Wildlife Photography in Africa
Dr Mark Levy was born in South Africa and is a keen wildlife photographer, with a passionate interest in observing the behaviour of wild animals and birds in their natural habitat. In the last 35 years he has spent many days observing and photographing animals in their natural surroundings in Africa.
He has been fortunate in having the opportunity to get up close and personal with the big cats of Africa, including lions, leopard and cheetah. Have a look through the gallery and you will see his images of Cape hunting dogs (also known as African wild dogs), hyenas, jackal, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and many varied African antelopes (including kudu, impala, Thompsons and Grants Gazelle, and the beautiful Sable antelope. The wildebeeste migration through the masai mara and Serengeti game parks is one of the great wonders of the world; this site features images of this phenomenon.
It is hard to describe the excitement and anticipation when setting out on a game drive in the African bush. Every drive has the potential to provide extremes of frustration as well as excitement and adventure. The honour of being able to share the wilderness with animals who have honed their survival skills to the maximum is incredible. As humans we often take things like being able to pop down to the supermarket for food - for the wild animal predators, securing a meal by hunting prey is often fraught with danger - sometimes involving a life or death struggle. It is often very distressing to watch this process, however this is helped by the understanding that in nature the very essence of survival is often at stake. Furthermore, little is wasted in the bush, the death of one animal often ensures the survival of many others.
This site is the product of many magical hours of observing animals in their unspoilt wilderness areas of Africa, including the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya, the Serengeti conservation area in Tanzania, the Okavango Delta in Botswana and various game parks in South Africa.
African Wildlife Photographs, Prints, Posters, Greetings Cards, and more
If you are interested in buying the rights to use African wildlife pictures you may buy direct from Alamy
Safari Notes - Tales from the African Bush
Every so often on safari, extraordinary events unfold in front of our eyes. These usually involve interactions between different species or unusual animal behaviours.
Safari Notes detail some of these fascinating real life dramas which we have photographed - mainly occurring in the Okavango Delta in Botswana and the Masai Mara in Kenya.
- Read about some of our safari experiences
- Plan your safari
Birth of Lion Cubs in the Wild
August 2011
We have just returned from a safari trip to Kenya, where we witnessed the amazing birth of two cute lion cubs, in the wild in the Masai Mara Game Park, while staying at Little Governors Camp. Have a look at the video which has been posted on YouTube.
Cheetah, Lion, Elephant, African Birds, What else is on this site?
See how many of these African animals you can find in our galleries:
Aardwolf African buffalo, African civet, African elephant, Banded mongoose, Bat eared fox, Beisa oryx, Black backed jackal, Black Rhino, Brindled gnu (wildebeest), Brown hyaena, Bush babies, Bushbuck, Cape hare, Caracal, Chacma baboon, Cheetah, Common (golden) jackal, Common warthog, Common zebra, Dassie rat, Eland, Gerenuk, Giraffe, Grants gazelle, Greater kudu, Grevy's zebra, Haartebeest, Hartebeest, Hippopotamus, Impala, Large Spotted Genet, Leopard, Leopard Tortoise, Lion, Olive baboon, Ratel (Honey badger), Red fronted (Thompson's) gazelle, Red lechwe, Reedbuck, Sable antelope, Scenery, Scrub hare, Serval cat, Side striped jackal, Slender mongoose, Snakes, Snow Leopard, South African ground squirrel, South African Porcupine, Southern oryx (gemsbok), Spotted hyaena, Spring hare, Striped Hyaena, Tsessebe, Topi, Vervet monkey, Waterbuck, White-Bearded Gnu, White Rhinocerus, White tailed gnu (Black wildebeest), Wild cat, Wild dog.
And what about African birds? Can you find these in our galleries?
African Darter African Fish-Eagle African Grey Hornbill African Hoopoe African Jacana African Marsh-Harrier African Paradise-Flycatcher, African Pied Wagtail, African Spoonbill, Arrow-marked Babbler, Augur Buzzard, Baglafecht Weaver, Banded Snake-Eagle, Bateleur, Bearded Woodpecker, Bennett's Woodpecker, Black Coucal, Black Kite, Black-bellied Bustard, Black-chested Snake-Eagle, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Black-headed Heron, Black-shouldered Kite, Blacksmith Lapwing, Black-winged Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, Bronze-winged Courser, Brown Snake-Eagle, Brown-necked Parrot, Brubru, Cape Teal, Capped Wheatear, Cattle Egret, Comb Duck, Common Fiscal, Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Common Starling, Common Waxbill, Coqui Francolin, Crowned Lapwing, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, D'Arnaud's Barbet, Dickinson's Kestrel, Dideric Cuckoo, Double-banded Courser, Eastern Chanting-Goshawk, Egyptian Goose, European Roller, Fischer's Lovebird, Fork-tailed Drongo, Glossy Ibis, Goliath Heron, Great Egret, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Greater Flamingo, Greater Kestrel, Green Woodhoopoe, Grey Crowned-Crane, Grey Heron, Grey Woodpecker, Grey-backed Fiscal, Grey-breasted Spurfowl, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Grey-headed Sparrow, Grosbeak Weaver, Hadada Ibis, Hamerkop, Hartlaub's Turaco, Helmeted Guineafowl, Hildebrandt's Starling, Hooded Vulture, Hottentot Teal, Intermediate Egret, Kittlitz's Plover, Kori Bustard, Lappet-faced Vulture, Lesser Flamingo, Lesser Masked Weaver, Lilac-breasted Roller, Little Bee-eater, Little Egret, Long-tailed Fiscal, Madagascar Pond-Heron, Magpie Shrike, Marabou Stork, Masked Booby, Natal Francolin, Northern Anteater-Chat, Nubian Woodpecker, Ostrich, Pallid Harrier, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Pied Cuckoo, Pied Kingfisher, Purple Heron, Pygmy Falcon, Rattling Cisticola, Red Bishop, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Red-backed Shrike, Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, Red-billed Duck, Red-billed Firefinch, Red-billed Francolin, Red-billed Hornbill, Red-billed Oxpecker, Red-billed Quelea, Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, Red-chested Sunbird, Red-necked Spurfowl, Rosy-throated Longclaw, Rueppell's Glossy-Starling, Rueppell's Griffon, Ruff, Rufous-naped Lark, Rufous-tailed Weaver, Sacred Ibis, Saddle-billed Stork, Secretarybird, Senegal Lapwing, Silverbird, Slaty Egret, Small Buttonquail, Somali Ostrich, Southern Black-Flycatcher, Southern Ground-Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Speckled Mousebird, Speckled Pigeon, Spotted Thick-knee, Spur-winged Goose, Spur-winged Lapwing, Squacco Heron, Steppe Eagle, Superb Starling, Tawny Eagle, Temminck's Courser, Temminck's Stint, Three-banded Plover, Tropical Boubou, Violet-breasted Sunbird, Von der Decken's Hornbill, Vulturine Guineafowl, Water Thick-knee, Wattled Lapwing, Wattled Starling, Whiskered Tern, White Stork, White-backed Vulture, White-bellied Bustard, White-browed Coucal, White-faced Whistling-Duck, White-headed Buffalo-Weaver, White-headed Vulture, White-rumped Shrike, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow Bishop, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Yellow-billed Stork, Yellow-fronted Canary, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse.