One of Makwela's female cubs at 11 months. Her coat is still stained with dried blood from her last meal

Two of Makwela's cubs play in the water, while their other sibling looks on

Water cascades off the cubs and a tail flick creates a wonderful arc of water droplets

A spot of tail-pulling is about to ensue

After their impromptu bath, a shake to get dry

Two of the cubs drying out before the next bout of play

Still rather wet !

At 11 months the cubs are nearly fully grown

Shangwa, a female, sitting at night in light summer rain

Soon after she started hunting, using the covering noise of the rain to mask her approach, but we lost her as she crossed a river

After the rain has washed away his scent marks, as dusk falls, Wallys moves round his territory re-marking it with urine

..... and by rubbing his head against trees

In a magical moment, Wallys jumps up onto a large rock and performs his awesome coughing call, unequivicoally proclaiming his territory to all