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This Week At Angama #162 12 March 2021 Don’t underestimate the healing properties of nature. What often begins as a bucket list vacation may help bridge the gap between us and the natural world By Adam Bannister

A giraffe reaches for the tall branches of a tree in the early morning light

This Week At Angama #161 5 March 2021 There is something sweet and rewarding about using photography as a tool to help tell a story that can raise awareness and bring about change. Adam discusses his drive and why he keeps pressing the shutter By Adam Bannister

A large journey of giraffe gather at the Angama airfield

This Week At Angama # 158 12 February 2021 An incredibly rare sighting this week, plus Adam shares with us the small joys that listening to the Mara can bring By Adam Bannister

Adam's sighting of the week, a male southern ground hornbill catches a feast

This Week At Angama #157 5 February 2021 As the weather begins to warm up, the Mara continues to enthral in new ways. Adam Bannister writes how with no two days ever being the same there is always the possibility that today could be the day for that special shot By Adam Bannister

The tall green grasses of the Mara are what makes photography in this beautiful reserve so unique

Shootingin a Sea of Grass 2 February 2021 While the tall summer grasses can be a foe for photographers, consider making them your friend, writes Angama's in-house photographer, Adam Bannister. By Adam Bannister

This Week At Angama #156 29 January 2021 Week in and week out we aim, through this blog, to showcase the diversity of life found within the Maasai Mara ecosystem. Be it big or small, gripping or touching, it is our intention to share it all… By Adam Bannister

One of the seven cubs in the Salt Lick Pride looks out on the mothers moving through the long grass

This Week At Angama #154 15 January 2021 Having been away from the Maasai Mara for the past month, Adam writes about how wonderful it is to be back in the fresh air. The cliché, he believes, is so true: absence truly does make the heart grow fonder By Adam Bannister

A family of elephants enthrals Angama guide and guests

A Year of Wildlife Highs 29 December 2020 Each year the Angama guiding team shares their most memorable wildlife sightings. While 2020 may not have delivered the usual number of guests, one thing has remained consistent in the Mara Triangle: nature continues to thrill us with her bounty By The Guides of Angama

A spectacular golden sunrise in the Mara Triangle

This Week At Angama #151 25 December 2020 Merry Christmas from the Angama Team. Considering this week’s TWAA falls on Christmas Day, Tyler Davis got behind the lens and thought he’d have a little fun with it By Tyler Davis

A family of elephant make their way towards the Mara River

This Week At Angama #150 18 December 2020 In a year that has been unpredictable in so many ways, this week Mwikali Ndambo recounts how the steady rhythm of the Mara has been a dependable source of joy, peace and perspective By Mwikali Ndambo

The young cub of the Salt Lick Female rests up in the branches of a fig tree

This Week At Angama #149 10 December 2020 Every once in a while, a sighting comes along that is simply remarkable. A sighting which is near impossible to explain in words, let alone do justice to it in photographs. Adam came across a leopard sighting this week unlike any other By Adam Bannister

Co-hosts Adam Bannister, Mwikali Ndambo and Steve Mitchell announce the competition's 2020 winner, Paolo Torchio

Live-streaming The Spirit of The Mara 8 December 2020 For the first time, the Awards Ceremony of the Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year took place online, streaming the event to Mara aficionados across the world. By Mwikali Ndambo

An unusually bold serval kitten alongside the road

This Week At Angama #148 4 December 2020 This week Adam writes about the beautiful misty Mara mornings, a rivalry as old as time and the incredible sightings he witnessed. It is hard to believe that he took these images during only two short drives By Adam Bannister

A lioness casts her gaze over the plains of the Mara Triangle

This Week At Angama #147 27 November 2020 Late afternoon rain showers have turned the Maasai Mara a deep, verdant green. With the Great Migration behind us for this year, Adam writes about the sudden calmness in the air, and the feeling that change is on the way By Adam Bannister

The endless emerald grasslands of the Maasai Mara

This Week At Angama #146 20 November 2020 While Adam is out in the field with guests, Laura writes about how the rest of us are left daydreaming about the emerald grasslands of the Mara, wishing Covid away so that we can race back there to enjoy it ourselves By Laura Goldsworthy

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