Animal lovers all over the world flock to Africa, in particular East Africa, to watch wild life. Nowhere else can you find such a high concentration of animals so clearly visible to the tourists. Tropical rainforests are supposed to be the ecosystems that have the highest biodiversity, but the dense vegetation makes animals living in them hardly visible to anybody.

Throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, many hunters and travellers from Europe and America were attracted to Africa by its breathtaking ... (more)