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- The cableway at Pont Drift. It is used mainly when there is too much water in the Limpopo river.
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- The cableway at Pont Drift. It is used mainly when there is too much water in the Limpopo river.
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- Kori Bustard strolling through the bone dry open bush in winter in Mashatu Game Reserve looking for food. You seldom see the male and female together as you would with Saddle-billed Storks.
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- Winter is a time of plenty for the White-backed Vultures
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- A cold Natal Spurfowl – all puffed up to create a thicker insulating layer of air. This bird had come down to drink from a small waterhole in the shade early one winter morning.
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- It is incredible to see these Impala pronking and showing their strength and vigour. This ram looked to be flying.
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- We arrived seconds after the birth of this calf. Immediately the doe started cleaning the calf before eating the after birth to remove the smell and attraction for predators.
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- We arrived seconds after the birth of this calf. Immediately the doe started cleaning the calf before eating the after birth to remove the smell and attraction for predators.
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- Carmine bee-eater
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- Carmine bee-eater
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- Browsers on the hunt for something to eat in a barren winter landscape
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- Looking out from a high point across the Mashatu Game Reserve towards Venetia diamond mine way out in the distance.
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- A peaceful early morning scene in Mashatu Game Reserve overlooking a herd of Elephants feeding. It is beautifully green in summer. Winter is a harsh time for the animals, particularly the grazers.
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- A Klipspinger crossing the Majole River in Mashatu Game Reserve.
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- This Elephant calf had not yet mastered his trunk and had to kneel down to drink face first
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- Female Hyaena taking some left overs back to her den in Mashatu Game Reserve.
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- Female Hyaena taking some left overs back to her den in Mashatu Game Reserve.
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- Nothing like sleeping next to your rotting kill. Territorial imperative I guess. Shot taken early one winter morning in Mashatu Game Reserve.
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- Blood drenched Hyaena walks towards us from its Impala kill in the Mashatu Game Reserve.
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- Black headed Oriole drinking from a small pond next to a dry river bed in Mashatu
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- Black Headed Oriole
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- Black Headed Oriole
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- Black Headed Oriole
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- Black Headed Oriole
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- Crested Barbet bathing in a small pond of water round midday in winter in Mashatu
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- Crested Barbet
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- Female Impala silhouetted against beautiful light from a dusty sunset
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- Drinks time at sunset on top of a hill in Mashatu
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- Crested Barbet
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- Inquisitive juvenile Martial Eagle intrigued by the sound of camera’s shutter.
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- African Hawk-Eagle surveying its territory from a high vantage point along a river in the Mashatu Game Reserve. This was a fairly elderly bird but very aggressive. We watched it attack a Fish Eagle in flight.
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- Juvenile Martial Eagle perched in a well leafed tree in Mashatu Game Reserve.
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- This young Tawny Eagle was just scouring the area along a river in Mashatu Game Reserve.
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- Two Giraffe males slugging it out
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- Two Giraffe males slugging it out
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- The bigger Giraffe male seemed confused
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- Two young Giraffe silhouetted on a stony ridge in Mashatu
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- Down near the river, a troop of Baboons were foraging. These two little imps were very curious
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- Female Meyers Parrot with a background in deep shadow
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- Female Meyers Parrot
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- Lone Lioness lying against a fallen tree branch in the cool shade late one afternoon
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- Lone lioness resting next to a fallen tree branch
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- We caught this lioness’s attention. The two females were lying in the cool shade after having fed on an Eland
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- Young male Leopard caught this Impala
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- This young male Leopard was busy plucking the hair of this Impala he had just killed
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- This young male was watch us to see what we would do next
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- Well camouflaged
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- This big male Leopard was lying well camouflaged in the dry thron bushes above a waterhole. It was just a matter of time.
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- Large male Leopard lying in wait
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- A large male Leopard wandering through the bush alongside a river after having fed well
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- Mlae Leopard marking his territory
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- Young male Leopard feeding on an Impala kill in side the hollow of the roots system of a large Mashatu tree
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- The face of patience and latent power
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- Leopard abstract
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- Young male Leopard tucking into his Impala kill
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- Young male Leopard tucking into his Impala kill
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- Youg male Leopard lying quietly in he dappled shade, secluded in a grove of Crotons
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- Sleepy looking young male Leopard but don’t be fooled
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- Steenbok exposed
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- Southern Black Tit drinking from a small pond adjacent to a dry river bed in Mashatu
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- Tree Squirrel
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- Black Headed Oriole
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- Tree Squirrel
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- Lesser Honeyguide has come down to drink during winter from the small pond adjacent to the dry river bed
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- Looking down over Mashatu’s winter terrain during a coffee break
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- Away from the sunset drinks stop to get a little perspective to see how privileged we are!!
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- The view from a dry river bed in Mashatu – Baobabs , Euphorbias and peace
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- This Vervet monkey was very wary coming down to drink
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- This receding pond was paradise for a pair of Saddle-Billed Storks. This female was tucking in
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- Food galore for this male Saddle Billed Stork male
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- This Saddle-Billed Stork female was feasting
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