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Kenya, Aberdare National Park, Aberdare Mountains. Mountain bamboo (Arundinaria alpina) grows on Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Mountains at an altitude of between 7, 000 feet and 9, 000 feet
The Jamia Mosque in the centre of Nairobi during Friday prayers
The Nairobi city skyline with Kenyas Parliament buildings in the foreground. A Black Kite (Milvus migrans) flies overhead
A hardy Commiphora tree thrives beside Lake Magadi, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system, situated in a vey hot region of southern Kenya
In the late afternoon, storm clouds gather over Amboseli. The mountain in the background is Longido (8, 625 feet) situated close to the Kenya/Tanzania border town of Namanga
Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) at Amboseli
A Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) stands tall in front of Mount Kilimanjaro (19, 340 feet) and Mawenzi (16, 900 feet)
Framed by an Acacia tortilis, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africas highest snow-capped mountain at 19, 340 feet above sea level
Built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1598, Fort Jesus overlooks the entrance to the Old Harbour of Mombasa. The fort is now a museum
A young Galla herdsboy with his familys cattle outside their homestead
A Swahili Muslim woman from Kenyas coast province dressed in a traditional buibui
A jovial group of Msai girls are chased by warriors during a ceremony
Msai warriors draw water from a deep well. The depth of wells is measured by the number of men required to bring water to the cattle troughs at the top of them
A Msai warrior blows a trumpet fashioned from the horn of a Greater Kudu. The strap is decorated with cowrie shells. Kudu-horn trumpets are only sounded to call men to arms or on ceremonial occasions
A Msai warrior, his face and body decorated with red ochre and clay, wears an ostrich feather headdress. This singular adornment was once worn by warriors going into battle
Kenya, Kajiado, lpartimaro. Two Msai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers
One of the most important Msai ceremonies is the eunoto when warriors become junior elders. Early one morning before the cattle are taken to pasture, their mothers shave their long ochred locks
During an eunoto ceremony when Msai warriors become junior elders, their heads are shaved and they daub themselves with white clay
Msai warriors resplendent with long ochred braids relax and wait for the start of a ceremony. Red has always been their preferred colour
Donkeys are indispensable beast of burden, assuring the nomadic Turkana of complete mobility. These study little animals carry the few essentials of life in oval panniers strapped to their flanks
A young Turkana herdsboy sneaks a drink of milk straight from a camels udder. Camels are important to stockowners in the arid regions of Turkanaland since they are browsers
A Turkana man with a fine clay hairstyle, so typical of the southern Turkana. The black ostrich feather pompoms denote that the man belongs to the ng imor (black) moiety of his tribe
Turkana elders wear decorative ivory lip ornaments, secured in position by a spigot which is inserted in a hole pierced below the mans lower lip after initiation
As the sun rises above the forested peaks of Mount Nyiru, members of a Turkana family chat and plan their days activities
As weeks without rain turn into months, the vegetation of the semi-arid thorn scrub country of south Turkana district begins to turn brown and many trees shed their leaves
At the onset of rain, thorn trees burst into leaf and the vegetation of the semi-arid countryside looks fresh and green for a while. The sharp peak of the impressive mountain range is called Kakurotom
A Turkana man strides purposefully across the treeless Lotagipi Plains as an Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) watches him atop a termite mound
Inhospitable, semi-arid, thorn scrub country northwest of Lodwar, the administrative centre of the Turkana people. All the hills and mountains are of volcanic origin
Semi-arid, thorn scrub country, littered with lava debris, near Parkati. Being extremely hot and dry, the area is only used by the nomadic Turkana for grazing goats and camels
An aerial view of South Island, Lake Turkanas largest island. Situated in the southern sector of the lake where the water reaches a depth of 374 feet
An aerial view of the southern end of Lake Turkana, which is named Von H_hnel Bay after the Austrian naval officer who was part of an epic journey of exploration to reach the lake in 1888
In their dances, Samburu warriors take it in turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees
Samburu warriors, spears in hand, jump into the air without bending their knees during one of their dance routines
A month after a Samburu youth has been circumcised, he becomes a warrior. He will go to the nearest stream or Waterhole to wash off a months grime
A Samburu boy in reflective mood after his circumcision. A day after the ordeal, he will hang in his pierced earlobes copper earrings normally worn by married women
A Samburu youth, his head freshly shaved, has milk poured over him from a wooden gourd-like container decorated with green grass prior to his circumcision
A Samburu warrior has his Ochred hair braided by a friend. A mixture of cows urine and ashes is often rubbed into the hair first to help straighten it
A young Samburu man leads a donkey carrying the basic structure of a temporary home. The curved sticks will be tied together in a dome and covered with hides
At sunrise, a Samburu warrior leads baggage camels down the Milgis lugga - a wide, sandy seasonal watercourse. Water is never far below the surface of the Milgis
A Samburu man looks out over a vast tract of unspoilt country as storm clouds gather in the far distant
On a clear morning, a Samburu warrior looks out over miles of unspoilt semi-arid country to Mount Kenya, 70 miles distant as the crow flies
Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) feeding on an acacia bush, Lewa Downs
Guests view game from horseback at Wilderness Trails, Lewa Downs
Watching the sun go down behind Longido Mountain on a game drive from Tortilis Camp
A herd of Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
Watching Msai giraffe on a game drive while on a safari holiday. KEN2661
Sundowners in the Mara for guests on safari
Dawn in the Mara, a time to stop and drink colour while on safari