Jim & Lynne Edwards returned for their second trip with Tim, and this time were joined by John and Lugene Boyd.

This trip began in Uganda, with a visit to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in search of the elusive and very endangered Mountain Gorillas, followed by 10 days in Kenya, visiting Samburu, the Aberdares, Nakuru and the Masai Mara. Lynne in particular is an excellent photographer, and so this safari was designed to visit places with great wildlife and great light.

Jim & Lynne, John and Lugene watching gorillas feeding in the canopy of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, south west Uganda	Gorilla mother and her baby in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

The Silverback gorilla (male) in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.	The long trek into the forest - we walked a good 4 hours before we ever got a glimpse...	but there was plenty else to see on the way...

including this fungus growing near one of the game trails we used.	A young gorilla in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

The Silverback watching over his group.	A family of elephants in Samburu - North Kenya	A leopard hunting a Kirks dikdik in Samburu

Yellow billed hornbill taking flight from a "toothbrush" tree	Handsome male gerenuk in Samburu.

Rear view of the rare Grevy's zebra, only found in North East Africa.	One of Africa's most conspicuous birds, the lilac-breasted roller, in Samburu...	...and one of the most secretive, the black-faced sandgrouse.

A male Grevy's zebra in Samburu	Dwarf mongoose clan or pack resting in a termite mound in Samburu

This young Nile crocodile resting on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River in Samburu had lost its snout.	A red billed oxpecker is disturbed by its host, a Cape buffalo	An old Samburu lady carrying a child.

Samburu child of about 5 years old - this child has yet to eat solid food, and survives on a diet of predominantly cows milk.	Samburu woman wearing an impressive but not unusual number of necklaces.

Samburu warrior	Gerenuk making full use of its long neck and adapted hip joints to feed above the brouse-line in Samburu	Lioness in Samburu

Lesser flamingos courting in Lake Nakuru National Park

Lesser Flamingos resting in Lake Nakuru National Park	Secretary bird feeding a chick with a mouse - Lake Nakuru	A banded mongoose on the lookout in the Mara.

Male warthog resting - Masai Mara	Plains zebra - part of the great migration - in the Masai Mara

A white-backed vulture swooping in on a kill in the Masai Mara	A Nile crocodile erupts out of the Mara River, taking a vice-like grip on the hind leg of a drinking zebra	Two Masai giraffe cross the plains of the Masai Mara

A baby giraffe with her mother - Masai Mara	Lion cubs play in the warming morning sun...

...while the rest of the pride behaves with more dignity.	An extraordinary experience- a female cheetah swaps a termite mound for the front of the car to improve her view!	Baboons are omnivores, and occasionally feed antelope fawns - in this case a baby Thompson's gazelle

Cheetah also enjoy the glut of fawns at this time of year in the Mara - this is also a young Thompson's gazelle

This cheetah mother shades a 2 month old cub under her belly.	A male blue monkey feeding in the forest near Kichwa Tembo - Masai Mara	Male lion waiting for his brother in the Masai Mara

Wattled plover - Masai Mara	Crocodiles are cold-blooded. They increase their body temperature by sunbathing, and regulate it by opening their mouths when they get too hot, as this one was in the Mara.

A pod of hippos head for the Mara river, having been disturbed by our presence on the opposite bank	The ground hornbill is a terrestrial feeder, walking through the grass looking for anything from ants to a snakes	The daily scheduled flight arrives in the Mara, watched by a lioness.

Lilac-breasted roller in the Masai Mara	The End! Departing the Mara in a private charter Cessna 206