East Africa
Wildlife and Nature Photography
Camera : Canon EOS 550D
Lens : 18-55mm; 55-250mm
Location : East Africa (Masai Mara & Nairobi)
Duration : May-June, 2011
Expressing my love for Nature, my first adventure with the wild out in the open in their habitat, the Mara (Masai Mara also called "the Mara" by the locals). It being the second largest National Reserve in the world after Serengeti (Tanzania), is known for its exceptional population of lions, leapords, cheetahs and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson's gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.
The African names of all the animals mentioned below are in Swahili.
Jambo Rafiki (Hello, friend!)
Into the wild...
"Rather than money,
than love,
than faith,
than fame,
than fairness,
give me truth..."
Into the wild.
Nautical Dawn
Uphill battle
Mbogos (African buffalos)
Nyati (Cape Buffalo)
Bweha, the Black backed Jackal (the most aggressive of them all...)
Western Ribbon Snake
Naja Nivea (The Cape Cobra)
Lake Nakuru (Covered with flamingos during their migration period)
Flight to freedom (Pelican)
The great white pelican
Yawning Duma (Cheetah)
Calling out to other dumas
Going in for a kill
Beware
The fastest of all
Way of hiding
Scanning through the savannas for an afternoon meal
Bon Appetit
A zebra killed by 3 dumas. Meal enough for a pack of 5!
Protecting prey
The slowest of all.
African spurred tortoise.
120 years old weighing around 91 kgs.
Masai Ostrich
Fastest bird on land, the flightless Masai Ostrich
Somali ostriches feeding on locusts
Settling for a not so cloudy evening amidst the mara
Faru (The Black Rhinoceros)
Horny.Sleepy.Black.Faru.
White Faru (The White Rhinoceros)
A sneeze just went by.
Lioness
Big Yawn big girl.
Lioness
The Masai Tribe.
Doing what they love. Dance and sing.
Punda Milia (Zebra)
A zebra hug
East African Crowned-Crane, Uganda's national bird
Mamba (Nile Crocodile)
The Mamba grin
The angry lizard. Mamba. (Nile Crocodile)
Topi
Baboon shriek
Baboon. Lake Nakuru
The Lonely tree. Savannas
"Spotted" on a tree. Chui (Leapord)
Baby tembo (Elephant)
Adult Tembo
Mama and baby tembo
Civil Dawn
A morning walk. Tembo family
Scavanger hunt. Vultures
Kiboko cooling time
Kiboko underwater (Hippopotamus)
Brotherhood. Simba (Lion)
It's just a yawn. Simba (Lion)
3 Simba brothers.
When you cant fetch what you want, you gotta twist and bend. Twiga (Giraffe)
Twiga (Giraffe)
Evening stroll with twiga couple. Giraffe
Twiga ready for the incoming shower
Let's call it a day. Mt. Kilimanjaro (Second highest peak on the planet)
