Photo credits

Some of the photos on this site are by photographers who share their work under Creative Commons licences through Wikimedia Commons. Thank you to each of them. The photos have been cropped and resized for this site.

• A male lion standing over a resting lioness in the Masai Mara. Photo by Byrdyak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A lioness sitting in the Maasai Mara grass at dusk. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• Wildebeest leaping into the Mara River during the Great Migration. Photo by Naturaltracksafaris, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A leopard stepping past a fallen tree in the Masai Mara. Photo by flowcomm, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• A lioness in the Maasai Mara grass under a setting sun. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A family of five elephants walking through golden grass in the Maasai Mara. Photo by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• Elephants grazing in Amboseli with snow-capped Kilimanjaro behind. Photo by Ninaras, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• A lioness resting beside a safari vehicle in the Maasai Mara. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• An elephant walking through golden afternoon grass in Tsavo. Photo by Brenda-mwangi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• The Maasai Mara at sunset, acacia trees against a red sky. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• Twin elephant calves walking between adults in Amboseli. Photo by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• Two white rhinos grazing in Nairobi National Park with the city skyline behind. Photo by Europäische Kommission - Audiovisueller Dienst, Patrick Meinhardt, CE - Service audiovisuel, EC - Audiovisual Service, FACTSTORY, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• Kilimanjaro rising above the plains of Amboseli National Park. Photo by Sergey Pesterev, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A red-dusted elephant in Tsavo East National Park. Photo by Byrdyak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A herd of zebras gathers on red earth beneath a lone acacia in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Photo by Yakov Fedorov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• Jagged dark lava of the Shetani flow in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya, with the green volcanic cones of the Chyulu Hills behind. Photo by Ninara, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• Coconut palms on white sand above the turquoise Indian Ocean at Diani Beach, Kenya. Photo by Nicor, CC BY 3.0 (source).
• Zebras and Thomson's gazelles graze below Fischer's Tower and the red cliffs of Hell's Gate National Park near Naivasha. Photo by Antony Trivet, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A family of elephants with a small calf walking through golden grass and green scrub in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, with doum palms on the horizon. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A grey crowned crane in the grass of Lake Nakuru National Park. Photo by Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A Clarke's weaver, the endemic of Arabuko Sokoke Forest, near Kilifi. Photo by Audrey Whitlock, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• A Fischer's turaco, the green and crimson turaco of Kenya's coastal forests. Photo by Noel Reynolds, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• A Hartlaub's turaco feeding on orange berries in a tree in Nairobi. Photo by aecole2010, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• A Rothschild's giraffe at the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi. Photo by GioRan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A Sharpe's longclaw, Kenya's endangered endemic of the Kinangop grasslands. Photo by Zieger M, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• A Sokoke scops owl, Africa's smallest and rarest owl, in Arabuko Sokoke Forest. Photo by Steve Garvie, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).
• A Taita white-eye, endemic to the Taita Hills. Photo by Gino Brignoli, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• A big-tusked elephant walking past bushes in the northern Mara. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A buffalo grazing in Nairobi National Park with the city skyline behind. Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A female Von der Decken's hornbill in Tsavo West National Park. Photo by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• A giraffe looking through acacia blossom in Tsavo West. Photo by Yakov Fedorov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A golden-breasted starling, a bird of the dry country of Tsavo. Photo by Cliff, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• A keeper bottle-feeding a baby elephant at the Sheldrick orphanage. Photo by U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain (source).
• A kori bustard walking through the grass of the Masai Mara. Photo by Sumeet Moghe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).
• A leopard sitting on a rock in Tsavo East. Photo by Byrdyak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A lilac-breasted roller on a branch in Buffalo Springs National Reserve. Photo by Gary Leavens, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).
• A lion drinking from a puddle beside a safari vehicle in Amboseli. Photo by Ninaras, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• A lioness and two young male lions from one pride resting together in soft morning light in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Photo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).
