Africa
A lifelong dream came true in 2006 when I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya and Tanzania. After flying into Nairobi, we headed north to Mount Kenya where we spent eight days roaming around this splendid National Park and World Heritage Site. Highlights included being overwhelmed by the diversity of this area, its lakes, valleys and extraordinary flora, the wild animals (including the fearless Water Buffalo) and standing on one of this mountain's three summits at sunrise. Although only a few kilometers from the Equator, the camping was done at altitudes close to 4,500m (almost 15,000 ft) ASL, so temperatures were not what one would expect at this latitude! We even woke up to fresh snow one morning.
Upon leaving this gem we headed south towards Tanzania. Stoping en-route in Amboseli National Park. Situated under the shadow of Kilimanjaro on the Kenyan/Tanzanian border, this park plays a host to thousands of African fauna: Zebras, hippos, baboons, wildebeest, lions and best of all African elephants. Out of all the photographs I have ever taken, the series I shot at sunset with the family of elephants is one of my favorites. Even better, was waking up the next morning in our tent, hearing some rummaging outside of it - only to discover this family of huge African elephants was less than 50 meters from our canvas shelter! I could have spent a month or two in this park alone - but the towering mountain over us was beckoning.
Mount Kilimanjaro stands as the highest piece of rock on the African continent at 5,895m (19,340 ft) ASL. It is a walk. A high walk, but a walk with little technical climbing skills required. Since we had gotten our "altitude" set on Mount Kenya, the journey up to Kili's summit was quite easy.
Read MoreUpon leaving this gem we headed south towards Tanzania. Stoping en-route in Amboseli National Park. Situated under the shadow of Kilimanjaro on the Kenyan/Tanzanian border, this park plays a host to thousands of African fauna: Zebras, hippos, baboons, wildebeest, lions and best of all African elephants. Out of all the photographs I have ever taken, the series I shot at sunset with the family of elephants is one of my favorites. Even better, was waking up the next morning in our tent, hearing some rummaging outside of it - only to discover this family of huge African elephants was less than 50 meters from our canvas shelter! I could have spent a month or two in this park alone - but the towering mountain over us was beckoning.
Mount Kilimanjaro stands as the highest piece of rock on the African continent at 5,895m (19,340 ft) ASL. It is a walk. A high walk, but a walk with little technical climbing skills required. Since we had gotten our "altitude" set on Mount Kenya, the journey up to Kili's summit was quite easy.
