Female Puma near Torres del Paine. High up on a windy plateaux in Chile’s Patagonia this female Puma was enjoying feasting on a Guanaco. What made this special was having the snowy mountains of Torres del Paine in the background. A spectacular setting. The Puma, also...
Puma on a Guanaco carcass in Chile’s Patagonia. We had been following this female Puma in on a plateaux in Chile’s Patagonia for quite some time and it was windy and cold. We had seen her try and fail to take a Guanaco. Suddenly she set off and ended up on an old and...
Jaguar calling her cub in the southern Pantanal. At a waterhole in the Caiman Ecological Reserve in the southern Pantanal we found this three year old jaguar swimming along the edge of the waterhole. She was clearly lactating and had a four month old cub, although the...
Puma on a snowy hillside in Patagonia. It was a cold day in Chile’s Patagonia with light snow being blown by a stiff breeze when we found this Puma on a hillside. After a grooming session, a stretch and yawn this lovely big cat set off walking amidst the Mata Negra or...
Jaguar along the river bank in the northern Pantanal. We found this female jaguar walking along the bank of the Cuiabá River in the northern Pantanal. She was obviously lactating and was known to have three cubs but their whereabouts was unknown. She was in hunting...
A Puma explores her territory in a snow-covered Patagonia. It was a cold and windy day and there was still plenty of snow on the ground in Chile’s Patagonia when we found this gorgeous female Puma. As she wandered around she sniffed at many grassy tussocks and bushes...
Jaguar plays with stick in a waterhole. We found a jaguar and one of her 18 month old male cubs in a tree next to a waterhole at Caiman Ecological Refuge. The whereabouts of her second male cub was not known. As we tried to get into a position to see the mother and...
Four tiny lion cubs join their mother on the sandy river bank. Lying on the sandy river bed was a lioness with two of her cubs in Mala Mala, South Africa. One of the cubs tried to suckle but was pushed away by a very large paw! We knew she had four cubs and we...
Leopard with her two cubs play on the river bank - gorgeous big cats! In the Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa we found this Leopard (the Piccadilly female) with her two, five month old cubs. They had had a traumatic time the evening before as they had experienced...
Four tiny lion cubs join their mother on the sandy river bank. Lying on the sandy river bed was a lioness with two of her cubs in Mala Mala, South Africa. One of the cubs tried to suckle but was pushed away by a very large paw! We knew she had four cubs and we...
Leopard and one of her cubs play on the river bank - lovely interaction. In the Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa we found this Leopard (the Piccadilly female) with her two, five month old cubs. One cub was resting nearby whilst the second cub could not resist...
Leopard and her very young cubs play in the long grass. The light was lovely in the Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa when we found this family of leopards in some long grass. This was the Piccadilly female and her two, five month old cubs. It was hilarious to see...
Black-maned lion of Tswalu, South Africa. We spent a considerable amount in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in South Africa looking for these lions. Some expert tracking by our guides finally delivered. This magnificent male was with two females in a rather impressive...
Sunset lions in Kenya's Maasai Mara. We had spent quite some time with the enormous breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride of Lions in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. They had been on the move constantly but as the day drew to a close and the sun was setting they had a rest. The light...
Four tiny Lion cubs try to keep up with the rest of the pride. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara We had spent quite some time with the enormous breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride of Lions. The pride had been on the move but now they were resting and four tiny cubs were taking full...
A pride of lions on the move across the Maasai Mar. We had spent quite some time with the enormous breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride of Lions in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. It had been a challenge keeping up with them as they moved effortlessly across the plain. We did manage to...
Leopard cub in a tree during a thunderstorm. It was late in the evening and the light was fading in Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya when we found this Leopard cub (Nadala). She was almost fully grown and would soon be leaving her mother (Sakuet). She was sitting in a...
Lion cubs join one of their pride’s females in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. We had headed off early in the morning in search of the breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride which had 40+ members. We first found a pile of five cubs in gorgeous light. Four of the cubs were five and a half...
Leopard on the rock. We had spent about one hour watching this leopard (Natito) as she wandered through uninspiring habitat in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. We had hoped she would hunt or do something of interest. Our guide said she liked a particular rocky outcrop to view...
A female Cheetah on an Impala kill. We had spent quite some time watching this six year old female Cheetah (Kulete) earlier in the day as she tried to hunt but on each occasion she was easily spotted. We decided to leave her and return later to establish if she had...