Leopards: Near Koyiaki's Musiara Ridge and the Koyiaki-Kichwa migration crossing point we have had periodic sightings of Zawadi ("Shadow") made famous by the BBC's Big Cat Diary television program. On two occasions she was seen taking down a topi and sharing the kill with her yearling male cub. On game drives to the Talek River in mid-February we also have sighted the other BBC star Bella. She was seen with a young wildebeest carcass feasting on a big olive tree next to the river edge. The "Aitong Leopard Basin" leopard with her cub is also viewed occasionally on game drives to the north. The two of them have been feasting on Thomson's gazelles taken in the evenings at the "Five Mile Junction" plain area.

Cheetahs: With the increased rainfall and tall grasses in the Reserve area many cheetahs have migrated north to Koyiaki for better hunting in the drier Koyiaki plains thereby increasing cheetah sightings nearer to us. Between Koyiaki's Fig Tree Ridge and the "Acacia Woodlands" across from Koyiaki's Leopard Gorge we have been fortunate to get consistent cheetah sightings. The female cheetah in this Koyiaki area has given birth to two cubs and we have been very excited watching her new family. She conceals them most of the time but we periodically see her attending to them. Even Kike the BBC Big Cat Diary favorite has been sighted in the Koyiaki area and has apparently sought more northerly hunting territory. On the 27th of February she was spotted taking down a small Thomson's gazelle but before completing her feast she was forced to surrender it to a group of hyenas. The female cheetah that hunts the "Aitong" plains between the "Five Kilometer Junction" and the "Aitong Junction" has also been consistently seen with her three cubs. Early last year she lost her two offspring but so far this time she is doing fine. To assist her a Koyiaki ranger has been assigned to monitor her activities daily.

Hyenas: The hyena family near our camp has been thriving on Thomson's gazelle fawns. Recently they have been seen on two occasions grabbing young fawns trying to conceal themselves unsuccessfully in the high grass beyond our waterhole area. At night we have had to fend off some aggressive hyenas trying on repeated nights to enter our kitchen area. Apparently they are drawn by the smell of food.

Lions: The “Maternity” pride is periodically sighted in subgroups in the area of the junction of our road and the main Koyiaki road or in the "Acacia Woodland" along the river edge to the south of our waterhole. They have been feeding most of the time on zebra. Their two new cub additions were sighted on the 24th and 25th of February thriving well and growing with their mother in the gorge down river from us. The pride now numbers 28 member with two males, 8 breeding females eleven adolescents and seven cubs. The “Aitong” pride has been spending a lot of their time in the acacia woodlands near our airstrip. With decreased mobility due to the wet woodlands environment we have only had rare sightings of them. On the tenth of February they were seen, however, spread out along our airstrip. To the south we still find the Musiara Marsh pride shown on the BBC Big Cat Diary hunting on the Koyiaki side of the marsh at Koyiaki's "Musiara Ridge" because of the ongoing rains. They now consist of one male, four breeding females, and nine adolescents and cubs. We have not yet seen the Ridge pride due to the excessive rainfall which has hampered game drives in that area.

Elephants: A herd of over twenty elephants consistently visited our lodge area in February after nightfall seeking fruits from our African green heart trees and have caused extensive damage to our trees. We have had to mobilize our Maasai guards on several evenings recently in an attempt to chase them away. A young bull has been hanging around near our gate area on a steady basis and we have had to keep a close watch on him to keep him away from our guest areas. Our game drives have, needless to say, no trouble finding elephant sightings since elephants have been prevalent in our immediate area.

Wild Dogs: The wild dog seen late last year have been sighted a few times again. So far they seem to be settling down in the area near "Aitong." It is a major delight to have some of these rare creatures back in the Mara again.

Rhinoceros: The family of white rhinoceros at "Rainbow Hill " near "Aitong" are doing well. They are very docile since they are under twenty-four hour ranger protection and are protected in a boma during the nights so guests are able to approach and photograph them with ease.

Herbivores: With constant rainfall topi, zebra, wildebeest, impala, gazelles, eland, waterbuck and the other herbivores are thriving on the sprouting lush green plains. On game drives we still find significant numbers of resident wildebeest. A large herd of Defassa waterbuck have been hanging out near our waterhole providing a pleasant sighting. An impala herd has also been finding refuge from night predators by staying close to our kitchen area after nightfall.