Dickson is one of those quiet and effective Titans who can seemingly create alchemy from almost anywhere in the Mara North Conservancy.

Natito plus one was his quarry, and naturally enough, he found them playing at the foot of an escarpment, providing an ecstatic early elixir to Andreas and Sarah – no strangers to Mara Camp, or indeed leopards.

Kicheche Spot of the Week April
Kicheche Spot of the Week April

After this early cameo they vanished up the hill having grown seemingly dismayed by other vehicles arriving. These feckless flakes soon left and moments later both cats appeared again. Against the sky. On granite.

Kicheche Spot of the Week April

The antics resumed with an ebullient cub and slightly curmudgeonly mum. Thanks, you two. This is a marvellous gallery. One of them is exceptional—perhaps even a seven! (I’ll lie down now.) Thanks, Dickson, also. Gold spot.

Spot goes into close season; see you in June.

Kicheche Spot of the Week April
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