by Thomas | Mar 7, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
The famous Cheetah brothers who we have been following along the Maasai Mara-Serengeti border, were going about their patrolling business. We hoped that they would not cross over into Serengeti as we would not be able to follow them. Lucky for us, they decided to take...
by Thomas | Feb 7, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We spotted the famous Cheetah Brothers of Maasai Mara in their favourite area, the Kenya-Tanzania border. This time around the brothers seemed to be actively involved in patrolling their territory. They were frantically sniffing the scent of a probable intruder. I...
by Thomas | Nov 8, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
This a follow-up story of a previous post where we had featured a Cheetah mother with two of her cubs in Serengeti. The Cheetah mother was on one side of the road while her cubs were stranded on the other side. They were frightened of the safari vehicles on the road...
by Thomas | Oct 18, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
During one of our safaris into the Serengeti National Park, we saw a lone vehicle parked on the tracks, a tell tale sign that something had been sighted. When we got closer, we saw a Cheetah sitting in the grass not far from the road. The Cheetah looked restless and...
by Thomas | Aug 16, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Serengeti, Tanzania
After the incredibly exciting start to our morning in Serengeti National Park- checkout our earlier posts on the Lioness carrying new-born cubs, we headed deeper into the park. We stopped to observe a courting pair of Black-bellied Bustard and they surprised us with a...
by Thomas | Sep 29, 2019 | Africa, Animals, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
This afternoon we decided to go back to the area where we had spotted the famous Cheetah brothers, just in case they were still around. We hadn’t had an opportunity to see them awake, so we took a chance. When we reached the location, they were around and were...
by Thomas | Sep 8, 2019 | Africa, Animals, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
There is a pair of Cheetah brothers who have colonised the region of Maasai Mara National Reserve that borders with Serengeti National Park. They spend a few days in Maasai Mara and then disappear into Serengeti in search of game; at times for weeks. Given that they...
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 | Feb 19, 2017 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
The Cheetah brothers who we had been following for a while made a grand exit into the Serengeti National Park, giving us an amazing photo opportunity, one last time. They settled down next to the tree that they had scent marked and one of started rolling in the grass...
by Thomas | Dec 11, 2016 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara Landscape lends itself to some of the most amazing Animalscapes for the mindful traveller. Here are some that we captured because we happened to be there at the right place at the right time. For example we caught the pair of Common Waterbucks in their...
