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8
Sep
2022
Elephants, Zebra and other wildlife at ground level hide
Posted On 2022-09-08  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

On the Chyulu Hills there is a wonderful lodge overlooking the savannah to the west, a real unknown heaven where wildlife thrives, guarded by the local Maasai population. Sightings of Lions, Cheetahs and big tuskers Elephants are possible here. Photographically, the place offer a fantastic low […]

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4
Sep
2022
Great Tusker close-up encounter
Posted On 2022-09-04  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

In a remote area of Kenya, a seldom-seen great tusker, one of the most magnificent in Africa, occasionally appears. This image is from a close encounter I had with him recently. He emerged from the forest briefly and I was spellbound. I had last seen him […]

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26
Aug
2022
Lion and Mt Kilimanjaro
Posted On 2022-08-26  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

In late June I had the privilage of guiding a two-weeks trip across the Amboseli ecosystem, starting from the west and visiting different locations heading east to end up in the magnificent Chyulu Hills. The focus was of course the Elephants but we certainly couldn’t pass […]

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25
May
2022
Caracal in the Serengeti
Posted On 2022-05-25  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

In the soft morning light, a female Caracal looks back while walking. All her senses alert, perfectly aware of her surroundings. The morning sun coming through the bushes as her cub followed her on a long walk across her home range. An extraordinary morning recently in […]

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24
May
2022
Encounters with the great tusker Tolstoy in Amboseli
Posted On 2022-05-24  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

February  2010, a couple of months after the end of one of the worst droughts in Amboseli ever. The vegetation is flourishing thanks to the recent abundant rains and Elephants are gathering around Longinye swamp in their hundreds. Among them many cows in estrous and bulls […]

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27
Oct
2021
Encounter with magnificent Dida
Posted On 2021-10-27  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

Drove hundreds of kilometers and endless days through the wilderenss of Tsavo, scanning the bushes in the distance, searching in every family of Elephants I came across. Many times I lost hope looking at the endlessness of the Tsavo landscape, wondering to myself how would I […]

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18
Aug
2021
Elephants’ Trails – Photo Safari Report – Amboseli NP, Kenya – Part 2
Posted On 2021-08-18  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

We headed out to Amboseli, a long drive through the Taita hills and Lumo conservancy, encountering beautiful wilderness interspersed with villages, under the shadow of Mt Kilimanjaro. We arrived in time for a beautiful Amboseli sunset with Elephants in front of the palms in the heart […]

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14
Aug
2021
Elephants’ Trails – Photo Safari report – Tsavo East NP, Kenya – Part 1
Posted On 2021-08-14  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

At the end of June we were joined by four guests for our Elephants’ trails safari, which was originally scheduled for 2020. It was the first time for us running this trip across the wilderness of Tsavo East NP and Amboseli NP in search for extraordinary […]

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14
Jul
2021
Tolstoj on dry Amboseli lake
Posted On 2021-07-14  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

One of the many highlights of our recently concluded Elephants’ Trails safari in Kenya. One of Africa’s most magnificent great tuskers, Tolstoj, walks across the dry Amboseli lake bed. Only a small portion of the lake is dry at the moment, after the abundant rains of […]

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17
Jun
2021
Goodbye Scar
Posted On 2021-06-17  By fveronesi  And has No Comment

On June 11th 2021 the magnificent male Lion known as Scarface died in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. On July 22nd 2011, in the late afternoon fading light four young male Lions were eating a wildeebest. My first encounter with a special Lion, Scarface. When we saw him […]

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