Dense bush-land and open savannah that are host to many spices of animals and birds
In the blue hour just before the sun disappeared behind the horizon, a small leopard baby was sitting on the other side of the river, calling for its mother on the opposite riverbank. Finally, it gained courage and swam across to reach its mother, another beautiful snapshot from the great grass plains of East Africa.
Large herds of Wildebeests is sometimes made up of thousands of individual animals dotting whole grass plains as far a the eye can see. Misty morning in the Mara triangle
Sometimes the weather can be quite violent over the Mara triangle with heavy rain and hail storms. The animals will stand in groups facing away from the wind. Here I used a fish eye lens to capture such a storm.
A lonely acacia tree on the savanna and a storm brewing in the distance
A elephant herd in the tall grass of the Masai Mara savanna moving slowly toward us. Most of the time elephant herds will be moving sideways or away from you but today we are lucky and they’re coming right toward us.
Thousands of Wildebeests moving in a long caravan near the Mara river
A acacia tree with a mix of Marabou Storks and Vultures in the backlight of the sun
On the edge of the Mara river a massive crocodile licking a bit of late afternoon sunshine.
On a calm afternoon a hippopotamus is slowly drifting around in the Mara river.
On the Mara open grass plains a large Southern ground Hornbill is hunting for reptiles, frogs, snails, insects. Quite a beautiful bird.
Hyena relaxing in the tall grass near the Mara river. The warm morning sun is hitting his face displaying the the strength of this predator from the great plains.
A real monster springing into action after seeing a herd of zebras crossing the Mars river.
A line of zebras swimming in calm waters to the other side of the Mara river on a calm late afternoon.