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...
Black Rhinos. Early one morning in the Lewa Conservancy in North Kenya we spotted these two male Black Rhinos with Mount Kenya in the background. The light was lovely as we watched these giants browsing on small bushes. They were very relaxed and paid no attention to...
Amorous Leopards. Amorous leopards or should it be just an amorous female Leopard? As the sun was setting in Laikipia, Kenya we came across this Leopard couple up on a rock. The female was very keen to get on and mate but her male partner was less than interested. Try...
An amazing Black Leopard (or Black Panther). We had spent many hours trying to find a Black Leopard in Laikipia, Kenya. A 14 month old female cub was in the area but very hard to find. She was still close to her mother but was in the process of being forced from the...
A very playful Leopard cub. It was early in the morning in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. A leopard and her 8 month old cub were relaxing beneath a tree where the mother had secured a Wildebeest calf kill. The cub was keen to play but a Hyena appeared on the scene. The mother...
Cheetah and her cub on a kill. A nine month old Cheetah cub had been presented with a huge meal by its mother. Recently, she had killed this female Impala. This Cheetah had had six cubs but five of them had been killed by Hyenas. This was her first litter and her...
Cheetah and her three cubs on a kill. This Cheetah had taken down a Thompson’s Gazelle and dragged into the shade of an Acacia bush. She had three hungry mouths to feed. So her three very young cubs could feed, she had opened up the rump of the gazelle. The youngsters...
A Troop of Dwarf Mongoose. A flurry of activity on the top of a termite mound caught our attention. One of Africa’s smallest carnivores were surveying their territory in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. The Dwarf Mongoose is a fascinating animal. They live in troops of normally...
A Leopard in trees. It was early morning in Kenya’s Maasai Mara when we found this lovely female leopard relaxing in a tree. Our dreams came true when she decided to climb down the tree and move off. We tracked her for some time as she crossed some open ground taking...
Guadalupe Fur Seals. By the late 19th century Guadalupe Fur Seals had been hunted to almost extinction and was only “re-discovered” in 1926. The population has grown from around 200-500 animals to about 16,000 in the last 60 years. They are considered Near Threatened...
Stunning Humpback Whales. Sailing south from San Diego along the Pacific coast of Baja it is not unusual to encounter rough seas. On this occasion it was unusually calm and sunny. We encountered a group of five stunning Humpback Whales in near perfect conditions. This...
Active Humpback Whales. After a few days of rough seas in the The Sea of Cortez, we headed south in search of calmer waters near the Gorda Banks and hopefully to find some active Humpback Whales. Thankfully the whales performed for us but there was still a substantial...
Cheetah family. In the early morning light of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we found this cheetah family sitting on a termite mound. This cheetah has three cubs but only two were visible to us. The mother was clearly in hunting mode as she constantly scanned around. There were...
Elephants enjoy the rain. After a prolonged dry spell in Kenya’s Maasai Mara the animals all welcomed the downpour that we experienced. This was particularly true for the elephants. They enjoyed drinking from the puddles and taking a well earned mud bath - mud, mud...
Playful Lion cubs in the rain. It had been a particularly dry time in the Maasai Mara and the rains were eagerly awaited by both the animals and us. Rain makes for good and different filming possibilities. We were delighted when we found some of the Lions of the...
A very young Elephant calf. After a long morning game drive in the Maasai Mara, we came across a small herd of elephants. There was a very young calf with the herd and we spent time trying to get good views of it. As to be expected, it stayed very close to its mother....