shaft (11, 21) so that the shape memory wires of the actuators (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f) are offset from another in the axial direction of the shaft and are free of any overlapping in the axial direction. with an elongated shaft (11, 21), which has the form of a hollow body, with a proximal end of the shaft (11, 21), with a distal end of the shaft (11, 21), with a shaft head (12, 22) on the distal end of the shaft (11, 21), wherein the shaft head (12, 22) can be moved in relation to the shaft (11, 21), with at least two actuators which are configured to align the shaft head (12, 22) relative to the shaft (11,21), wherein each actuator is provided with an elongate shape memory wire consisting of a shape memory alloy, with an electrical conductor which is electrically conductively connected to the shape memory wire and configured to supply the shape memory wire with current, wherein the shape memory wire is configured to convert the electrical energy of the current flowing through it into thermal energy and to change its length from a first length to a second length under the influence of this heat, with a wire insulation which surrounds at least some sections of the shape memory wire and consists of an electrically insulating material, with a flexible sheath which is pressure-resistant in the longitudinal direction of the shape memory wire, which forms a guide for the shape memory wire and a counterbearing for supporting the tensile forces to be transmitted which are effective as a result of the change in shape of the shape memory wire, and which surrounds the wire insulation, characterized in that the at least two actuators (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f) are arranged in the shaft (11, 21) so that the shape memory wires of the actuators (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f) are offset from another in the axial direction of the shaft and are free of any overlapping in the axial direction.