The afternoon of the 16th was a quiet but nonetheless a very pleasant drive . We came across a small breeding herd of Elephants who were feeding in the forest along the river, not too far from our camp. In amongst them was one particularly huge Elephant and that must have been at least 45 years plus. The youngsters in...
On the evening of the 15th we took a drive down toward Paradise Plains and here we came across three of the Paradise Plain/Serena females. With them were three male lions, ones which many of the guides did not recognise. Two of the males could have easily been mistaken for the 'Notch boys', but they were not these guys. Whilst...
I have to admit I am struggling to know how to start this post today. To put it bluntly this morning (15th March) I probably had one of the most emotional sightings I have ever had and one that I am unlikely to ever see again.After spending some time with the cutest little hyena pups first thing we bumped into...
As with every other morning we set off at 6am this morning and the first port of call was to check out of Notch & the 'ex Olkiombo' ladies were still around the same area as last night. Every morning so far whilst getting ready to go out I had heard their early morning roars from my tent but this morning...
The morning of the 13th was again dedicated to Olive and her cubs. We were very lucky as unlike the previous morning we found Olive still with the cubs and again located at the exact same spot as the last few days.We watched with delight as they rustled around in the bushes and playfully bounded around Olive. Jumping up and...
It's not often you get the chance to see such tiny young leopard cubs so we decided on the morning of the 12th to give it another go to see Olive and her cubs. Turning the corner just 1/2 km or so before the current den site we suddenly found Olive, just ambling along the track and coming toward us....
On the afternoon of the 11th we decided to head over to an area North East of Mara Intrepids where a cheetah mother and two older cubs had been spotted. It was a bit of a long shot given that they had been seen many hours earlier...
On the morning of the 11th we set out at 6am on a mission to again try and see Olive and her cubs. As we arrived at the current den site is was clear that our early start had paid off. Within just five minutes of arriving Olive revealed herself, but lying deep inside a bush and against a low...
After what has seemed like an absolute eternity I am now happy to report I am back in the Masai Mara! You will notice this time I have said 'I' and not 'we', and that's because sadly I have returned to the Mara without Andy. Although we were due to travel to the Mara in December we were forced at the...
Well, after spending hours trawling through literally thousands of images from our Canadian adventure we have now selected our favourites from among them. CLICK HERE to go straight through to the 'new images' section of our site now. Bears, Wolves, Otters, and more...