Hyenas and vultures on a topi carcass. We left Kicheche Bush Camp early one morning and found a pride of lions on the move. In the distance we could see hyenas and vultures on a topi carcass. The lions had dispatched the topi and what was left was the target for...
2024
Lions take down a zebra as a storm builds – Maasai Mara 2024
Lions take down a zebra as a storm builds. Close to Kicheche Bush Camp in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya, Africa we saw that a pride of lions had spotted a small herd (a dazzle) of zebra as they prepared to cross the river. The lions immediately started to...
Lions mating – Maasai Mara 2024
Lions mating. In the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya, these magnificent lions were coming to the end of their mating cycle. The snarling and growling associated with this act is very impressive. Although on this occasion less so compared to early in the...
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...
Hyena den with hyenas and their very young cubs – Maasai Mara 2024
Hyena den with hyenas and their very young cubs. Close to Kicheche Valley Camp, Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara we stumbled upon this hyena den hidden in thick bushes. As we watched, very young hyena cubs came out to play. Such fun watching them frolicking...
Magnificent mating lions – Maasai Mara 2024
Magnificent mating lions. Close to Kicheche Valley Camp, Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara we found these two lions mating. The snarling, growling and roaring associated with this act is very impressive. The male was a particularly fine specimen. Watching...
Very young hyena pups at the den – Maasai Mara 2024
Very young hyena pups at the den. Close to Kicheche Valley Camp, Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara we stumbled upon this hyena den hidden in thick bushes. As we watched, very young hyena pups came out to play. Such fun watching them frolicking around and...
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...
Lionesses on a giraffe kill – Maasai Mara 2024
Lionesses on a giraffe kill. We arrived at this rather gruesome scene just a few minutes after these lionesses had taken down a pregnant giraffe. The poor giraffe’s legs were still kicking as the lions ate. Not a pleasant sight - nature red in tooth and claw! It was...
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...