African Landscape Collection (page 2)

Traditional Marakwet houses built on the rocky eastern slopes of the Cherangani Hills have a fine view across the Kerio Valley

At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa. From time immemorial, nomadic Afar tribesmen have come here regularly with their camels to collect salt

Hippos wallow in a lake in the Ngorongoro Crater
Hippos wallow in a small freshwater lake on the floor of the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. The craters 102-square-mile floor is spectacular for wildlife

Baobab trees in the Ruaha Valley of Southern Tanzania

Beautiful earth and stone pillars fashioned by centuries of weathering, make the important stone-age site of Isimila an attractive place to visit In the late 1950 s

Early morning mist in Tanzanias Southern Highlands
A small market centre near Mbeya is bathed in sunlight as an early morning mist clears from this fertile farming region of Tanzanias Southern Highlands

Western wall of the Great Rift Valley above Lake Manyara
A section of the western wall of the Gregory Rift (a part of the eastern branch of the Africas Great Rift Valley) above Lake Manyara, a shallow alkaline lake

The world famous Ngorongoro Crater. Its 102-square-mile crater floor is the haunt of a wonderful wildlife spectacle

Deep Msai wells at Loibor Serrit where cattle paths are cut deep into the soil to allow livestock nearer to the source of water

The scene at a Msai manyatta south of Lake Natron
The scene at a Msai manyatta, or homestead, as the first rays of sun herald another scorching day in an arid part of northern Tanzania, south of Lake Natron

Lake Eyasis impressive western escarpment
Lichen-stained boulders and Euphorbia trees add form and colour to Lake Eyasis impressive western escarpment

Wildebeest stampede plains of the Ngorongoro Highlands
Wildebeest stampede on the dry grassy plains on the west side of the Ngorongoro Highlands

acacia trees in Tanzanias vast Serengeti National Park
An early morning mist silhouettes acacia trees along a seasonal watercourse in Tanzanias vast Serengeti National Park. The mist will soon evaporate beneath the rays of the rising sun to herald a

An ox-drawn cart near Arusha

Zebra browse in Ngorongoro Crater
Common zebra browse on grass in Lerai Forest on the crater floor with Fever trees and Quinine Trees behind

Mauritania, Tagant, Mauritanian guide in the desert

Madagascar, Central Madagascar. A suburb of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar and home to about 3 million people

An attractive Malagasy village of the Betsileo people who live southwest of the capital, Antananarivo. Most houses in the village are double-storied with kitchens

Mountain biker, Drakensburg

Elandsberg Farm, Bartholomeus Klip with Elandskloof Mountains behind

Dam holds water to irrigate Hamilton Russell vineyard

Balcony, Kwandwe Lodge

Thelema Mountain Vineyards near Stellenbosch

Evening light catches the vines at Petite Ferme Vineyard Vineyard at Franschoek, Western Cape, South Africa

Safari flights over red sand dunes of Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Beautiful red sandstone cliffs surround the isolated Waterberg Plateau, a 50 km long table mountain, which has become a park for rare and threatened species

The last rays of the setting sun over the Okavango River at Rundu

!Kung hunter-gatherers pause to check a distant wild animal in the early morning. The !Kung are a part of the San of Southern Africa who are often referred to as Bushmen

Quiver Tree Forest. Under bright, full moonlight, a starlit sky moves with the earths rotation during this ten minute exposure

Dunes from a hot air balloon

Dead Vlei

Rear view of gazelle walking away crossing plain

Quiver tree (Aloe dictitoma) and Bloodkopje northern section of park

Elephants in Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

A hot air balloon floating over herds of wildebeest and zebra in the Masai Mara Game Reserve

A magnificent view from the eastern scarp of Africa s
A magnificent view from the eastern scarp of Africas Great Rift Valley at Losiolo, north of Maralal. From 8, 000 feet the land tumbles away 3, 000 feet into rugged valleys and a broad plain

A Samburu warrior looks out over a vast expanse of inhospitable country from the eastern scarp of Africas Great Rift Valley at Losiolo, north of Maralal

Traditional African houses surrounded by good pasture on the top of the Cherangani Hills. The raised platform is used by the farmer as a sheep pen at night

Mount Lololokwi, or Ol doinyo Sabachi, is a prominent flat-topped mountain situated near the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya

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

Giant baobab trees silhouetted against a sunset

An oryx beisa in arid thorn scrub country, which is typical of northern Kenya. The distinctive markings and long straight horns of these fine antelopes set them apart from other animals of

Camels belonging to the Gabbra are loaded with water carriers and attached together in a camel train approach at a water hole on the edge of the Chalbi Desert

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

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

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

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)

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