Lowis & Leakey is a dynamic African safari company founded by Ninian Lowis and his wife Lara Leakey.
We are based in Kenya, where Lara and Ninian’s families have been involved in exploration and safaris since the late 19th century.
Last but not least we spent two nights at Namiri Plains Camp in the Eastern Serengeti. 10 photos don’t even begin to capture the volume and variety of wildlife we encountered. It felt like we had the whole of the eastern Serengeti to ourselves 📷
Marching on - our second safari guided by Ninian and Kip started with 8 nights in the very spoiling Singita Serengeti Private house. With only 4 bedrooms it’s very much a home away from home in a spectacular setting. Great wildlife. 📷
Next stop the mighty Virungas in Rwanda where our group had fabulous luck with the gorillas 🦍 📷
March was a magical month with safaris in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. is home and catching up on editing photos.
Part one of the first safari was spent camping in our private camp on the banks of the Mara River. We saw so much.
The last stop of the safari was a few nights at the lovely . Borana Conservancy was looking stunning. 📷 Ninian Lowis
Part two was three nights on Loisaba where we had the privilege of seeing a few of the black rhinos who have recently been reintroduced onto the conservancy. We have loved watching this conservancy go from strength to strength over the years.
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Part one of our last safari was spent camping in the Mara on the banks of the river. Magical as always. 📷
Future big cat 📷
Such fantastical looking birds - they would fit perfectly in Lewis Carrolls array of peculiar at creatures. 📷
A spine tingling encounter. 📷 ’ Camp Collectionn
Golden hour on the Mara River
A dik-dik couple feasting on herbs and wildflowers that appeared after the rain in the southern Serengeti. 📷
One of my very favourite photos of Kisaru and her cubs in 2020 📷
We woke early at Serra Cafema (one of our favourite camps in Namibia ) and started moving before sunrise, walking through the cold Atlantic mist, following paths that led to one of the craggy summits above the Kunene river. I guess we had been hiking for an hour or so, sweating despite the chill, as we laboured up the steep sandy slopes, when suddenly the mist lifted to reveal the madly beautiful river valley below. We could look into Angola where the landscape glowed in the dawn light. The was no one else around. We heard a lark calling nearby, but otherwise it was silent. 📷
Giraffe are the best spotters in town! This one noticed the lioness slinking through the long grass before the zebras. 🦒🦓🦁 📷
Watching you watching me. 📷
Magical sunrise at Borana’s Gabion Dam beautifully captured by our guests .
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Located on Borana Conservancy at the foot of Mt Kenya, Laragai House is an 8 bedroom private house taken on an exclusive basis and guarantees pure luxury in the bush.
A rare photo of the two of us 📷
Rounding off the end of a phenomenal safari season! Thank you to everyone who joined us on safari and to everyone who supported us and helped make it possible - beyond grateful.
Magical morning light in the Mara. 📸
The wild flowers this rainy season have been magical - I love this photo of a cheetah mama and her cub surrounded by flashes of purple blossom. 📷
Focused and ready to spring into action, I wouldn’t want to on the receiving end of that laser stare, the anticipation is palpable! 📷 in in the Serengeti in mid-May,
Lion and wildflowers | Ninian has just ended a safari in the southern Serengeti, the grasslands were jammed with brightly coloured wildflowers.
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ery pretty light on a cheetah family yesterday evening. They moved across the pains as we watched, settling from time to time to rest and scan. Oryx and Grants snorted at them, pronked towards them and away from them. Behind us a huge storm built on the mountain.
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What a spectacular way to see the Mara in all her glory- floating gently along we saw elephants, rhino, hippos, a myriad of bird life and got a sense of the vastness of the Mara ecosystem.
