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Monochrome leopards I find are just as impressive or sometimes more so than colour. A sample of a few from the Kruger Na...
02/11/2024

Monochrome leopards I find are just as impressive or sometimes more so than colour. A sample of a few from the Kruger National Park and the Kalahari.

So can you name all these birds? Give it a bash lets see. 🙃😉
31/10/2024

So can you name all these birds? Give it a bash lets see. 🙃😉

Read the DreadLion Safaris blog. Photos and videos and exciting stories.
31/10/2024

Read the DreadLion Safaris blog. Photos and videos and exciting stories.

Africa, photography, wildlife, travel, photographers, explore Africa, South Africa, safari, big5, wilderness, Tanzania, Serengeti, Kgalagadi,

31/10/2024
Kruger days. We were parked next to the waterhole hoping for some action and all of a sudden a wild dog ran across the r...
28/10/2024

Kruger days.
We were parked next to the waterhole hoping for some action and all of a sudden a wild dog ran across the road ahead. Now they are not usually alone and we waited for a minute and saw about 25 wild dogs cross the road and head for the waterhole. We had just come from there and saw several herds of impala and so we hightailed it for the waterhole and just in time.
Wild dogs move really fast and as a group the can literally take down whatever they pointing at. So the impala were obvious targets. Before we could actually settle in and see what was happening with the dogs who had run behind some bushes a couple came to drink with fresh blood all over their muzzles. The first of the pack had already made a kill. The rest of the pack how ever was still hunting. What had happened was that the first 10 or so dogs had taken down and eaten the first impala while the others continued the chase.

We went around the waterhole on the side road hoping to get the rest of the pack as they brought down their quarry. No such luck however. The pack moves very fast and they were long gone by the time we were in the area. We saw the white tails tops moving through the grass in the distance and turned back to the waterhole. Then lo and behold the rest of the pack appeared as we were turning and we met them head on on the road. We followed them back to the waterhole and watched them drink and meet and greet each other again. They just remained by the waterhole and were relaxing after their meal.
These dogs also called the African Painted wolf are really fierce hunters. All in all a great sighting and amazing morning in Kruger.

https://exploreafrica4x4.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-wild-dogs-at-nsemani.html

We came across a rare sight one day on our game drive in the Kruger park. There was a lion cub all alone sniffing around...
28/10/2024

We came across a rare sight one day on our game drive in the Kruger park. There was a lion cub all alone sniffing around beside the road. We had just seen the pride a few km away and we wondered about this little guy. He was about 10 months old, walking around and sniffing the ground as if seeking a scent. He had the sense not to call out though which is good. A young lion is easy prey for a predator like a leopard or a hyena. So calling was not. Good idea and he instinctively knew this. I had heard the pride was in the area the previous day but they apparently forgot about him when they moved off or so it appeared cuz they were far away from him. Maybe they moved off in the night and he was crashed someplace and nobody noticed.

It is a well-known statistic that only about 1 in 2 lion cubs survive their first year and 1 in 8 make it all the way to adulthood. The adult numbers are not encouraging either with life expectancy for males being only 10-12 years and females a little more. Captive lions live past 20 years. Its tough being a lion in the wild.

Anyway we watched him for a while and then had to go on our way, I really hope the kid made it.

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21/10/2024

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Everyone comes to Africa for the Big 5. Who are the Big 5 and how did they come to be?? This is not readily known to people outside the guiding community in Africa. So back in the day in 1909, Teddy Roosevelt came to Africa, in the pell mell of Colonisation and the looting of African resources, befo...

Wildlife stories from the bush.
14/10/2024

Wildlife stories from the bush.

Africa, photography, wildlife, travel, photographers, explore Africa, South Africa, safari, big5, wilderness, Tanzania, Serengeti, Kgalagadi,

Here's to lookin' at you kid - Bogie
11/10/2024

Here's to lookin' at you kid - Bogie

It was pretty obvious what she wanted to do and he attitude and posture shows it clearly. The other animals had cleared ...
11/10/2024

It was pretty obvious what she wanted to do and he attitude and posture shows it clearly. The other animals had cleared off and now there was space for an ostrich to drink at the waterhole. Kgalgadi waterholes are pretty dangerous, especially in the summer time. Lions lie in ambush in the nearby bushes and are pretty successful there. I always thought thats cheating, i mean come on, everyone needs water, so leave it alone. But its a jungle out there, whaddaya know, and its all like "I am in for me and the Devil take the hind most." So its good she just bided her time and got a nice drink. She was eyeballing me all the while though.

https://exploreafrica4x4.blogspot.com/
11/10/2024

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Africa, photography, wildlife, travel, photographers, explore Africa, South Africa, safari, big5, wilderness, Tanzania, Serengeti, Kgalagadi,

One fine evening at Kruger we are heading out, a bit tired it’s been a long day and pretty warm for all that. All I can ...
07/10/2024

One fine evening at Kruger we are heading out, a bit tired it’s been a long day and pretty warm for all that. All I can think of is a shower and a cold one. We drive along and suddenly there is a movement on the right, it’s a characteristic shuffle that I know well more from the Kgalagadi than Kruger but its there. And there it is again. Wow! Stop stop stop……. What do we have here, mother and cub honey badgers right by the road in the open sparsely grassy area where we stopped. They were just foraging as badgers do, they had no issue with cars stopping and watching but just went about their business. A first for me to see one outside camp for so long. Spent 30 mins there. Satara and other camps I have seen them inside the camp, but otherwise just a scurry across the road.

