The African wildlife
The African wildlife is amazing in its extraordinary diversity and beauty! Africa – somehow paradoxically with the continents economic levels simply brings alot to the table regarding biodiversity and accessability and vicinity of the wild animals, birds, monkeys, elephants, rhinos, leopards, lions and many more.
A huge herd of more than 100 African elephants in front of snowcapped mount Kilimanjaro moves on towards where there is water. Amboseli, Kenya 1981. Photo © Mikkel Grabowski
King of the animals – the African lion is one of the biggest cats in the world and males can weigh up to 330kg. Photo © Mikkel Grabowski
When courting, lions snarl and growls and so they appear extremely aggressive. Their mating can last through several days. Photo © Mikkel Grabowski
The leopard is one of the most elusive African animals and rewardingly beautiful whenever they decide to appear in the open. Here leopards crosses the road an early morning in Masai Mara. Photo © Mikkel Grabowski
Cheetahs doesn’t have retractable claws as other cats and they seem to be more related to Canines than to the family of Cats. An adult Chettah can run at speeds around 110 km/h and their main prey is Thompsons gazelles and other smaller wildlife
There are three subspecies of giraffe in Kenya and 9 in all of Africa. In Masai Mara you will find the Masai giraffe, as shown above
A male Grants gazelle poses for the camera. Photo © Mikkel Grabowski
Ostriches in Masai Mara are often seen in groups of 3-4
A lone elephant bull African elephant seen through the grass
Hippos basking in the sun on the bank of Mara River
A huge old Nile Crocodile of 5-6m in length and a massive 1m over the back. Older crocodiles like this one weighs in at about one ton and can easily go for a year without food which means they can just lie and wait for their next meal untill the annual migration of gnus passes the Mara River
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