Huge male Lion drags a zebra carcass chased by Jackals. This male lion (called Osupaat) had been with two females for several days and had been mating with both of them. We got news that he had killed a zebra so off we went to find him and his females. When we arrived...
Two very young leopard cubs at play. After the demise of her mother, Fig, her daughter, Figlet, has taken over as the queen of the Leopards in the Naboisho/Olare Motorogi Conservancies. We spent a lot of time looking for Figlet and her two almost five month old cubs....
Lion on an Eland carcass. Some lions of the River pride in the Mara North Conservancy, of Kenya’s Maasai Mara had taken down a male Eland. An adult male Eland is around 1.6 m tall at the shoulder and can weigh up to 900 kg. So to take down such prey is no easy task!...
Lion pride with a three week old cub. When we first found these lions of the breakaway Enkoyanai pride they were rather sleepy and relaxed. After a while a three week old cub got restless and began to interact withe sub adults and adults. Great fun to watch the antics...
Elephant herd. Dusk was approaching quickly when we encountered this herd of elephants in Kenya’s Olare Motorogi Conservancy. These gentle giants were making their way slowly across the plain munching on grass as they went. So nice to see such a range of ages of...
Lion pride get together after the heavy rain. The breakaway Enesikiria pride of lions had been sheltering from a very heavy downpour of rain in Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara. They emerged from the bushes and immediately began grooming themselves and each other and...
Lions in the rain. Finding Lions in the rain is always an enjoyable watch. These lions in Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara were no exception.The first sight of two lions looking very miserable is one I will remember. Other lions seemed more relaxed: one with a big...
Leopard and her cub explore. 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. They emerged and set off seemingly with a purpose. We followed them for a short while and...
Lions play with a very young cub. 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 stopped for rest but the younger lions could not resist playing with a one month old cub....
Lions fooling around. The Enkoyanai pride of Lions in Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara had been on the move for some time in rather a sedate manner. Then some of the lions decided to have some fun and started to fool around. The forward role that one...
Lioness and her 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 month of age). Most...
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...