Africa, Namibia, Namib Rand area. Farm Kanaan. Landscape of the Tiras mountains and a river bed.

Namibia, Namib Naukluft National Park, Sossussvlei Sand Dunes

Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. A couple enjoy a sundowner on the plains of the Mara North Conservancy. MR.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara Conservancy also known as the Mara Triangle, Narok County. 2 five month old cheetah cubs climbing a Balanites tree or Desert Date. Cheetah cubs are sometimes able to escape fro...

Kenya, Samburu National Reserve, Samburu County. Numerous weaver birds' nests hang from the branches of a tall acacia tree.

Safari vehicle on a game drive at dusk in the Ndutu region of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Malawi, Thyolo. Camping overland style with a roof tent fitted to a safari landrover beneath majestic Acacia abyssinica trees at a tea plantation. (MR)

Silhouette of an acacia tree with the sun setting in the background on the Serengeti in Tanzania

Kenya, Mount Kenya, Lewa Downs. Maasai warrior at Lewa Downs with Mount Kenya in background.

Maasai moran (warrior) framed by an acacia tortilis tree with Mt. Kenya, 17,050 ft behind, Lewa Downs, Kenya

Framed by an Acacia tortilis, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.

Sunset with acacia and wildlife, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Sunset with acacia and wildlife, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Rekero, Masai Mara, Kenya, acacia tree at sunset

Rekero, Masai Mara, Kenya, guide and guests taking in the sunset

Rekero, Masai Mara, Kenya, A Lioness in a tree

Acacia trees and approaching storm clouds and rain, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa.

Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Africa. Striking acacia tree.

Africa, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park. Landscape with a lone tree and a swamp.

Africa, Namibia, Sossusvlei. Dead Acacia Trees in the White Clay Pan at Deadvlei in the Morning Light

Africa, Namibia, near Keetmanshop. A camelthorn tree at sunset

Africa, Namibia, Etosha National park. Zebra herd with acacia tree in front of the Etosha pan

Kenya, Amboseli, Kajiado County. Snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro.

Kenya, Amboseli, Kajiado County. Zebras create dusk as they walk through friable volcanic soil at dusk.

Kenya, Amboseli, Kajiado County. Zebras create dusk as they walk through friable volcanic soil at dusk.

Ancient dead Camel Thorn (Acacia erioloba) on the clay pan of Deadvlei during a sand-storm blowing sand off the dunes beyond, Namibia, Namib-Naukluft National Park

Africa, Zimbabwe, track through the bush in Hwange National Park.

Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namib desert at sunrise, Namibia, Africa.

Africa, Namibia, Deadvlei, Namib desert, dead acacia trees

Africa, Namibia, Deadvlei, Namib desert, dead acacia trees

Africa, Tanzania, Safari tour

Africa, Tanzania, Mikumi National Park. Giraffes under an acacia tree.

Kenya, Samburu National Reserve, Samburu County. Elephants move through bush scrub country on their way to the Uaso Nyiro River.

Africa, Botswana, Chobe National Park, Wide angle view of Lion cub (Panthera Leo) approaching remote camera under acacia tree in Savuti Marsh

Africa, Botswana, Chobe National Park, Wide angle view of Lion cub (Panthera Leo) approaching remote camera under acacia tree in Savuti Marsh

Camel thorn trees (Acacia erioloba) silhouettes at sunset, South Africa, Limpopo, Kruger National Park

Camel Thorn tree (Acacia erioloba) standing against a Sossusvlei dune, Namibia, Namib Naukluft national Park, Sossusvlei

Camel Thorn Acacia erioloba) in landscape at sunset, South Africa, Limpopo, Kruger National Park

A dead Camel Thorn (Acacia erioloba) standing in dry landscape, Namibia, Sossusvlei, Deadvlei

Kenya, Meru County, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. A herd of elephants near a yellow-barked Acacia tree.

Deadvlei, Namib desert, Namibia, Africa. Dead acacia pan.

Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. A couple enjoy a sundowner on the plains of the Mara North Conservancy. MR.

Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. A family learn about the bush from their guide.

Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. A Maasai guide shows a young boy how to throw a spear.

Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. Mara North landscape at dawn.

Kenya, Kajiado County, Amboseli National Park. An African elephant approaches a large Acacia tree.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Female leopard watching for prey at edge of marsh.

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A watchful Lioness and her cubs on a branch.

Uganda, Kidepo. The deliberate burning of tall grass takes place soon after the rainy season each year in and around the Kidepo Valley National Park to generate new growth.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Grey Crowned Crane roosting in a dead tree at the edge of a marsh at dawn.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A Lillac-Breasted Roller watching for insect prey from its perch on a dead tree among the grasslands.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Leopard Gorge, Narok County. A female leopard descending from a fig tree and ready to head off to hunt early in the morning.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Leopard Gorge, Narok County. A female leopard looking out across her territory for danger and possible prey early in the morning.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Leopard Gorge, Narok County. A female leopard watches for prey from her hiding place in a tree at the edge of the plains.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Bull elephant feeding on ripe figs at dawn.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two members of a coaltion of 3 cheetah brothers scent marking a Boscia tree.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A dead Boscia treee starkly profiled against a stormy sky.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Boscia tree at dawn during the dry season.

Kenya, Samburu National Reserve, Samburu County. A leopard makes a rapid vertical descent from a large acacia tree.

Kenya, Kajiado County, Chyulu. Mount Kilimanjaro circa 1985.

A traditional homestead of a large Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.

Towards mid-day, white rhinos gather around the shade of an acacia tree to slumber.

Malawi, Thyolo. Camping overland style with a roof tent fitted to a safari landrover beneath majestic Acacia abyssinica trees at a tea plantation. (MR)

Malawi, Thyolo. Camping overland style with a roof tent fitted to a safari landrover beneath majestic Acacia abyssinica trees at a tea plantation. (MR)

Malawi, Thyolo. Camping overland style with a roof tent fitted to a safari landrover beneath majestic Acacia abyssinica trees at a tea plantation. (MR)

Painted Stork in flight,Keoladeo National Park, India.

Umbrella Thorn Acacia, Acacia tortilis, and two male Impala, Aepyceros melampus silhouetted at sunrise, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Umbrella Thorn Acacia, Acacia tortilis, and huge cloud on horizon, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Single Acacia tree silhouetted at sunrise, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Kenya, Mount Kenya, Lewa Downs. Maasai warrior at Lewa Downs with Mount Kenya in background.

A safari guide stands in front of his Land Cruiser at Sesriem campsite. Behind him, tents are set up under a camelthorn tree.

Vultures roost in an acacia tree shortly before dusk.

Kenya, Chalbi Desert, Kalacha. A Gabbra herdsman presents a lonely figure standing under a flat-topped acacia tree on the edge of the Chalbi Desert at sunset. The Gabbra are a Cushitic tribe of nomad...