Sometimes it is better to be very quiet and to make not a move. A herd of Cape Buffalo had chased a pride of Lions around and this Lioness went straight up into a tree. The Buffalo could still smell her but not see her.
The herd spent hours around the area and the Lions had to wait in the trees until the Buffalo had departed!
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What a beautiful example for the special light during the golden hour. I took this picture yesterday evening just a few minutes before the sun was setting.
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This is a speedy one minute Thanda Safari with a herd of Wildebeest on the way to having a drink at a waterhole.
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Most of my carnivores pictures are of Lions, Cheetahs and the occasional Leopards. Hyenas and Jackals also often featured in my posts.
But there are many more little hunters on Thanda. This is a picture of the smallest member of the order carnivoria, a Slender Mongoose, which one usually only sees sprinting across the road. This one stayed a bit for a photo shoot.
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And in case you are interested this is a list of all 16 carnivore species on the reserve:
Order: Carnivoria
1 African Lion
2 Leopard
3 Spotted Hyena
4 Cheetah
5 Brown Hyena
6 Caracal
7 Serval
8 Honey Badger
9 Black-backet Jackal
10 Side-striped Jackal
11 White-tailed Mongoose
12 Water (Marsh) Mongoose
13 South-African Large Spotted Genet
14 Banded Mongoose
15 Striped Polecat (Zorilla)
16 Slender Mongoose
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One of Thanda Safari’s breeding herd of Elephants had a morning drink at the Safari Lodge. This is a short video of the smallest calf with its tiny trunk and the largest bull with his impressive tusks.
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Two male Cheetah walked in on us as we were enjoying an evening drink stop at a waterhole. After everyone got back in the vehicle the two boys got their drink while we were watching, enjoying our own drinks 😊
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Two male Cheetah walked in on us as we were enjoying an evening drink stop at a waterhole. After everyone got back in the vehicle the two boys got their drink while we were watching, enjoying our own drinks 😊
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As we returned from our afternoon game drive a surprise waited for us at Thanda Safari’s Villa iZulu. A White Rhino bull had arrived just a few minutes before at the waterhole in front of the villa.
I love this (rather low quality) images for itsspecial atmosphere captured using a long time exposure.
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We had some winter rain this morning. Together with very cold wind it made for unattractive safari conditions. Most of the animals had the same thoughts and stayed somewhere deep in the bush.
But I got this picture of one of our male Lions looking a bit sorry for himself 😊. Made it worthwhile to go out!
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A group of Zebra is called a dazzle. This picture, which I took this morning, illustrates why it is called that 😊
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