This is the amazing moment a lioness took down a pack of hyenas in the Maasai Mara.

The clip, filmed March 17, shows the hyenas ganging up on the lioness before she turned the attack round on them, when the rest of her pride finally came to help fend them off.

Pareet Shah was leading a photographer for the safari in the Mara told Newsflare: "Our chief guide Bernard Tompoi spotted the Marsh Pride running towards a few hyenas. The hyenas didn't make a run in time and three young lions got hold of a hyena pup and killed it within a few seconds.

"They didn't eat it but just played with it for a few minutes before walking off. However as they were walking off, the hyenas were now back in big numbers (over 25 of them within less than 3-4 minutes) and they had cornered one lioness and started brutally attacking her with intent, wounding her.

"She had to wait for a while before help came to her in the form of the rest of the pride. When the rest of the pride came, they nearly got a couple of the hyenas. Luckily for the lioness, she escaped her death."

This is the description for all three videos in this series. This is the famous Marsh Pride of lions in the Maasai Mara. Made famous by the BBC series. Pareet Shah was leading a photosafari in the Mara a few days ago in the morning, when his Chief Guide Bernard Tompoi spotted the Marsh Pride running towards what was then just a few hyenas. The hyenas didn't make a run in time and 3 young lions got hold of a hyena pup and killed it within a few seconds. They didn't eat it but just played with the dead body for a few minutes before walking off. However as they were walking off, the hyenas was now back in big numbers (0ver 25 of them within less then 3-4 minutes) and they had cornered one lioness and started brutally attacking her with intent, wounding her. She had to wait for a while before help came to her in the form of the rest of the pride. When the rest of the pride came, they nearly got a couple of the hyenas. Luckily for the lioness, she escaped her death and then proceeded to run away and climb a tree (yet another rare type of behaviour), before finally coming down. Whilst she was on the tree, the hyenas ate their own killed pup. If it was not for her pride of lions, this lioness would have almost certainly faced death in the very quick turn of tables.