• A lioness resting in long grass in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Photo by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A lioness stands over a resting lioness and a young cub in dry golden grass in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Photo by Yakov Fedorov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A little bee-eater on a branch in the forest of Mount Elgon National Park. Photo by Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A male Jackson's hornbill perched on a stump at Lake Baringo. Photo by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A mother cheetah sits on a grassy termite mound with three young cubs around her in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Photo by Siddharth Maheshwari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).
• A northern carmine bee-eater perched on a branch. Photo by Jan Ebr, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• A northern white rhino at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Photo by Lengai101, CC BY 3.0 (source).
• A rhino and her calf in Nairobi National Park. Photo by Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A tusked African elephant standing in green scrub in front of misty forested hills in Aberdare National Park, Kenya. Photo by BIT1982, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).
• A white rhino with an oxpecker on its back walking past yellow fever-tree woodland in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. Photo by Kandukuru Nagarjun from Bangalore, India, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• A young lion walks straight towards the camera on red earth, with pale mist behind it, in Tsavo West, Kenya. Photo by Sergey Pesterev, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A young orphaned elephant and keeper by the watering hole at the Sheldrick orphanage. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• A zebra in Nairobi National Park with the city skyline behind. Photo by Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• An African fish eagle at Lake Baringo. Photo by Francesco Veronesi, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).
• An Airkenya light aircraft parked on the Musiara airstrip in the Masai Mara, Kenya, with an open safari vehicle waiting beside the runway under a big cloudy sky. Photo by Ninara, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• An elephant coated in Tsavo's red dust. Photo by Donald Macauley, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).
• An elephant family with a young calf in Amboseli. Photo by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• An elephant herd crossing the plains near Salt Lick Lodge, Taita Hills. Photo by CT Cooper, CC BY 3.0 (source).
• An old building with a carved wooden balcony and painted arches behind a row of potted palms in Mombasa Old Town, Kenya. Photo by Ninara, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• Coconut palms and mangroves beside a wooden dhow hull on the low-tide shore at Shirazi, on the mainland opposite Funzi Island, Kwale County, Kenya. Photo by jm whalen, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• Elephants and impala at a red-earth waterhole in Tsavo West. Photo by rcrhee, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).
• Elephants beneath an acacia near Salt Lick Lodge, Taita Hills. Photo by CT Cooper, CC BY 3.0 (source).
• Elephants in Amboseli with Kilimanjaro behind. Photo by Ninaras, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• Fishermen on an outrigger canoe in the Shimoni channel, with dhows at anchor and Wasini Island behind, Kenya. Photo by FredD, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).
• Lesser flamingos feeding at Lake Nakuru. Photo by shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• Mida Creek near Watamu at high tide. Photo by ordercrazy, CC0 (source).
• Orphaned elephants with their keepers at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• Red elephants drinking at a waterhole in Tsavo. Photo by CT Cooper, CC BY 3.0 (source).
• Sheldrick Falls pours over a sandstone cliff into a pool, framed by coastal forest in Shimba Hills National Reserve. Photo by Nina R from Africa, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• The boardwalk through Saiwa Swamp National Park. Photo by Nina R, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• The canopy of Kakamega Forest, Kenya's last equatorial rainforest. Photo by Doron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).
• The clear pools of Mzima Springs in Tsavo West National Park. Photo by Ninara, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• The dry country of Shaba National Reserve under its hills. Photo by Richard Mortel, CC BY 4.0 (source).
• The forested valley below Karuru Falls in the Aberdares. Photo by Matteo Frigo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• The shingle-clad Treetops Lodge raised on timber stilts above a bare-earth clearing and a reedy waterhole, with forest behind, in Aberdare National Park, Kenya. Photo by ASH, Public domain (source).
• Two great blue turacos on a branch in equatorial forest. Photo by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• Two reticulated giraffes stand side by side in dry grass beside a green bush, with doum palms and distant hills behind them in Samburu National Reserve. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• Visitors watching an orphaned elephant and keeper at the Sheldrick orphanage. Photo by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).
• Wildebeest pouring down the bank of the Mara River. Photo by Weldon Kennedy from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 (source).
• Wildlife on the plains of Nairobi National Park with the city skyline behind. Photo by Shadychiri, CC BY 4.0 (source).