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A passionate photographer and videographer, Robert started his career working with Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Amboseli National Park, close to where he was born and raised. He honed his skills photographing the famous big Tuskers and travelling with guests through Kenya’s National Parks, documenting their safaris. A kid at heart, some say he never stops smiling.

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Above: Two of the Big Five in one sitting

This Week at Angama #296 6 October 2023 With some lucky guests, Robert captures all of the Big Five and good things come in pairs this week: the Angama cubs, Bila Shaka boys and the cheetah brothers By Robert Sayialel

This Week at Angama #295 29 September 2023 And then there was one... as we grapple with a devastating loss, others in the Mara are enjoying the mud baths and fresh grass the rains bring By Robert Sayialel

Above: Still here, the Great Migration delivers the drama

This Week at Angama #294 22 September 2023 It's never easy for the cubs of the Mara — as two venture out on their own for the first time, others are still fighting for survival. Plus, a river crossing ends very badly By Robert Sayialel

This Week at Angama #293 15 September 2023 In a week of firsts, the Migration changes course, an emboldened monitor lizard steals from lions and a martial eagle is caught drowning its prey By Robert Sayialel

Above: Samburu warriors in all their glory

A Maasai Jamboree 1 September 2023 For the first time in generations, 18 Maasai communities came together to celebrate their culture in the most colourful of ways By Robert Sayialel

This Week at Angama #290 25 August 2023 Never forget a safari's ability to surprise and delight — a hunt goes hilariously wrong and we meet two cubs for the first time in a rare sighting By Robert Sayialel

This Week at Angama #289 18 August 2023 It was a week filled with graphic Great Migration river crossings, plus new signs of life from the Angama Pride lioness By Robert Sayialel

This Week at Angama #284 14 July 2023 The first herds of the Great Migration have arrived and everyone's been waiting for them, especially the predators By Robert Sayialel

This Week at Angama #283 7 July 2023 The unknown descendants of a legend arrive to make their mark, while the Nyati boys continue on their quest for Mara-domination By Robert Sayialel

Above: Ruka (meaning 'to jump') is on the hunt

This Week at Angama #278 2 June 2023 As the Mara’s predators have been eagerly awaiting the migration herds, the recent baby boom has everybody on the hop — especially the babies By Robert Sayialel

Above: The Angama Lioness does some animal watching

This Week at Angama #277 26 May 2023 While Risasi's cubs are slowly learning to hunt, their uncles prove they have it down to a fine art and Robert meets the new leopard king who's toppling Shujaa's throne By Robert Sayialel

Above: This doesn't look like a good idea

This Week at Angama #272 21 April 2023 The bullet is back and already barrelling after prey, the Nyati Six (now Five) get their mugshots taken and we meet two of the newest additions to the Triangle By Robert Sayialel

Above: Nadallah is back and as dramatic as ever

This Week at Angama #271 14 April 2023 The bush princess returns after what we presume was a month of galavanting around the Mara, the Angama lioness plays the boys against each other and a baboon nabs itself a meal By Robert Sayialel

Above: Nadallah has her eyes on a slithery prize

This Week at Angama #266 10 March 2023 When finding food dictates most of your life, you can't afford to be picky — or weak-stomached. Plus, the Angama Pride lioness finally gives in By Robert Sayialel

Above: Much to our delight, life-giving rains have fallen in the Mara

This Week at Angama #265 3 March 2023 Storms both literal and figurative are brewing in the Mara Triangle as a serial cub-killer is on the loose By Robert Sayialel

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