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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
Two dikdiks in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya. They are territorial and live in monogamous pairs. Only males have small horns
A male gerenuk (a name derived from the Somali language meaning giraffe necked ) feeding in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya
A Bongo bull in a forest clearing. The range in Kenya of this thickset, reddish-brown antelope is restricted to high altitude forests; as such, they are rarely seen
Two hippos fight in the Mara RiverThese vast animals have a very hierarchical society. When fighting, they engage one anothers teeth, after which the contest becomes a trial of weight and strength
A black rhino and calf in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Their skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows they frequent in the bright red soil of the area.& #x26; #x26; #x0B; Rhino
A black rhino in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Its skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows it frequents in the bright red soil of the area
A lioness and her cubs. For the first six to eight weeks of their lives, cub will be concealed in a thicket or rocky outcrop when their mother goes hunting
A Msai warrior speaks on his mobile phone from the saddle of his camel near Lake Magadi in Kenyas Rift Valley Province. Mobile phones are a popular method of communicating with family
Msai men lead a camel caravan laden with equipment for a fly camp (a small temporary camp) past Lake Magadi. Clouds hang low over the Nguruman Escarpment (a western wall of the Great Rift Valley)
Fishermen set out at daybreak in their traditional wooden craft, called in Ki-Swahili mashua, to fish beyond the coral reef, which lies less than half a mile offshore
Gabbra women sing and dance to celebrate a wedding. The traditional metal ornamentation on their heads is called malmal
A small dirt road winds its way through fine farming country at the top of the 11, 000-feet-high Cherangani Hills. There, small-scale Pokot farmers grow maize, potatoes and pyrethrum
A waterfall with brackish water flows from a swamp in Shaba National Reserve, a beautiful area adjacent to the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya
Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Crossing Mara River
Kiboko Star Bed, Loisaba Lodge
Lookout
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Leopard (Panthera pardus) with Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
Sir Wilfred Thesiger, the famous 20th century explorer and author, relaxes on safari in Kenya in 1990. Wilfred Thesiger
A fine stand of Euphorbia trees (Euphorbia candelabrum) with the Mau Escarpment _ a western wall of the Gregory Rift _ in the background
Sunrise with silhouettes of doum palm trees (hyphaene compressa)
A herd of Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopadalis tippelskirchi) stride across the dry, grassy plains of Masai Mara Game Reserve
A large gathering of Msai warriors, resplendent with long Ochred braids, listen to instructions from their chiefs and elders during a ceremony
A group of Msai warriors, resplendent with long Ochred braids, chat outside their traditional houses. These squat houses with rounded corners have roofs plastered with a mixture of soil and cow dung
Two Samburu warriors resplendent with long Ochred braids and beaded ornaments relax in typical pose beside a river bank
Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria, a long, narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment, south of Lake Baringo
Largest of the caves on the massive extinct volcano of Mount Elgon is Kitum Cave. Elephants regularly visit this cave at night to eat salt
The entrance to the Palace of Gedi, part of the historic ruins of an important Afro-Arab town founded in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century, covering some 45 acres
Rock sculpturing by the Galana River at Lugard Falls in Tsavo East National Park. The falls are named after Lord Lugard who, as a young army captain, journeyed through the region in 1890
A fine old bull elephant with heavy tusks. Marsabit was renown for elephants with exceptional ivory. The largest elephant living there in the second half of the 20th century was called Ahmed
A Pokot warrior with a traditional blue clay hairstyle tends his camels in a lugga (seasonal watercourse) while waiting his turn to water them from a deep well
Traditional thatched homesteads perched on top of the fertile Tugen Hills, looking across the Kerio Valley to the western scarp of the Gregory Rift (the Keiyo Escarpment)
Lesser flamingos (Phoeiniconaias minor) in flight over Lake Nakuru, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system where tens of thousands of them may be seen lining the shores for many months of the year
An African fish eagle (Halliaeetus vocifer) swoops to catch a fish with its talons off Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria
Brightly painted fishing boats of the Luo people find safe harbour on Lake Victoria at Dunga Beach near Kisumu. The fishermen catch tilapia
Tea pickers on a large estate near Kericho, the centre of Kenyas most important export crop. Many of the estates adjoin the Mau Forest, an important watershed for Lake Victoria
A Tea picker on an estate near Kericho, the main tea growing region of Kenya. Tea is Kenyas most important export crop
During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions
Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) roost in an acacia tree at sunset
A pride of lions in Masai Mara with storm clouds in the distance
Kenya, Central Highlands, Mount Kenya, 17, 058 feet high, is Africas second highest snow-capped mountain. The plant in the foreground is a giant groundsel or tree senecio
