Very young Cheetah cubs playing with mum. As the sun was setting over the Kitirua Conservancy in Kenya’s Amboseli region, we came across this cheetah with her four, four month old cubs. They were hiding in bushes and difficult to see. We stayed with them hoping they...
Howling African Golden Wolf. Prior to 2015, the African Golden Wolf was known as the Golden jackal. But detailed genetic analysis showed that the Golden Jackal was more closely related to grey wolves than they are to Eurasian Golden Jackals. Hence the African Golden...
A very rare sighting: a melanistic (black) Serval cat hunting. We had three sightings of very rare melanistic (or black) Serval cats in Amboseli/Kitirua, Kenya. Two of them were very fleeting. On this occasion, this remarkable cat was visible for quite sometime as it...
Walking with Cheetahs. One of the most memorable wildlife encounters during our stay at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa was this one with a family of Cheetahs. The mother and three cubs had been habituated and would mostly ignore people on foot near them....
White Rhinos meet at the waterhole. As we waited in the dark at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa, a female White Rhino and her rather mature calf appeared on the scene. Both had been de-horned for their safety. From the gloom emerged a second White Rhino...
Zebras at the waterhole. Zebras are very striking animals and often overlooked on safari as the focus can be on the big predators or more rare species. Getting up close with these impressive animals in the hides of Zimanga, South Africa was a treat. The purpose of...
Cape Buffalo by moon light. It is a very tiring business waiting through the night in the hides at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa. But the wait is certainly worth it when huge Cape buffalo emerge from the darkness to drink. A very impressive sight given...
Buffalo spooks Rhino; Rhino spooks Buffalo. As we waited in the dark at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa, a female White Rhino and her rather mature calf appeared on the scene. Both had been de-horned for their safety. From the gloom emerged a second White...
Female Nyala at the waterhole. The night hides at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa also work well in daylight! Perhaps one of the most impressive antelopes to visit the waterhole was the Nyala. Here a small group of Nyala ewes and fawns appeared for a drink....
Male Nyala at the waterhole. The night hides at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa also work well in daylight! Perhaps one of the most impressive antelopes to visit the waterhole was the Nyala. Here a magnificent male came for a quick drink. These antelopes...
Cape Buffalo at night. The night hides at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa, offer unique opportunities to get dramatic shots of a wide range of animals as they come to drink at the waterhole. A frequent visitor when we were there were the Cape buffalo. These...
A crash of White Rhinos. We had got up very early to take a long drive to the forest in search of Black Rhino. Not far from the camp the track we were following was blocked by five subadult male White Rhinos. A Crash - the collective noun for a group of rhinos. So we...
White Rhinos at the river. As the sun was beginning to set in Lewa Conservancy, North Kenya, we spotted two male white rhinos heading down to the river to drink. We set off to meet them at the river. This required us to pick our way down some steep and rocky tracks so...
At the water hole. We visited this waterhole in the Lewa Conservancy, Kenya a number of times because many animals use this very important water source during the course of a day. It was possible to get into various positions for filming. One of these gave magical...
Lions on an elephant carcass. Laikipia Wilderness Camp is located in one of the most remote and truly wild areas of Laikipia, Kenya. As we drove around we thought we could hear faint growling. As we searched for the orin of the growls we found a group of five sub...
White Rhino on a hill side. It was late afternoon when we found this wonderful White Rhino up an the hillside above a beautiful valley in The Lewa Conservancy in North Kenya. To be up close and personal with this magnificent animal was very exciting. Our guide had...
Grevy’s Zebra fighting. On the plains of Lewa Conservancy, North Kenya we found this small herd of Grevy’s zebra. As we watched two stallions started to fight. A rather spectacular sight to see Grevy’s Zebra fighting. After a short scuffle all returned to calm and...
Black Rhino with her very young calf. On the open plains of Lewa Conservancy in North Kenya we came across this calm Black Rhino with her very young calf. The calf was about two months old and rather inquisitive. They were browsing as they wandered along. The evening...
Male Gerenuk - an unusual antelope! In a beautiful valley in the Lewa Conservancy we were lucky enough to encounter this most unusual antelope - the Gerenuk. This is one of the easiest antelope to identify with its long legs and very long, thin neck. It has been given...
White Rhino with her 2 month old calf. In Lewa Coservancy we were lucky to meet this White Rhino with her 2 month old calf twice. On one occasion it had just started to rain and this had caused the calf to become quite skittish and it was running around probably not...