The steaming chai wards off the early morning chill and the lazy sparkling constellations fade into their daily hibernation.

And the winner is ……… ‘Lion’ ….err no wait a minute, Steve Holroyd has just proved that it is not always the favourites that pick up the awards.

I really had no idea what I expected from an African safari. I hoped to be able to get close enough to the animals to see their faces, but this experience blew me away.

Images like these are rarely arrived at by accident. Likewise it is seldom co-incidence that positions a vehicle right down the barrel of a spectacular chase.

Just when you thought the surfeit of spots had reached its Zenith, Mara Camp has had its not inconsiderable say.