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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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 […]
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During the two days break between trips I spent most of the time in the Rongai area looking at the female Leopard Luluka who had her cub hidden in the bushes along the river. She never took them out in those days but one evening I […]
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Upon reaching the Mara in late July we found the herds of Wildebeests spread across the Mara. Many were in the Mara Triangle, others towards the center/east of the reserve. Unfortunately, there were no herds in proximity of the Mara river. We spent a lot of […]
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And finally, no Amboseli trip can be complete without some good sightings of the majestic big tuskers that still inhabit this magnificent ecosystem. Just in from Nairobi on the first day we came across the gorgeous Primo. Year after year he is getting bigger and more […]
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Mt Kilimanjaro showed up repeatedly and beautifully, through the clouds. It was particularly stunning at sunrise one morning, with amazing streaks of light and colour in the sky. Majestic bulls wandered in the plains as usual. During the morning the Elephants sometimes mingle with other huge […]
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First safari for the new year, our traditional Elephants and Big Cats safari started from the open plains of Amboseli, at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro. There have been good rains at the end of 2017 and the park was quite green in January. We witnessed […]
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My group safari to the Southern Serengeti plains started on February 5th from Arusha. We drove along the Ngorongoro Crater rim and down into the plains teeming with wild animals. In Ndutu we found a lot more wildebeests than the previous week and calving had started […]
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Ever since my first visit there in 2012, I totally fell in love with Mana Pools NP in Zimbabwe and its surreal atmosphere and light. In this image a Lioness walks with one of her three cubs through the Mana woodlands, bathed by the early morning […]
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After the first exciting day with the Lions, we returned to the area to see how the Lions were doing. It was a cloudy and cold morning. A group of nine Lions, two adult females and seven juveniles were laying on the edge of a marsh. […]
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