Kruger on my mind. Just got back from a 7 days Wildlife Photography Trip to the Kruger. It was amazing. Some great folks...
06/10/2024

Kruger on my mind. Just got back from a 7 days Wildlife Photography Trip to the Kruger. It was amazing. Some great folks and some great photos. We going birding next. March 2025 is the plan.

Cheetah takes off across the road in front of us while in the Kruger. took him 4 steps and he was gone. what a beauty.
06/10/2024

Cheetah takes off across the road in front of us while in the Kruger. took him 4 steps and he was gone. what a beauty.

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Victory lap for mommy! The Leopard hunts in the darkness! An awesome book by Wilbur Smith and a very exciting and provocative title, slightly fearsome to some I suppose, but of all the sights of the African bush none is more awe inspiring and sought after than that of a leopard. Inkwe/ Ngwe as it is called in most Bantu languages in the northern and eastern parts of South Africa is the call sign to which every guide hurries. I had an awesome experience with a particular female over a period of a year at another reserve where I was staying and this is her story. I came out of the tent next to the fence line one afternoon and got a funny feeling that someone something was watching me. I turned right towards the fence hardly 4 meters away and there she stepped out of the bush and came straight up to the fence. A 2 meter high fence does not keep leopards out if they really want to get in and the gates were open any way but to be face to face with this most elusive creature in the Big 5 left a deep imprint on my soul. She turned away and silently went down the embankment to the river and I ran in for the camera. Across the stream are two large Camel thorn trees and she loves the one on the right because it gives her a clear view of the open area just beyond and she make calculations as to what or rather who will be on the menu that evening. She was pregnant at the time I saw her though nobody knew then. We figured that out since she totally disappeared from view for a month or so, and then her tracks were found with little ones next to them. She hunted in the same territory as before and was busy raising her cubs. We found them from time to time in trees or by the river where she was leaving them when they were old enuf so she could go hunt for them. Time went on and then I saw them at 9 months old, large and confident walking thru the bush with mommy. Little cubs fall prey to hyenas and lions often and I was so happy that all 3 made it thru that first gauntl

Rescuing chameleons off the road sometimes. The little guy climbed all the way up and over me. What a scream! #chameleon #krugerpark #krugersightings #wildlifephotography #wildlife #wildafrica #africa #africansafari #safari #amazing

Victoria Falls Zimbabwe. The Devils cataract. #amazing #waterfall #zambezi #victoriafalls

Driving on safari in the Kruger talking to my guests from the usa who are deaf. We had a great time. #signlanguagesafaris #signlanguage #safari #safariphotography #safarilife #safaris #africansafari #signs #wikdafrica

I love watching elephants. Just so majestic and amazing. The Kruger has the most elephants of any park i think. Awesome to see. The little baby and mom just keeping distance cuz it is so young, but the matriarch with more experience unconcerned by vehicles. #elephants #babyelephants #wildafrica #animals #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Baby hyenas are born black to camouflage them in dens while they are so small. They may be left alone while mom is out scavenging or hunting. As they grow the start fading into the normal hyena colour and only wear black spots. Amazing nature. #wildlifephotography #wildlife #wildanimals #hyena #Africa #wildafrica #wilderness #animalbabies

TUME TO UNITE FOR EARTH. #global warming #Himalaya #planet earth #savetheenvironment

Mother and calf, white rhino relaxed and curious just feet away. Kruger Park always delivers. Contact for your own African Vacation. #safari #Africanwildlife #africansafari #krugerpark #krugerexplorer #rhino #bushcrazy #bush #Africa

Kruger never disappoints. #wildlifevideos #wildlife #wildlifeplanet

Up close and personal with lions. #wildlifevideos #wildlife #Africanwildlife #Africa

#krugerpark #elephants walk by the car. A thrilling experience. #wildlifevideos #wilderness #wild

WORLD LION DAY! To see these magnificent creatures is a treat never forgotten. #lions #Africanwildlife #wilderness #wildlifevideos #wildlife

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After 142 days of lockdown South Africa has received the international Travel Safety stamp. Prior to this approval, Covid - 19 guidelines for handling tourists were issued to all tour operators and we are all aware of them and are committed to comply with them to ensure the safety of our guests. DreadLion Safaris has now commenced taking bookings for Kruger Park. We will notify as soon as we can accept Kgalagadi bookings as well.