Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Lioness portrait {Panthera leo} Masai Mara, Kenya - Marsh pride

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Lac Assal, crystallised salt on shoreline, 150m below sea level. Djibouti, East Africa sea water

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Herd of African elephants coming out of trees {Loxodonta africana} Masai Mara, Kenya

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Two Meerkats standing on guard {Suricata suricatta} Tswalu Kalahari R, South Africa - suricates

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Film-maker Simon King with family of Meerkats {Suricata suricatta} Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. 2002. aka Suricate

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Mara river with Rift in background, and burnt foreground, Kenya

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Aerial view of ragged desolate coastline of Djibouti, at entrance to Red Sea, East Africa

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Cheetah lying on jeep (Acinonyx jubatus) Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Gavin Thurston and Chris Taylor filming Waarthog for BBC NHU 'Big Cat Diary', Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Cheetah 'Queenie' sitting on safari vehicle during filming of BBC NHU 'Big Cat Diary', Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Camerman Gavin Thurston filming Cheetah on top of vehicle for BBC NHU 'Big Cat Diary', Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Common Zebra drinking at Oxbow lake, Masai Mara NR, Kenya, East Africa