When I was last in Samburu, our guide Jonah had a radio call that a leopard had been spotted in a tree nearby. We managed to find said tree and with binoculars you could make out the tip of a leopard’s tail high up in the foliage. We waited for around 40 minutes hoping for a better sighting, and it was definitely worth the wait! The female leopard made her way down the tree, followed shortly after by two cubs, who then went onto play around the base of the tree. Truly magical and a wonderful surprise.
We were in Mara North in September for the migration. One morning game drive, on the way back to our camp, we spotted two cheetah brothers watching a herd of wildebeest. They skirted the edges of the herd and made a couple of moves to chase them down, but nothing came of it. As it was late morning, we headed back to camp for lunch and to relax. At the start of our afternoon game drive, we returned to the same herd, with the cheetah still sitting nearby. This time the two managed to successfully take down a young wildebeest. Watching this happen at top speed after all the anticipation was a heart-in-mouth moment that I will never forget.
Whilst doing research in South Africa, I assisted a private reserve with dehorning a few of their white rhino. Over the day, we followed the small helicopter in 4x4s, racing along to get to the darted rhino. Being so hands-on with animals of that size was incredible and rhino are definitely still my favorite sighting on safari.”
