Lion plays rough with a very young cub. Early one morning as the light was getting very nice we came across the Enkoyanai pride of Lions in Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. We found eight adults, one a female with a very small cub (not much over a...
At a Masked Weaver's nesting site. Driving along the lugga in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara we could hear the call of the Masked Weaver around a bend in the lugga. As we turned the corner, the nesting site came into view. Several nests were...
With a Serval Cat. The sun had just come up in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara and it was still quite chilly. What was that movement in the long grass? Wow - a Serval Cat. After looking around, a quick head shake and a bit of grooming, it set off through...
Playful Lion cubs. We spent an enjoyable evening watching part of the enormous breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Although this pride has more than 40 members we were only seeing a subset of the pride. Here in The Naboisho Conservancy we found a few...
Playful Lion cubs pester a big pride male. The agenda for this afternoon’s game drive was - Lions! We would try to find the enormous breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride which is more than 40+ strong (two males Bully and Limpy, about 19 females and about 23 cubs of various...
A Leopard and her cub are reunited. The previous evening we had spent some time with a leopard and her cub as they rested in a tree in the Mara North Conservancy, Maasai Mara. They had both come down from the tree as the light was fading and headed off to hunt. Early...
Zebra herd at sunset. It had been a hot, dry and very dusty day in Amboseli, Kenya. Our evening game drive was coming to an end and we were heading back to camp. The wind had picked up. In the distance we could see a large dust cloud and as we got closer it was...
Magnificent male leopard arrives for a drink. The waterhole at Lentorre in Kenya’s Southern Rift Valley is a good place to watch creatures of the night come to drink. We had several very nice encounters but one of the highlights was when a male leopard came for a...
Male Leopard cub on a Thompson's Gazelle kill in a tree. We could hear the Vervet Monkeys alarm calling quite some distance away. This usually signals the presence of their arch enemy - the Leopard. We soon discovered what the commotion was all about. High up in a...
A new life begins as a wildebeest gives birth. An amazing event to witness. We spotted this female Wildebeest giving birth one morning in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara. The calf was born and shook itself several times spraying amniotic fluid around. Within a...
A super tusker elephant called One Ton. On the Mbirikani ranch in the Chyulu Hills of Kenya one can find some of the super tusker elephants. On our visit there we spent quite some time with a super tusker elephant called One Ton. He would emerge from the undergrowth...
Lions chase and take down a zebra. We had been following the Enkoyanai pride of lions for some time in the early morning light of the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara. They were clearly on the lookout for potential prey. First they spotted a giraffe and then a...
Lioness and hyenas fight over an impala carcass. We had witnessed a female Cheetah take down a male Impala. This made a magnificent meal for her and her almost mature male cub. We watched as they had their fill and then wandered off to rest. Within a matter of seconds...
Leopard and her cub in a tree. In the Mara North Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we had been watching a leopard and her cub deep in the undergrowth. They were very hard to see. As the heat of the day built we decided to leave them and return in the evening. This...
Craig - A super tusker elephant from Amboseli. Let me introduce you to Craig! Craig is a super tusker elephant and was born in 1972 in the Amboseli ecosystem, so was 52 years old when we saw him. He is alleged to have the largest tusks of any living Elephant and is...
Genets visit a waterhole at night. Small-spotted Genets were frequent visitors to the waterhole at Lentorre in Kenya’s Southern Rift Valley. They would emerge in an instant from the depth of night and drink as quickly as possible. They were always alert to the...
Warthogs enjoy a waterhole. Warthogs always enjoy a wallow and those around Kavinga Safari Lodge, Mana Pools were no exception. Each day family groups would go down to the waterhole from their arid habitat and enjoy a long drink and a wallow in the cooling waters....
Monitor Lizard on the bank of the Mara River. We were surrounded by thousands of Wildebeest as they milled around trying to build up enough courage to begin the hazardous crossing of the Mara River in the northern Serengeti. As we waited a Monitor Lizard emerged from...
Elephant herd crosses the Mara River. Further downstream in the Mara River, tens of thousands of Wildebeest were crossing the river in scenes of chaos and panic. At this point on the river however, a herd of elephants was making a crossing sedately and enjoying a very...
Leopard with a Zebra foal kill in a tree. The day was drawing to a close and the storm clouds were gathering and the wind was picking up in Lamai in the northern Serengeti. The sky looked most impressive! It was time to think about returning to camp. But something in...