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Adam Bannister

A South African-trained biologist, safari guide, author, filmmaker and photographer, Adam is, above all else, a gifted storyteller. After spending the past 10 years working in some of the world’s most beautiful wild places – the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa, Rajasthan in India, Brazil’s Pantanal, and the rainforests of Manu National Park in Peru – he is delighted to share his stories of one of the loveliest game reserves of them all, the Maasai Mara.
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This Week at Angama #225 27 May 2022 Back in the Mara after some time away, Adam reflects on the very definition of a safari By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #218 8 April 2022 With some of the newest cubs in the Mara reunited with a long-lost sibling, Adam can’t help but wonder if he’s witnessing the rise of a new pride in the Triangle By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #217 1 April 2022 This week, the Photographic Studio doubled — and the team spent some time at Angama Safari Camp testing new gear and sharing stories By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #216 25 March 2022 We have been blessed with leopards this week, as the Mara starts to change from green to golden and bringing some unusual visitors with it By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #215 18 March 2022 The menu on offer in the Mara this week ranged from elephant to scrub hare, and Adam found out there is no shortage of mouths to feed By Adam Bannister
Goodbye to the Queen of the Triangle 15 March 2022 At one time the leader of a pride 14-strong, her reign has sadly come to an end. Adam pens a tribute to the indomitable Mama Kali By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #214 11 March 2022 A great mystery of the Mara’s seasons is that the most beautiful time for this landscape, particularly for photographers, is often its quietest By Adam Bannister
This Week At Angama #210 11 February 2022 Despite years of photographing and living in the Mara, Adam Bannister is still finding fresh perspectives to admire it from By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #209 4 February 2022 After last week’s failed attempt to focus on something other than lions, Adam gives it another go – and is mostly successful By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #208 28 January 2022 Giving himself a stern talking to, Adam was determined not to focus on lions this week. The Mara, of course, had other plans... By Adam Bannister
Meru Magic 25 January 2022 Hitting the road for a family holiday, there was one destination Adam was particularly excited to visit: Meru National Park By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #204 31 December 2021 In our last instalment of 2021, Adam documents the highly-charged lion dynamics unfolding in the Mara, setting the scene for a dramatic New Year By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #203 24 December 2021 An exciting new face and a tragic loss punctuate the week that was. Adam chronicles the latest in the Mara's circle of life By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #199 26 November 2021 Nearing 200 entries in this weekly series, The Mara continues to surprise as the mega-herds of the Great Migration have bizarrely headed back into Kenya By Adam Bannister
This Week at Angama #197 12 November 2021 Only the last herds of the Migration remain but there is heaps of other activity to follow — from Sausage Tree Pride antics to a showdown between the Mara's scavengers By Adam Bannister
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