by Thomas | Apr 4, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
During one of our evening game drive in Maasai Mara, we had a chance sighting of a Steppe Eagle. It was equally surprised to see us at such close distance, before it flew away. Given that this visit to Mara was many months after the Annual Migration was over, the...
by Thomas | Jan 10, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
During our last trip to Maasai Mara, on our first game drive in the afternoon, I noticed Emanuel our driver/naturalist heading towards the Mara Serena Airstrip. I enquired to find out the reason and he pointed out that he had seen some African Lions in the area and...
by Thomas | Jan 1, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Nagarhole, Serengeti, South India, Tanzania
Happy 2021 to all of you! Keeping in line with our practice of reliving the best wildlife moments of 2020, we have put together a compilation of the best experience we had in each of our favourite locations. The best wildlife experience of 2020 has a clear winner in...
by Thomas | Sep 27, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
On this safari in the Serengeti National Park, there was some chatter coming over the wireless and Eric, our guide and driver, pointed out that a herd of African Lions were seen, not far away from where we were. We decided to check them out. When we reached the...
by Thomas | Jul 26, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
The Lioness that we spotted carrying her new born cubs in Serengeti National Park, finally emerged from the tall grass and walked upto our jeep with her other cub in tow. As he came out of the tall grass, we took our first clear picture of the new born cub. She put...
by Thomas | Jul 5, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
Carrying on from where we left off in the previous post – the African Lioness carrying her new born cubs, probably to be introduced to the pride, made a sudden change in direction. She was now headed directly towards our vehicle. I made the most of this...
by Thomas | Jun 14, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
We were on our first safari into central Serengeti National Park when we spotted a Lioness at a distance. At first it looked like she was carrying a kill. I zoomed in with my 600mm f/4 lens only to be pleasantly surprised, that it wasn’t a kill – instead...
by Thomas | May 10, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Places
This post showcases some images of Maasai Mara that simply convey the paradise that it is. The feature picture is a pride of Lions hiding in the bushes looking out probably for prey to come close by. And the picture below is that of a male African Elephant calmly...
by Thomas | Feb 16, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
On this afternoon drive into Maasai Mara, we reached the general area known for the African Lion brothers – but they were nowhere in sight. However to our pleasant surprise, we spotted a pair of Pied Kingfishers. This is the last place in the world that I...
by Thomas | Jan 1, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Bandipur, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Nagarhole, South India, Tadoba
We wish all our readers a very Happy New Year! In this blog, we share our “Best Wildlife Experiences” of 2019. Maasai Mara, Kabini, Bandipur and Tadoba have been our favourite wildlife destinations and that’s probably why they are featured in this...
