The first sight of lions we got was this pride in the main Masai Mara National Park. Because it was midday, they were doing bugger all. Big cats in Africa (except cheetahs) conserve energy by doing the bare minimum most of the day, only coming alive in the evening, night and early mornings.
Still, I wouldn’t get out of the jeep and tickle this guy:
Don’t spill this lad’s pint
Further along from the male lion, we found a crèche of lionesses with cubs shading under a tree
Lion cub with mother. Probably about 3 months old
Lion cubs asleep with lionesses
Lioness pile-up
The crèche from the other side
Hard life. Another daytime-dosing lioness on the drive out of the main reserve
The reason for the Kenya trip was a recce for our 2013 photo / video safari, which is a collaboration between us at Hawk’s Head Photography and Trai Anfield at Enlightened Media. Trai is a video journalist and presenter of BBC Radio 4′s ‘Living World’. She’s joining us to teach the video side of things as well as photography. We’ll have more information on the web sites when we’ve sorted the safari information out.
It looks amazing. What a place..! Your photos do give us some idea of what it must have been like so thanks for sharing and look forward to seeing more.
My pleasure, Ann. I SO wish I was still there!