by Thomas | Dec 20, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
The bold African Leopard that we described in our previous post, turned out to be one of the best Leopard sightings in Serengeti National Park. But the most memorable sighting was when we saw an African Leopard take down a Wildebeest. What makes this sighting...
by Thomas | Dec 6, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
Our search for a good sighting of an African Leopard in Serengeti was finally answered on our last drive into Serengeti National Park. We heard over the radio that a Leopard was spotted on a tree in Central Serengeti and we drove to that area to find this beautiful...
by Thomas | Sep 6, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
After the amazing sighting of the African Lioness in Serengeti National Park, we ventured deeper and stopped when we saw a queue of safari vehicles. On getting closer we realised all the excitement was thanks to a Leopard who was perched on a treetop. The Leopard was...
by Thomas | Apr 12, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
After the exciting sightings of the Caracal and the Serval, we reached the area of the most popular Leopardess of Maasai Mara. But she wasn’t on her favourite tree and we moved ahead in search of her. After going around for a while, we got news that she was...
by Thomas | Apr 14, 2019 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We were on our last game drive on this visit to Maasai Mara and had spotted the most popular Leopardess, sitting perfectly camouflaged on a tree that overlooks a stream. Our guide told us that this Leopardess sits patiently on the tree, almost invisible, waiting for...
by Thomas | Nov 25, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
On this morning game drive in Maasai Mara National Reserve, we once again went looking for a popular Leopardess, probably the boldest of them all in Mara. As we exited the gates of Mara Serena, we saw a hot air balloon drift through the morning haze. We stopped to...
by Thomas | Aug 5, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
It was a rainy afternoon in the Maasai Mara National Park and we we set out on our safari. We were headed towards one corner of the park where a couple of African Lions had been spotted in the morning. While we were photographing the Lions, we got a call saying a...
by Thomas | Jul 1, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
After “Breakfast by the Hippo Pool” in Maasai Mara National Park, we headed out to scan the popular crossing points on the Mara River. Enroute we saw this African elephant headed to the Mara river, probably to quench her thirst. This little fellow...
by Thomas | May 13, 2018 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We started this morning game drive in Maasai Mara with the intention of spotting a Leopard. And Emmanuel our driver brought us to the area where he had spotted a Leopard a few times. We were very excited and searched the area for over on hour. As we were about to give...
by Thomas | Jan 22, 2017 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
On this trip to Maasai Mara, we finally spotted and photographed the Big 5, and Emanuel, our driver and guide, almost pulled off the record of spotting the Big 5 in a single game drive, except that we spotted the Black Rhinoceros in the 2nd game...
