Kenyan Collection (page 13)

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 Blue monkey. This long-tailed, arboreal monkey is distributed widely in evergreen forested regions up to 10, 000 feet

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 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 group of gerenuk (a name derived from the Somali language meaning giraffe necked ) feed in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya

A fine bull sable antelope with chesnut-brown females and calves behind him. This large, handsome antelope with backward-curving horns is only found in Kenya in the Shimba Hills of Kenyas Coast

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 cheetah surveys the grassy plains of Masai Mara from a termite mound.; The cheetah is a fast, efficient and frequent killer of gazelles and impala

A bat-eared fox at the entrance to its burrow. These long-limbed, large eared foxes feed on termites, beetles and other invertebrates

Two black rhinos on the open plains at Amboseli. Poaching of this severely endangered species led to its extermination in this region in the late 1980 s

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 young male lion looks intently at animals grazing on the plains from his commanding position in a tree

A pride of lions moves to shelter from an approaching storm. The nucleus of any pride is a number of closely related females

A lioness drinking from a muddy pool

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 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

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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

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