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On a late Friday afternoon, Lamu men and boys in traditional Islamic dress sing before joining a procession to celebrate Maulidi, the Prophet Mohameds birthday
Lamu women are expert in intricate hand and body designs using henna and other dyes. Here, a woman with finely decorated hands
A skilled craftsman with traditional tools carves a wooden door from hardwood in Lamu town. Wood carving is the most important craft in Lamu and sustains the greatest number of skilled craftsmen
A man embroiders Swahili hats, which are popular with Muslims on Lamu Island and elsewhere. It takes hours of patience and great skill to make a really fine hat
A view over makuti thatched roofs to the estuary that divides Lamu Island from uninhabited Manda Island, which has no permanent source of sweet groundwater
A man rides a donkey in one of the narrow streets of Lamu town. In the absence of vehicles, which are banned in the island
A mashua sails out of the sheltered, natural harbour of Lamu Island. Dhow is the colloquial word used by most visitors for the wooden sailing ships of the East African coast although in reality a
Three men pole a dugout canoe by moonlight in shallow water along Diani Beach
A porcupine in Masai Mara National Reserve. These large rodents are normally nocturnal and rely on their spines to deter predators
A rainbow in Masai Mara with white-bearded gnus, or wildebeest, grazing the dry grassy plains
Two crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) in Masai Mara.This attractive and stately bird is Ugandas national emblem
The alkaline waters of the seasonal Lake Logipi, situated at the northern end of the Suguta Valley, are a favourite haunt of lesser flamingos because the blue-green algae upon which they feed grows
A greater flamingo takes off from the alkaline waters of Lake Bogoria. This Rift Valley lake is a favourite haunt of both greater
Rothschild giraffes at The Giraffe Manor on the outskirts of Nairobi. The centre is a popular tourist destination. There are usually ten adult giraffes at the centre
Kenya, Narok District, Masai Mara National Reserve. Reticulated giraffes have the finest markings of all eight recognised subspecies of the giraffe family. They are found in Northern Kenya
An elephant matriarch keeps a careful watch over her baby in the Samburu National Game Reserve. The gestation period of elephants is twenty-two months with an interval between calves of four to nine
A Samburu initiate with bird skins hanging from his headband. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as
A Samburu initiate takes aim at a bird with a blunt arrow. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many
A Samburu mother shaves her sons head outside her home the day before he is circumcised. Round her neck hangs his nchipi - the distinctive decoration of every boy who participates in the circumcision
Mothers rub animal fat into their sons cloaks to make them supple. This task is performed shortly before the boys set out on an arduous journey to collect sticks, staves and gum to make bows
A Samburu youth is forcibly restrained after throwing a fit in the tension-filled days leading up to his circumcision. It is not uncommon for Samburu youths and warriors to succumb to hysterical
An unfinished mobile phone kiosk is carried on a mkokoteni, a hand-drawn wooden cart. Hand-drawn carts are widely used in Kenya for the transportation of goods within small market towns and centres
Lake Baringo is one of two freshwater lakes of the Eastern Rift Valley. Its waters are red with suspended solids due to bad soil erosion in its catchment area
Fourteen Falls on the Athi River after heavy rain
Grey-headed kingfisher
A male warthog in Lake Nakuru National Park
Worshippers enter the Jamia Mosque in the centre of Nairobi
A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typical of her tribe
A Turkana woman, typically wearing many layers of bead necklaces and a series of hooped earrings with an pair of leaf-shaped earrrings at the front, sits in the entrance to her hut
Kenya, Samburu, Shaba. High craggy cliffs look down over Shaba National Reserve with its characteristic Doum palms and Acacia trees
Kenya, Samburu, Buffalo Springs Reserve. A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) drink from the Ewaso Nyiro River which separates the Samburu Reserve from the Buffalo Springs Reserve
A Gabbra herdsman drives his camels across the Chalbi Desert at sunset. The Gabbra are a Cushitic tribe of nomadic pastoralists living with their herds of camels
Gabbra tribesmen lead their camel train across the Chalbi Desert. The Gabbra are a Cushitic tribe of nomadic pastoralists living with their herds of camels
A camel wearing a halter and wooden bell at a waterhole near Kalacha on the edge of the Chalbi Desert
Evening light on the south shore of Lake Turkana with the volcanic cone of Nabuyatom on the lake edge
Local fishermen risk their lives when they go out on Lake Turkana in frail wooden boats powered by sails made from flour sacks and simple wooden paddles
Fishing guide, Colin Burch, holds up a 30 lb Nile Perch caught on a lure. Nile perch are the largest freshwater fish accessible to anglers
The research centre of Koobi Fora looks out over Lake Turkana. Many important paleontological discoveries have been made in the area, including fossilised hominid remains of Homo erectus
Flamingos fly over Lake Turkana at sunset
El Molo fishermen in their dugout canoe on the fringe of the Omo Delta. The El Molo are reputedly Kenyas smallest tribe, a group of nomadic fishermen who fish the Omo delta and Lake turkana
Baby Rhino, hand reared, in Ian and Jane Craigs garden in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Its Keeper (one of several to prevent the Rhino getting too attached to one person)
An unstriped ground squirrel. Unlike other members of the squirrel family, ground squirrels rarely climb trees. They frequently stand upright to get a better view of their surroundings
Two dwarf mongooses on top of a termite mound, which serves as their den. Their colouring is very varied, ranging from tan to dark brown
A vervet monkey stands on its hind legs among Heliotropium flowers to get a better view of its surroundings. The vervet monkey is common and widespread in lightly wooded areas straddling the equator
A giant hog, or forest hog, in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Only discovered for science a hundred years ago, these heavily built
Having killed a Thomsons gazelle, a python drags it by the nose to a secure place where it will devour it out of sight from other predators and vultures
A python kills a Thomsons gazelle by constriction. African pythons can reach a length of over twenty feet. They are not venomous
A dikdik in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya. Didiks are territorial and live in monogamous pairs. Only males have small horns
