Big Cats and Film-making in the Maasai Mara

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



Our first lioness on day one


Zebras aplenty

Cheetah on a mission

Nothing escapes Paul's eyes

Bella's cub makes a quick exit from his tree

Bat-eared fox - ahhhh

You lookin at me?

Large family group of heffalumps

Young lion on lookout at sunrise

First picnic

Lion calling for his family

Breakfast time...

Moth joins us for breakfast

Geoff and Andrew brave the rope bridge

Check out the size of those crocs

Wildebeest cross the Mara River

Flies join us for breakfast too

Doctor at work

All lenses point to Bella

Ruppell's long-tailed starling

Classic topi pose

My leopard tortoise!

Vultures demolish a wildebeest

Warthog shortly before exit

Wildebeest gather in increasing numbers

Time for a drink

Mother and four cubs looking for tommies

Our last picnic under the candelabra tree

Nature walk - John tells us about elephant dung

Maasai lego!

The village women welcome us with song

...and the men dance

Maasai girl waves some young goats at us

Mike in his hut

The market

Sunset

The jolly crew