Complicated lion dramas, swipe through quickly. We spent an hour with these lions in the in beautiful morning light. They had all been happily feeding on zebra the day before but this male was aggressively charging after a young female for reasons that we couldn’t determine. Very thrilling to have a big male lion charge between our two cars ( the only ones there). The roaring was spectacular. 📷
We spent a lot of time with this beautiful boy recently. He is making big territorial moves on another leopards area and lady leopards. 📷
Wind | Lion | Serengeti 📷 Ninian Lowis
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How lucky are we! Always such a treat to stay at Enasoit with our guests and watch scenes like this from camp. 📷 @ninianlowis #lowisandleakey #thissafarilife @enasoit
Gratitude to this amazing planet of ours ~ World Earth Day 2024 🌍. @ninianlowis #lowisandleakey #thissafarilife @laraleak
What else is there to do when you have a captive audience but show off 💚#babies #gorilla #lowisandleakey 📷 @ninianlowis @lowisandleakey @wearewilderness #sabyinyosilverbacklodge
This mornings dawn melody -
I am still lost for words and cannot eloquently describe how special it was to see my first pangolin. I still get goosebumps. We must do our utmost to protect vulnerable species and the spaces they need to survive. @ninianlowis I’m sorry I saw this without you 🖤 @singita_ #sasakwa @lowisandleakey #worldpangolinday2024
Stormy evening with elephants 📷 @ninianlowis #lowisandleakey
We knew that the lionesses had hidden their cubs in a thicket at the base of the Kopjes and we left camp in the dark to position ourselves for the lionesses return from a night of hunting. The cubs were tiny, less than two weeks old, still blind, but they certainly knew about mum and milk. Even at that age they wrestled over access to nipples. Ah but they were so content once they had latched on. Very lucky to catch a glimpse through a little window in the bush. @lowisandleakey @serengeti_national_park @tanzaniaparks #lion #lioncubs #cubs
For world #zebra day. On a glorious morning in the @maratriangle stallions stand transfixed by #lions @lowisandleakey #bluesky #greengrass
Gently exploring the waterways of the Okavango by Mekoro @ninianlowis @lowisandleakey #lowisandleakey
Space to explore #shipwrecklodge @ninianlowis @naturalselectiontravel @jbd_africa
Tippy toe stretch…📷 @ninianlowis @lowisandleakey @maratriangle #lowisandleakey #maratriangle
Ninian and our guests bumped into this magnificent boy in the Barafu valley in the Eastern Serengeti, this area has always been one of the finest territories that you can hold if you are a lion and the lions that rule this land are usually beautiful and in their prime.@lowisandleakey @asiliaafrica #namiriplains #barafuboy #lion #serengeti #lowisandleakey #Tanzania 📷 @ninianlowis
A little dose of baby rhino happiness for you today! #lowisandleakey #thissafarilife #lewawildlifeconservancy #Kenya #babyanimal #zoomies 📷 @ninianlowis @lowisandleakey
Charming big bull elephant in the Okavango Delta. We sat quietly with him for quite some time as the sun slowly dropped in the west. The light was beautiful. He sloooshed and sloshed a lot as he pulled up lilies with his trunk from the whiskey coloured water. A serious dose of tranquility. @lowisandleakey @wearewilderness #littlevumbura #friendlybull #thissafarilife #lowisandleakey #guidedbyninian #okavangodelta #elephant
Can it get any better than ending the day watching elephants beneath the pinkest of sunset skies listening to a symphony of frogs and crickets. The sunset was accentuated by smoke from grass fires back in early July last year. #sunsetskies #elephantencounters #safari #africansunset #thissafarilife #guidedbyninian #lowisandleakey 📷 @ninianlowis
Skillful nest building - Vitelline Weaver #nest #birdsofkenya #lowisandleakey #thissafarilife #craftsmanship @lowisandleakey
Huge excitement with the start of the rains #thissafarilife #lowisandleakey #kenya #rain 📷 @ninianlowis @lowisandleakey @maratriangle
Ninian and out guests spent a wonderful morning with this male leopard in the @maratriangle a few days ago 📷 @ninianlowis @lowisandleakey #alone #leopard #mara #magicalkenya #kenya #thissafarilife #guidedbyninian
On the past few safaris we have been very lucky to spend time hanging out with the pride that live next door to us at Kishanga. Most of the time we have had them completely to our selves. We can often hear them roaring not far from camp. 📷 @ninianlowis #lion @lowisandleakey @maratriangle #thissafarilife #lowisandleakey #kenya #guidedbyninian
Lovely Ellie’s in the forest near camp. #lowisandleakey #thissafarilife #kenya #guidedbyninian 📷 @ninianlowis @lowisandleakey @maratriangle
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