The waving elephant, I was amazed at just how many elephants I witnessed over a two day exploration of Murchison safari park. From 1926 the park was a game reserve that fell victim to extreme poaching during Idi Amin's rule. It wasn't until the early 80's in which protection was re-enforced upon the lands, and nature could start to thrive again.
Hordes of hippos living within the river in which I travelled on top of a cruise boat. Within a simple 300 metre stretch of some areas there could easily be over 100 hippos protecting their territories.
It was actually quite rare during my trip to find these out on land, the shot above had more than 7 hippos hiding within the tall grass grazing. Despite their size... they have excellent camouflage for such beasts.
Being incredibly territorial and protective over their baby calves, these hippos can sprint up to 40mph on land and submerge and travel under water from one spot to another over 20 metres in a few seconds!
A sight that made me forget about everything else but observe this one elephant for some time. Completely stood still, appearing deep in thought. It was a matter of maybe an hour later we stumbled across an elephant graveyard.
The stalking hyena. Stood less than 12 ft away you could sense the hyena would take any opportunity given to have it's first meal of the day. As soon as the photo was taken we discovered two more had sneaked up behind without any warning.
The moment we never thought we would see, especially our veteran safari driver, a lion climbing a tree. Apparently a rare sight to see how the lions actually climb.
One thing that will stay with me forever about Africa is just how reflective and vibrant the oranges and greens are from the terrain as see on this baby elephants skin. These photos were captured very up close and personal at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust where I was stood a metre from the 1 to 3 year old elephants. These babies have been rescued within Kenya to be released back into the wild once ready.