Big Cats and Film-making in the Maasai Mara

The following photos were all taken on the Big Cats trip in April 2004
(all photos © Piers Warren 2004)


Our first lion - a fine male

Warren's vehicle in action

Our first cheetah - a large female

Masai giraffe

Lionesses feeding on a hippo carcase

Even hippo lips taste good

Crowned Cranes

A pair of ostriches

Saddle billed stork

Lilac-breasted roller

Picnic time

Bark of the picnic tree

One of Kike's cubs on Warren's car

Re-arranging the tarpaulin...

All the cubs want a better view - so does Nancy

John on our nature walk

Tracy finds a locust (not the one Nancy sat on!)

Mama Cheetah (Susan) gets horny (sorry)

Whistling acacia thorn (gall)

Kike and cubs set upon a Thompson's gazelle

Hyaenas grab a sleeping topi

Within seconds it is overpowered by more hyaenas - ripping at its belly while it still struggles

Vultures arrive within minutes

After about 10 minutes it's all over - the only sign being a blood-stained patch of grass

Maasai village visit - the women greet us with songs

The men greet us with dance

Stick and cow dung hut

Mike (chief's son) inside a hut explaining how they live

Maasai children - who's watching who?

A young girl in her doorway

The group

The plane back to Nairobi