Cheetah and cubs walk through the acacia forest. We had been tracking this cheetah with her four, four month old cubs for several days in the hope we might see her hunt in Kenya’s Maasai Mara close to Kicheche Bush Camp in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy. She was...
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A cheetah family on a chilly morning – Maasai Mara 2024
A cheetah family on a chilly morning. It was a chilly morning when we found this cheetah family in Kenya’s Maasai Mara close to Kicheche Bush Camp in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy. The four, four month old cubs huddled together with their mother to warm up and do...
Cheetah and her four, four month old cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah and her four, four month old cubs. We had seen this cheetah and her four cubs in the Naboisho Conservancy whilst at Kicheche Valley Camp but they had left the area and gone to the Maasai Mara National Reserve and we thought we had seen the last of them. So it...
Cheetah takes a Grant’s Gazelle – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah takes a Grant's Gazelle. We spent several days following this cheetah and her four six month old cubs in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. The mother was an accomplished hunter and had done well to raise four cubs. In the pouring rain she had been...
Cheetah climbs a tree to look for prey – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah climbs a tree to look for prey. This cheetah had four six month old cubs in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. The previous day she had taken down an impala and the family had had a big feast. But keeping four six month old cubs fit and healthy...
Playful young cheetah cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Playful young cheetah cubs. This was great fun to watch. 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...
Cheetahs before the storm – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetahs before the storm. 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 indeed. This particular...
Cheetah family play in a tree – Maasai Mara 2024
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...
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...
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...
Cheetah nurses her four month old cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah nurses her four month old cubs. It was a warm evening in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya, as the cheetah family settled down and the hungry cubs could have a good feed. The mother had not hunted for a few days and was clearly very hungry herself...
Cheetah grooms her four month old cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah grooms her four month old cubs. After a chilly start in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya, this cheatah family had warmed up enough so her four, four month old cubs could enjoy some grooming. After a big yawn, the mother was able to groom herself....