Wildlife Photography Blog

Ol Seki was even more luxurious than Rekero. This is because it is a permanent camp and does not have to be taken down yearly. At Ol Seki you can go on long walks and you can go on night drives because you are outside the Mara National Reserve. Just like in Rekero, the food is great, the staff are great, the accomodations are very comfortable, and the wildlife is literally just outside your door at night. Sue, Matthew, and the awesome guides that ran Ol Seki Sue's son designed Ol Seki. It had wooden floors and a beautiful library

Here are a few photos of this wonderful camp at the Talek river. It is run by Gerard Beaton and his very competent (but funny-talking) manger Rob Stower. If you plan on a trip at the Mara we highly recommend it. The food is great, the staff are great, the accomodations are very comfortable, and the wildlife is literally just outside your door at night. This camp is taken down for 2 months every year, then reassembled for the next season. Rokero is right inside the Masai Mara National Reserve, so you are not allowed to go on walks or night

 Time to eat! When going up the Sekonyer river to Camp Leakey you pass several feeding stations where the semi-wild orangutans are fed twice daily. Once the large and dominant males like Doyak, who eat first, leave the feeding station the other orangutans, pigs, squirrels, and gibbons move in for their feast. They are not afraid of you and offer some great photographic opportunities. The guides start calling the orangutans as the rangers bring in the food This is Doyak showing who is the boss and taking his time while the others wait. Click on his photos to see more

Bears of Katmai National Park

After flying to Jakarta from Los Angeles through Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific we spent a night at the Sheraton Bandara in Jakarta. Its a nice and reasonably priced hotel (for a Sheraton) close to the airport. The next day we took a one hour jet flight (it was not a jet in 1991) to Pangalan Bun in Borneo. On my prior trip in 1991 I was warned that this final leg of our journey, from Jakarta to the airport at Pangalan Bun, can be quite unreliable. It will probably take off late, might not take off at all, or