Kenya 2020

Night falls in the Serengeti-Mara savanna. The deep calls of lions resonate through the plains while a hippo lazily moves in the water hole nearby. A thick insect chorus creates a constant background while distant Eagle and Scops owls can be heard occasionally.  Long version at https://youtu.be/STVEYauGOU4

Dusk in the Serengeti

It’s 6am in Tsavo NP at Kanderi swamp. A thin dawn chorus braves the dry season, soon joined by a male lion advertising his territory.

Kanderi Swamp - Dawn Chorus With Lion

It's 5am in Mara North Conservancy, just outside Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This is one of the few places in the world and even in East Africa where you can hear lions, hyenas, zebras, buffalo and other wild animals and cattle bells, dogs barking etc from the surrounding villages.  Long version at https://youtu.be/Bm_Gc4MXqfQ

Dawn In The Maasai Mara

This Verreaux's eagle owl advertised his territory from the exact tree that I set up my overnight sound recording rig in. Long version at https://youtu.be/hwYJmGwQ6Mk

Owl Calling In The Savanna

A rock hyrax calling from the edge of a gorge in the Masai Mara. More sounds at https://www.youtube.com/georgevlad

Rock Hyrax calling at Gorge

Award winning sound recordist, audio director and expedition leader - Dune: Part Two | Mufasa: The Lion King | Horizon Forbidden West | Wordscapes

Kenya 2020

George Vlad