Cheetah family play in a tree. We got to know this cheetah and her six month old cubs well as we followed them around for several days in the Naboisho Conservancy close to Kicheche Valley Camp, Maasai Mara, Kenya. This afternoon we found them playing on and around a...
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Hyena den with hyenas and their very young cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Hyena den with hyenas and their very young cubs. Close to Kicheche Valley Camp, Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara we stumbled upon this hyena den hidden in thick bushes. As we watched, very young hyena cubs came out to play. Such fun watching them frolicking...
Magnificent mating lions – Maasai Mara 2024
Magnificent mating lions. Close to Kicheche Valley Camp, Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara we found these two lions mating. The snarling, growling and roaring associated with this act is very impressive. The male was a particularly fine specimen. Watching...
Very young hyena pups at the den – Maasai Mara 2024
Very young hyena pups at the den. Close to Kicheche Valley Camp, Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara we stumbled upon this hyena den hidden in thick bushes. As we watched, very young hyena pups came out to play. Such fun watching them frolicking around and...
Vultures take over an Impala carcass from cheetahs – Maasai Mara 2024
Vultures take over an Impala carcass from cheetahs. As the cheetah family were about to finish feasting on an Impala carcass, more than ninety African White-backed Vultures had gathered nearby. Our time with this cheetah family in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai...
Cheetahs on an Impala kill are joined by lots of vultures – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetahs on an Impala kill are joined by lots of vultures. In the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya, we had watched as this cheetah had taken down an Impala and then fetched her four, six month old cubs to enjoy their first substantial meal in several days....
Cheetah family on an Impala kill – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah family on an Impala kill. We had just seen this cheetah take down an impala in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. After recovering from the chase she left the carcass and went to find her four, six month old cubs. We had been following this family...
Cheetah takes down an Impala – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah takes down an Impala. This cheetah had four six month old cubs in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. We had been with them for a few days as she searched for possible foods o we knew she had not hunted successfully and that she and her cubs were...
Cheetah and her young cubs in the pouring rain – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah and her young cubs in the pouring rain. A remarkable feature of our one month visit to the Maasai Mara, Kenya in January and February 2024 was the astonishing amount of rain we had given this is meant to be the hot and dry season. At times we got very wet...
Lionesses on a giraffe kill – Maasai Mara 2024
Lionesses on a giraffe kill. We arrived at this rather gruesome scene just a few minutes after these lionesses had taken down a pregnant giraffe. The poor giraffe’s legs were still kicking as the lions ate. Not a pleasant sight - nature red in tooth and claw! It was...
Very playful Cheetah cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Very playful Cheetah cubs. We had been following this cheetah family for several hours in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. Whilst these four, six month old cheetah cubs had had nothing to eat for a few days they still had energy to play for seemingly...
Cheetah cubs love to play – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah cubs love to play. After a very chilly early morning in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya it had warmed up nicely by mid morning. Early on this cheetah family had been huddling together to keep warm. Now they were warmer, the six month old cubs...
Cheetah family huddle together – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah family huddle together. It was a very chilly and rather damp morning in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya when we found this cheetah family huddling together to keep warm and dry. The mother had successfully raised four cubs to the good age of six...
Cheetah and her cubs search for prey – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah and her cubs search for prey. In the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya this cheetah and her four six month old cubs had not eaten for a few days. We tracked them as they searched for suitable prey. Not long after this sequence was shot, the mother set...
Cheetah and her six month old cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah and her six month old cubs. We had heard that a cheetah and her four six month old cubs had recently made an appearance in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya so we made a determined effort to find her on our morning game drive. Not long after sunrise...
Lioness after the storm – Maasai Mara 2024
Lioness after the storm. In the late afternoon the rain had been torrential in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. We were beginning to dry out as was the wildlife. This lioness was enjoying the drier weather when we found her lying in the open. The other...
A Lioness roars – Maasai Mara 2024
A Lioness roars. It was a cool day in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya when we found a pride of lions. The pride was scattered over quite a large area and this lioness was lying on her own in the open. As we watched she started to roar making contact with...
Elephant herd with small calves – South Africa 2023
Elephant herd with small calves. This small herd of elephants traversed an opening in the undergrowth as they head for Sand River, Mala Mala, South Africa. It was a very hot day and they were clearly heading for some fresh water to drink and bathe. These gentle giants...
Leopard and her cub – South Africa 2023
Leopard and her cub. Early one morning we found a Leopard and her cub in a tree in Mala Mala, South Africa. They had come down from the tree and set off walking through the bush. A fabulously charming sight! What a privilege to witness such moments in the life of...
A pile of African Wild Dog puppies – South Africa 2023
A pile of African Wild Dog puppies. As we drove along the dried bed of Sand River, Mala Mala, South Africa we came across a pack of African Wild dogs. The adults were scattered around the river bed but the puppies were collected together on a raised part of the river...