During the past four years in the Mara I cannot count how many days with Cheetahs I spent. Cheetahs are probably the animals I spent most time with. They are definitely in my top 3 favorite animals. And with all these days I have never spent […]
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The Cheetahs Shingo and her cubs had crossed the river Talek when we found them in the morning. They found themselves in wide and flat short-grass plains, full of Gazelles but with absolutely no cover for the Cheetahs to approach. So the day went by with […]
0 Read MoreAnother full day with the seven Cheetahs. The weather was not as kind as previous days, as the morning was completely overcast, but in the evening we had one of the most gorgeous lights I have ever seen. Shingo tried the whole day to hunt but […]
0 Read MoreAfter many days of searching we finally found today Shingo and her six cubs, eleven months old. We caught up with them in the early morning and soon after she was already hunting a young male Impala in the open plains. The cubs rushed to the […]
0 Read MoreOn the last day of our safari we found again Shingo and her six cubs, just after a beautiful parade of Giraffes in the open plains before sunrise. We stayed with them until the time of my guests’ flight and I returned to them for the […]
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After a long period away from the Mara, with extensive time spent in Amboseli and a couple of weeks in Italy, yesterday I finally returned for my first safari for the season. And a great start it was, with a mother Cheetah and two three-months old […]
0 Read MoreAfter hearing that the female Cheetah with six cubs had been seen yesterday, I decided to try my luck and find her. Many people call her Shingo, meaning “neck” in swahili. She is now residing in an area that has very few tracks and is away […]
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Last day on safari for my guests, with a successful hunt by the Cheetah mother, on a female Thomson’s Gazelle. The rain fell hard in the afternoon as the Cheetahs laid beside a croton bush.
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A full day with Cheetahs, starting with the mother and her six cubs. As they were playing a Hare jumped out of her hide and the mother caught it after a very long chase. She and the cubs ate it quickly and as she moved to […]
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We went back to the Marsh to find the Lions and spend some time with them this morning. We found the females and the older cubs on a Topi kill. Inside the Marsh was the mother of three cubs, about four months old. They climbed and […]
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