kenya Archives - Jane Wynyard

Date:: August 2, 2020
Categories:: Uncategorized
Tags:: africa, conservation, elephants, kenya, reteti, wildlife
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Rescuing baby elephants

During the Covid lockdown, I helped Save the Elephants rescue two baby elephants in Northern Kenya. The first, Bule, was found by locals wandering on the main road near Archer’s Post. She was extremely vocal and strong, even trying to knock me over in the process! The second, Lomunyak (Lucky in Samburu) was not in such great shape. Rescued from the croc-infested Ewaso river by staff at Elephant Watch Camp, Lomunyak was covered in cuts and bites which we assume were from a lion attack. Both babies were taken to Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in the remote Mathews Rangers in Namunyak[…]

Date:: June 21, 2019
Categories:: Uncategorized
Tags:: giraffe, kenya, samburu national reserve
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Celebrating the longest-necked animals on the planet

It’s World Giraffe Day today, so to celebrate here’s a selection of images of the endangered reticulated giraffe of Samburu, Northern Kenya

Date:: May 1, 2018
Categories:: Africa, Travel
Tags:: adventure, africa, east africa, journey, kenya, mombasa, nairobi, photographs, train, train journey, travel
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Travelling on the Lunatic Express

In May last year, the colonial-era metre-gauge Lunatic Express sleeper train from Nairobi to Mombasa, which used to last anything from 16 – 24 hours, ended. It was replaced by a new fast standard-gauge line (SGR) taking only four hours and 30 minutes. I’ve yet to travel on the new line but needless to say, travelling on the Lunatic Express (that really was its name) is an adventure I’ll never forget. The train travelled through the middle of the most expansive slums I’ve ever seen and cut a swathe through acres of new development where the remains of villages clung[…]

Date:: July 31, 2017
Categories:: Africa, wildlife
Tags:: africa, guardians, kenya, protectors, rangers, samburu, wildlife rangers, world ranger day
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World Ranger Day

Today is World Ranger Day where we remember all those courageous men and women around the world who put their lives on the line every day to protect our natural heritage. I’ve been fortunate to go on patrol with local rangers and to witness them in action in Samburu and to spend time with them in Rwanda during a recent trip to photograph mountain gorillas. Here are some of my images of rangers from the Nasuulu conservancy and STE’s Security Liaison officer Chris Leadismo on patrol in Buffalo Springs and of rangers who work in the Virungas in Rwanda protecting[…]

Date:: July 23, 2017
Categories:: Africa, Uncategorized, wildlife
Tags:: africa, baboon, elephant, kenya, leopard, lion, monkey, mountain gorilla, portraits, samburu, wildlife, zebra
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Up close and personal with Africa’s wildlife

Some of my favourite moments as a wildlife photographer have been when I’ve been able to get as close to my subjects as possible (without getting eaten of course!) and capture their facial expressions. There’s nothing like spending several hours just quietly observing animal behaviour on your own whether it’s a haughty leopard staring at you from a tree stump as seen in the above photograph, or a curious baby baboon hanging precariously from its mum’s fur. As long as it’s safe and I’m not too close, I’ll switch off the motor, sit quietly, camera ready and wait to see[…]

Date:: July 3, 2017
Categories:: Africa, photography, wildlife
Tags:: adventure, africa, conservation, kenya, new life, reinvention, samburu, save the elephants, wildlife, wildlife photographer, wildlife photography
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One Kiwi’s journey from PR maven to wildlife photographer

I’m so thrilled and humbled to have been profiled in Your Weekend Magazine in New Zealand and to have had my image of the mournful female gorilla in Rwanda featured on the cover! The interview was written by acclaimed author Kelly Ana Morey, whom I once shared a room with in Sixth Form at New Plymouth Girl’s High boarding school, and published in print in New Zealand’s Dominion Post, Waikato Times and Christchurch Star and online. Reading the piece over the weekend I still can’t quite believe it’s me! Read the full story here. SaveSave

Date:: June 13, 2017
Categories:: Africa
Tags:: africa, giraffe, kenya, samburu, wildlife, wildlife photographer, wildlife photography
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G is for Giraffe

Date:: May 21, 2017
Categories:: Africa
Tags:: africa, cheeky monkeys, kenya, monkeys, samburu, samburu national reserve, vervet monkeys, wildlife, wildlife photography
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Cheeky thieving monkeys

The vervet monkeys in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya are such characters … I love watching them at play – they jump all over the elephant collars on the branch outside, chase each other all over the river bank and swing off tree branches. They’re also opportunist thieves and since I’ve been here, they’ve swiped a banana from my hand, a bounty bar off the table and an entire bacon sandwich from a friend of mine as he was about to take a bite! It’s also not uncommon to find a monkey or two sitting in the wall of your outdoor shower[…]

Date:: February 28, 2017
Categories:: Africa, Uncategorized
Tags:: africa, bird, birds, crane, flamingo, flamingos, flight, hornbills, kenya, kingfisher, namibia, saddle-bill, travel, travel photography, vultures, weavers
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Meet the colourful and comical birds of Africa

As well as photographing elephants, lions, leopards, cheetah and baboons during my recent trip to Africa, I also managed to take a few shots of the amazing birdlife from honking hornbills to grumpy vultures. In fact the very first photograph I took in Africa was of a yellow weaver bird on a fence. We were having breakfast at the Ole Sereni hotel in Nairobi en route to Diani for the first leg of our travels. The weaver suddenly hopped onto the fence and kindly stood there in perfect profile while staring out at the national game reserve. I couldn’t have asked for a better photographic subject! Most[…]

Date:: February 23, 2017
Categories:: Africa, Uncategorized
Tags:: africa, flights, insurance, kenya, namibia, planning for a trip, transport, travel, travel tips, traveler, vaccinations
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Vaccines to visas: How to prep for a trip to Africa

In three weeks I’m heading back to Africa – to Rwanda this time to photograph the mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in the country’s Volcano National Park. As I start prepping my gear for my next wildlife adventure, my thoughts wander back to my most recent three-month trip to Africa and the amount of time, work and effort it took me to prepare for that trip. I spent hours and hours googling, phoning and wandering the high street looking for the bits and pieces I’d need for my trip (and that’s not even counting the hours of research I did into my photography gear prior to leaving! –[…]

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