“Look, there, on that branch,” said our sharp-eyed guide Sammy, cutting the engine of the 4WD and pointing to a female leopard sprawled high in an acacia tree, her long tail dangling from the branch. “Can you see her belly? She’s just had cubs.” He was as excited as we were to behold one of the Masai Mara’s most elusive wild cats just a few metres away, feasting on a recent kill. There had been rumours circulating around the Naboisho Conservancy that she had given birth under a tent at Great Plains’ nearby Mara Nyika Camp—which we would
