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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 return to Dunga Beach soon after sunrise having fished all night in the shallow waters of Lake Victorias Kavirondo Gulf near Kisumu
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
Lava boulders cover vast tracts of infertile land on the eastern side of Lake Turkana. Often referred to as the Jade Sea due to its distinctive colour, Lake Turkana is a true desert lake
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
The Uaso Nyiru River ( a name adapted from the Msai name for it, Ewaso ng iro, meaning the red water river) flows through a spectacular gorge in Shaba National Reserve of Northern Kenya
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
A Msai Warrior watches a hot air balloon float over the Mara plains
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
Rothschilds Giraffes necking, a behaviour which tests their strength and place in the male dominance hierarchy. Brought to Nakuru in the 1970 s
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
Women of the nomadic Gabbra tribe prepare to move their familys possessions by camel. The long sticks are the structures for their dome-shaped houses
A herd of elephants drinks from the Uaso Nyiru River, a lifeline for wild animals and livestock in the low-lying, semi-arid regions of Maralal and Isiolo districts
A forest leopard stands alert on the branch of a cedar tree (Juniperus procera)
A rare sight of three klipspringers (Oreotragus oreotragus), a small antelope that lives in rocky terrain. It stands on tips of truncated hooves
Two Pokot girls carry water in wooden containers on their heads. Pokot girls and women traditionally wore leather skirts and capes made from home-tanned goatskins
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
Lake Baringo, one of only two freshwater lakes of the Eastern Rift, lies in a shallow basin surrounded by hills where poor agricultural practices have led to bad soil erosion
Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) stand watch over their eggs and chicks at Lake Bogoria. Only on very rare occasions do the birds breed on this warm, alkaline lake
Tens of thousands of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) line the shores of Lake Bogoria, feeding on blue-green algae (Spirulina platensis) that grows profusely in its warm alkaline waters
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
Brightly painted fishing boats of the Luo people find safe harbour on Lake Victoria at Dunga Beach near Kisumu. The fishermen catch tilapia
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
An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year
Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) roost in an acacia tree at sunset
As the late afternoon sun bathes a lone Balanites tree and the red oat grass of the Mara plains in golden light, distant storm clouds and a double rainbow fill the sky
A pride of lions in Masai Mara with storm clouds in the distance
Two lions pause beside a Balanites tree in Masai Mara as rain threatens
An extensive network of huge caves and tunnels honeycombs the extinct volcano at Suswa. They were formed when lava continued to flow underground long after the exposed upper crust had cooled
A flotilla of Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) on Lake Naivasha, one of two freshwater lakes of the central section of the Eastern Rift ( known as the Gregory Rift)
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
