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So photographic Waterbuck keeping a steady eye on us
05/09/2026

So photographic
Waterbuck keeping a steady eye on us


Southern Ground Hornbill Portrait
05/09/2026

Southern Ground Hornbill Portrait


The Gentle SoulPoses from the "Big guy"
05/09/2026

The Gentle Soul
Poses from the "Big guy"


Leopard and Cub S10618 June 2026 an afternoon drive down the H7 then S106 had me and Estella gasping and grabbing camera...
05/09/2026

Leopard and Cub S106
18 June 2026 an afternoon drive down the H7 then S106 had me and Estella gasping and grabbing camera's. We heard there was a leopard on a kill earlier that day but knowing leopards, it was a chance we were taking that it would still be there. We came around a corner in the gravel road and saw 2 vehicles parked on our right hand side of the road. As we stopped it was a huge surprise that the leopard seemed to have just jumped into the tree and was close to her kill. We moved around till we assumed we were probably in a good spot before any other cars appeared and started taking photo's.
Lady luck fed for quite awhile then moved off onto a branch on the right of the tree, lay down and started grooming, whilst staying very vigilant of what was going on below the tree. We heard elephants and assumed hyena's would probably be parading below, then to our astonishment, the second leopard jumped up the tree. Turns out this youngster was probably her boy-cub, who took his turn in feeding until folks along the road seemed to frighten him and he left the tree.
Time was running out for us so we turned around and headed back to Satara, feeling ecstatic and content on eventually getting another awesome sighting.



Steenbokkie ~ Leopard crawl I'm sure she thought I hadn't seen her ๐Ÿ˜…
07/08/2026

Steenbokkie ~ Leopard crawl
I'm sure she thought I hadn't seen her ๐Ÿ˜…


๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™๐™–๐™ข ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฎ17 ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’ 2026 ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘– ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ...
07/08/2026

๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™๐™–๐™ข ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฎ
17 ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’ 2026 ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘– ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜, ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป7 ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘ .
๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐ต๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘



Gorgeous Lilac Breasted Roller and Yellow billed hornbill sharing the same perch
07/08/2026

Gorgeous Lilac Breasted Roller and Yellow billed hornbill sharing the same perch



๐™‚๐™ค๐™™'๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™๐“ฃ๐“ธ ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ช ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“น๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ช๐“ต๐”€๐“ช๐”‚๐“ผ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ผ
02/08/2026

๐™‚๐™ค๐™™'๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™
๐“ฃ๐“ธ ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ช ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“น๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ช๐“ต๐”€๐“ช๐”‚๐“ผ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ผ


๐™Ž๐’–๐™ฃ๐’“๐™ž๐’”๐™š ๐™Ž๐’–๐™ง๐’‘๐™ง๐’Š๐™จ๐’† I continued up the road headed towards S147 then to Ngotso North, feeling in my bones that my lady prin...
02/08/2026

๐™Ž๐’–๐™ฃ๐’“๐™ž๐’”๐™š ๐™Ž๐’–๐™ง๐’‘๐™ง๐’Š๐™จ๐’†
I continued up the road headed towards S147 then to Ngotso North, feeling in my bones that my lady princess was waiting for me, all the time having the niggling feeling that I should have stayed with my first surprise.
Close on an hour later, the car that arrived just as I left told me that the leopardess did show herself! A hyena flushed her and she took a tiny baby steenbokkie up the most unlikely tree in the area.
I headed straight back leopard had apparently jumped out the tree and took plenty of magic eyes to eventually find the tiny carcass amongst the thorns. I was again taken aback a few minutes after finding a spot to sit and wait when the leopard again jumped up the tree, I think she also realised that this tree was the worst possible to tree to get comfortable or snack in and jumped in and out a few more times before taking it out (and I wasn't there this time - bathroom break โ˜น๏ธ but these are the best pics I could get, but such an awesome sighting. I have EVENTUALLY reached the spot/place in life where I can appreciate the beauty without the photo!

๐™Ž๐’–๐™ฃ๐’“๐™ž๐’”๐™š ๐™Ž๐’–๐™ง๐’‘๐™ง๐’Š๐™จ๐’† Female leopard south of S127 popped up gave me a few over the shoulder looks then proceeded to navigate...
02/08/2026

๐™Ž๐’–๐™ฃ๐’“๐™ž๐’”๐™š ๐™Ž๐’–๐™ง๐’‘๐™ง๐’Š๐™จ๐’†
Female leopard south of S127 popped up gave me a few over the shoulder looks then proceeded to navigate her way through the long grass. I tried to stay with her heard the sound of what I thought might be an antelope then 2 steenbokkies running for the hills. The first car arrived on the scene with a few behind him so I pointed out where I last saw her and related the bokkies running to the his and - sadly - decided to move on before more cars arrive on the scene

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