a pair of Lion (panthera leo) in the maasai mara national reserve, kenya

Pioneer Camp, Serengeti, Tanzania, Elewana Collection, a Maasai stands with a guest in the early morning as they scout the landscape for game.

Tarangire Treetops, Tanzania, Elewana Collection, a Maasai scout, guest and child enjoy the view and last rays of sun on Sunset Hill.

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara National Reserve. Lionesses waling along a game trail to cover early in the morning

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara National Reserve. Silhouette of elephant against the sunset.

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara National Reserve. A pride male alert for the sign of other members of his pride early in the morning

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. A zebra foal dozes; oblivious to danger among the safety of the family herd.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. A zebra stares across the plains on the lookout for danger.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. A male lion walks purposefully through long red oat grass towards the sound of roaring from other members of his pride.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Male lion moving through long red oat grass at the beginning of the dry season.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve, Musiara Marsh. Zebras gather in large herds as they migrate through the Reserve at the beginning of the dry season.

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara National Reserve. A pride male alert for the sign of other members of his pride early in the morning

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Zebra foal resting while its mother grazes on short green flush.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Male lion roaring at dawn to locate his coalition partners. One of the Marsh Pride males known as the 4 Musketeers.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Male lion checking for other members of his pride in the early morning.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve, Musiara Marsh. Bull elephant with breeding herd feasting on long red oat grass during the rainsy season.

Lioness resting on a log

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasailand, Narok County, Musiara Marsh. A male lion resting

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. A male lion shows his impressive canine teeth in a low intensity threat as a cub comes over to greet him and then rolls on its back in a submissive gesture of...

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasailand, Narok County, Musiara Marsh. A four-month-old cub resting early in the morning in Musiara Marsh.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasailand, Narok County, Musiara Marsh. A male lion being greeted by a young cub early in the morning at Musiara Marsh

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasailand, Narok County, Musiara Marsh. A four-month-old cub looking for a playmate among its pride early in the morning in Musiara Marsh.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Masai giraffe walking across the savanna as a rain storm gathers in the late afternoon illuminated by a rainbow. Male following a female.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasailand, Narok County, Musiara Marsh. A lioness heads for cover with her cubs early in the morning in Musiara Marsh.

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Musiara Marsh. A cheetah cub grabs a young impala that its mother has caught and released to it to practice its hunting skills.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasailand, Narok County, Musiara Marsh. A lioness grooms one of her cubs early in the morning in Musiara Marsh.

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasailand, Narok County, Musiara Marsh. Two four-month-old cubs playing and resting at their den in a fallen fig tree early in the morning in Musiara Marsh.

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. Group of zebras on ridge

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A baby elephant.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Zebras drinking from a pool.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard cub with her cub.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard cub with her cub.

Giraffe eating an Acacia with sunset backlight, Tanzania, Serengeti National Park, Grumeti

Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. A couple enjoy a sundowner in the Mara, listening to music from a vintage Gramophone. MR.

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

Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Masai elders dressed in traditional attire at their homestead, preparing for one of their customary ceremonies.

Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Maasai Man dressed in traditional attire.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Narok County. A Masai woman dressed in traditional attire at her homestead.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Narok County. A Masai woman dressed in traditional attire at her homestead.

Male Maasai dancers, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Tanzania; Lake Natron; Shompole. The traditional hairstyle of a Maasai warrior.

Tanzania; Lake Natron; Shompole. A Maasai warrior looks out over Lake Natron.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai girl decorates the face of her friend during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai warrior and his girlfriend during an eunoto ceremony.

Kenya, Kilgoris County, Oloololo. A Maasai warrior wears a headdress made with ostrich feathers during an eunoto ceremony.

The finery worn by a married Maasai woman.

Children photographing wildlife from the open roof of a safari vehicle in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Portrait of a balearica regulorum in detail, Maasai Mara national park, Kenya.

Kenya, Masai Mara. Masai giraffe.

Kenya, Masai Mara. Safari guide, Salaash Ole Morompi, teaches children archery Maasai style. (MR)

Kenya, Chyulu Hills, Ol Donyo Wuas. A family on a riding safari, ride close to Maasai giraffe out on the plains.

Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. One Wilderness Trails' Laikipiak Maasai guides shows child how to sharpen an arrow.

Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. A young boy on a family safari with one of the Laikipiak Maasai guides. (MR)

Kenya, Narok district, Masai Mara. Two warthog piglets play in Masai Mara National Reserve.

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

Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. Three Maasai warriors with long ochred hair wearing the traditional beaded belts of warriors.

Africa, Kenya, Kajiado District, Ol doinyo Orok. In the late afternoon light, a large gathering of Maasai warriors wait in line to be blessed by the elders during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors...

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

A Maasai Warrior watches a hot air balloon float over the Mara plains.

Two Maasai warriors watch a hot air balloon flight over Masai Mara.