In pictures: Savannah

To survive in East Africa, creatures must be able to deal with unpredictable twists and turns – wet turning to dry, famine to feast, cold to hot – no matter how hostile it becomes.

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  Mount Stanley

  Although in the tropics, below Mt Stanley's snow-capped peaks is Africa’s largest glacier.

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  Straw-coloured fruit bats

  Eight million fruit bats fill the sky above a tiny patch of forest in Kasanka, Zambia.

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  Drongo

  Birds like this drongo, dodge the fires' flames to catch fleeing insects.

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  Shoebills

  Although shoebills are over 4ft tall, these animals still proved very difficult to find.

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  Up closer

  The Africa team sometimes left their vehicles to film animals in a more immersive style.

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  Young lion

  An inquisitive lion takes a closer look at one of the Africa team's latest remote cameras.