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...
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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...
Leopard plays with her young cub
Leopard plays with her young cub. Early one morning we found a Leopard and her cub in a tree in Mala Mala, South Africa. First the mother came down from the tree and she looked up to see what her cub was doing. In an instant, the cub leapt down from the tree and began...
A Leopard and her young cub play in a tree – South Africa 2023
A Leopard and her young cub play in a tree. Early in the morning in Mala Mala, South Africa, the mist had just lifted when we saw a female Leopard in a tree. Then to our surprise we spotted her 8 month old cub approaching the tree. The cub effortlessly climbed the...
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....
Cheetah with four, four month old cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Cheetah with four, four month old cubs. 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. This was the first litter for this young cheetah. She had had...
Fabulous Male Leopard relaxes – South Africa 2023
Fabulous Male Leopard relaxes. We came across this wonderful male leopard in Mala Mala, South Africa. It had an Impala kill in a nearby tree and had obviously had a substantial meal. Now it was time to sleep it off.
Roaring lioness – Maasai Mara 2024
Roaring lioness. In the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya, we found a pride of lions shortly after some heavy rain. 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...
Magnificent male lion in the rain – Maasai Mara 2024
Magnificent male lion in the rain. It had been raining hard in Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. In the late evening we came across this male lion sitting in the open and looking rather miserable as the rain tumbled down. A head shake removed a lot of the...
Lioness with three very young cubs – South Africa 2023
Lioness with three very young cubs. Early one morning in In Mala Mala, South Africa, this lioness had four very young cubs about 5-6 weeks old. But on this occasion we found her with just three. The whereabouts of the fourth cub was unclear but most likely it had been...
Three very young lion cubs have fun with mum – South Africa 2023
Three very young lion cubs have fun with mum. In Mala Mala, South Africa, this lioness had four very young cubs about 5-6 weeks old. But on this occasion we found her with just three. The whereabouts of the fourth cub was unclear but most likely it had been left at...
Lioness and her three cubs – South Africa 2023
Lioness and her three cubs. In Mala Mala, South Africa, this lioness had four very young cubs about 5-6 weeks old. But on this occasion we found her with just three. The whereabouts of the fourth cub was unclear but most likely it had been left at the den. A very...
A charming encounter with a Lioness and her tiny cub – South Africa 2023
A charming encounter with a Lioness and her tiny cub. As we watched this pride of lions in Mala Mala, South Africa, we noticed that a lioness was accompanied by a tiny cub. This lioness had four very young cubs about 5-6 weeks old. But on this occasion we found her...
With a pride of iconic lions – South Africa 2023
With a pride of lions. As we watched this pride of lions in Mala Mala, South Africa, we noticed that one of the older cubs was accompanied by a tiny cub. It was amazing to see the tiny cub cause the older one to leap away as the tiny cub reacted to its presence. Then...
Feeding time for four tiny lion cubs – Botswana 2023
Feeding time for four tiny lion cubs. In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, we had been following this lioness and her four tiny cubs for quite some time. The cubs had been very active playing with each other, playing with mum’s tail and generally fooling around. The lioness...
Lioness with her four tiny cubs – Botswana 2023
Lioness with her four tiny cubs. We had spent quite a bit of time with a lioness and her four young cubs in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Early one morning we found her and the cubs near an almost dried up river bed. As the day began to warm up the cubs became very...
Four tiny lion cubs have fun – Botswana 2023
Four tiny lion cubs have fun. We had spent quite a bit of time with a lioness and her four young cubs in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Early one morning we found her and the cubs near an almost dried up river bed. The cubs were just a short distance from mum who was...
Lion cubs play with mum’s tail – Botswana 2023
Lion cubs play with mum's tail. We had spent quite a bit of time with this lioness and her four young cubs in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Early one morning we found her and the cubs near an almost dried up river bed. As the day began to warm up the cubs became very...
A Leopard Calls for her cubs – Maasai Mara 2023
A Leopard Calls for her cubs. We had been following this Leopard for some time in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. We knew she had two cubs and we were very keen to see her with the cubs. We were very excited when she started to call for the cubs. We waited but unfortunately the...
Lion cub plays with juvenile Lion – Maasai Mara 2023
Lion cub plays with juvenile Lion. It was lovely to watch a Lion cub playing with a juvenile Lion in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Whilst there was a lot of growling, the play seemed gentle. The rest of the pride was relaxing and rather indifferent to the play going on. A very...