We still have a few slots open for our June 2025 trip to Kenya and Uganda. Reach out for details. While in Kenya, we often see bat-eared foxes, including these pups we came across in the Masai Mara, just outside their den while Mom was out hunting for dinner. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 380mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/80th of a second.

Lions often get active just as the sun goes down, making for some great photo opportunities. If you want to join us on our next trip to Kenya and Uganda in June of 2025, we still have a few open slots. Reach out if interested in hearing more. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 5600, f/5.6 at 1/500th of a second.

Those long necks are used for more than just to reach the top leaves on an acacia tree. Males will often use their powerful necks to battle over territory. Fights can get quite aggressive as giraffes swing their necks violently hoping to land body blows against their opponents. But they also use their necks to show affection. Thus was the case with these two reticulated giraffes in Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. They’re both males, but clearly quite fond of each other as they perform a gentle dance. Nikon Z8 at 4K at 120 fps.

Generally, the more common the animal, the less sought after by safari goers on the trips we lead to Africa. Everyone wants to see the cats and other more difficult to track down species. But there are a few notable exceptions. Zebras being one of them. And they tend to be really common. At least the plains zebras. Enjoy this quick video of some of the zebra action on our trip to Kenya in April. Nikon Z8 at 4K.

This hyena with her cub was one of my favorite sightings on our trip to Kenya in April. I previously posted a different image of them. Here’s another look, just outside their burrow. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/800th of a second.

Two male Thomson’s gazelles spar over territory. Photographed in the Masai Mara of Kenya. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 5000, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second.

Once thought to be the same species as the red-collared widowbird, the red-cowled widowbird was given its own designation due to the longer length of the male’s tail and brilliant red plumage around the head during breeding season. It was fun photographing and filming these birds as they flew back and forth trying to impress the ladies with their aforementioned tails and plumage. Taken in the Masai Mara of Kenya.Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1400, f/5.6 at 1/2500th of a second.

An elephant and her calf forage on the plentiful grasses and other foliage of Ol Pajeta Conservancy in central Kenya. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 180, f/4 at 1/640th of a second.

Dik diks are the smallest of all the antelope species in Kenya. I’ve mentioned it in several previous posts — it’s hard to imagine their size without a frame of reference. To me, they resemble a jackrabbit (in stature not looks) when running across the savanna. This is a Kirk’s dik dik, taking a moment to look back at our safari vehicle and granting me a close up portrait. Of note, that nice flip of hair that looks like it’s been gelled. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 9000, f/5.6 at 1/200th of a second.

I guess this is the week for large African mammals. Yesterday it was the hippo, the third largest land animal in Africa by weight. Today it’s the white rhinoceros, the second largest. Only the elephant is bigger. These three were grazing while I carefully set the camera on the ground for a bottom up perspective. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 24-70mm lens (at 24mm) ISO 450, f/5.6 at 1/1000th of a second.