Born Quote by Michaela Strachan

I did go on safari in Kenya when I was 17, with my mother, stepfather and little brother, and I kept a careful journal…

— Jennifer Egan

I first worked on sports photography, and it was until 2002, when I was already 32 years old, that I really started working and…

— Laurent Baheux

Since I was a kid, I inherited my dad's love for animals and wildlife, even for the ones we had around the house in…

— Laurent Baheux

I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of…

— Wilbur Smith

I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the…

— Emanuel Cleaver

In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really…

— Joanna Lumley

My childhood best friend moved to Kenya when we were still young, and since I missed her so much, I always hoped to visit…

— Leila Lopes

I got to Africa. I got the opportunity to go and learn, not about any animal, but chimpanzees. I was living in my dream…

— Jane Goodall

I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. It was like a much-needed antidote to my life in the city, which I…

— Laurent Baheux

I didn't do very well when I was at school, so my dad gave me the opportunity to travel in Africa. I drove from…

— Sean Pertwee

I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and write books…

— Jane Goodall

As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out at night, observed how…

— Ishmael Beah