"Wildlife photography requires endurance and above all patience," says Clive Grylls, "because, lets face it, unlike people, you cannot invite animals to dinner."

Fortunately, the plains, bush and forests found in the major National Park's of southern and eastern Africa offer an unrivalled chance to get up close and personal with the continent's most exotic and often highly endangered species. The photographs in the two galleries in this section, landscape and portrait, were taken, among others, in Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa, Etosha National Park in Namibia, Chobe National Park in Botswana and the Serengeti National Park and Masai Mara National Reserve in Tanzania and Kenya respectively.