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Goodbye Scar
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 […]
Amazing new great tusker in Amboseli
Last year I first heard reports of a previously unknown big bull Elephant, a great tusker who appeared briefly in Amboseli. His reputation was of a quite unpredictable individual, who sometimes had charged at vehicles. This year in April I was in Amboseli one morning when […]
Goodbye Iltilal
Goodbye magnificent Iltilal. While I was in Amboseli last week I received the tragic news that this stunning Elephant, one of the greatest tuskers I have seen, had just passed away. Cause of death seems to be natural, though he was recently speared and treated due […]
Serengeti – photo safari report – March 2020
Leaving Ndutu we headed to my favourite place in Tanzania, the Serengeti with its magnificent kopjes. We camp in a remote location and do our safaris in areas where hardly any other vehicle goes. It’s just amazing driving through one of the most stunning African landscapes […]
Ndutu – Photo safari report – March 2020
I had seldom seen the Ndutu region so lush and green, with vegetation so tall, as it was in March 2020. Finding cats in what would normally be short grass plains or open bush proved to be quite difficult. A male Lion with a full belly […]
One Life officially released and available
Despite some logistical constraints due to the ongoing pandemic, Federico Veronesi’s second book titled One Life has been released and is now available for orders from the page http://books.federicoveronesi.com. Printing of the book happened in early September in Italy. One Life features about 90 black and […]
Photo Safari to Tanzania – Great migration – March 2020 – Ngorongoro
We decided to postpone our 2020 photographic safari to the Southern Serengeti for the great migration from the month of February to March. This was done primarily to avoid the large crowds of people especially in Ndutu in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This year the rains […]
One Life – Launch of pre-order kickstarter crowdfunding campaign
With great pleasure and emotion, I am announcing the launch of my second book, titled “One Life”, and of an online crowdfunding campaign to support its production. People interested will be able to pre-order the book starting from Monday May 18th 2020 at 10.00am Kenyan time […]
Report from photo safari in Amboseli – August 2019 – Big tuskers
After a week in the Mara, our guests requested an extension to the magnificent Amboseli National Park, in order to see and photograph Elephants. And it was a great decision as we had some amazing sightings in Amboseli. Right into the gate driving in from Nairobi […]
Report of Photo Safari in Masai Mara – Predators and Migration – August 2019 – part 2
Being out way before sunrise means the possibility to capture great images of the pre-dawn light, which is often more special than the sunrise itself. One morning we found a small group of Ostriches climbing uphill from the river Olare Orok, silhouetting perfectly against the colorful […]
