Hotshots

Bongos Anthony Ochieng Onyango is a Kenyan conservation photographer, filmmaker, and wildlife ecologist, and a National Geographic Explorer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The Guardian, BBC Earth, and CNN. He is the founder of the TonyWild Foundation, using visual storytelling to advance conservation awareness across Africa. Three male mountain bongo antelope share pellets […] The post Hotshots appeared first on Nomad Africa Travel & Magazine.

Oct 13, 2026 - 23:08

Bongos

Anthony Ochieng Onyango is a Kenyan conservation photographer, filmmaker, and wildlife ecologist, and a National Geographic Explorer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The Guardian, BBC Earth, and CNN. He is the founder of the TonyWild Foundation, using visual storytelling to advance conservation awareness across Africa.

Three male mountain bongo antelope share pellets in a trough at Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy in April 2026. Critically endangered, with fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, the mountain bongo is the focus of an ongoing repatriation and breeding program aimed at restoring the species to its native forest habitat.

Regreening

Klein Nettoh is a Nairobi-based photographer, filmmaker and Resident Creator at The Safari Collection and its Footprint Trust. Self-taught and raised in Maralal, he documents wildlife, culture and conservation across Kenya, with a strong focus on the people and landscapes behind those stories.

At Westgate Community Conservancy in northern Kenya, women-led grass seed banks are helping bring degraded rangelands back to life, while supporting livestock and women’s livelihoods. Their work forms part of the Samburu regreening story told in The Land Smiles Back film, co-produced by The Safari Collection and Justdiggit.

Faulu

Imara Njeri is a Kenyan wildlife photographer, filmmaker, WildEarth TV presenter and guide, and conservation storyteller passionate about sharing Africa through an authentic local lens. Her work captures the connection between people, wildlife, and wild places, using photography and film to inspire curiosity, deepen appreciation for nature, and amplify African voices.

Faulu. Tiny, but mighty.

Faulu is one of the Maasai Mara’s well-known leopards, and she reminded me just how unpredictable nature can be. We watched her quietly approach a termite mound. Aardvarks often dig into termite mounds to feed, leaving behind burrows that are later used by many other animals as shelter. To our surprise, Faulu disappeared into one of those burrows and emerged carrying a bat-eared fox. She then took her catch to a nearby tree. Nature never follows a script, and that’s what makes every sighting unforgettable.