by: Nicky Silberbauer 2013-04-02| Views : 76
The Cape Cross Seal Reserve is the home of one of the largest colonies of Cape Fur Seals in the world. The spectacle is awesome: watching the choas of their daily lives is an incre...
by: Chris du Plessis 2012-10-01| Views : 310
Conservationists attach a collar to an elephant to mointor their movements and gain valuable information neccesary for their continued protection. It is estimated that between 25 a...
by: Garth Kingwill 2013-02-08| Views : 372
It never ceases to amaze me how at a specific moment many different herds of elephant will meet at a specific waterhole after weeks apart, as if the meeting was pre-arranged. Perha...
by: Garth Kingwill 2012-12-30| Views : 834
Guide Leonard Kolio of Baines River Camp tells the hair-raising story of when a hippo attacked his guests in their canoe (while he was working at another lodge in the Lower Zambezi...
by: Charl Pretorius 2008-04-08| Views : 2287
For three days the younger male leopard (Tyson, also known as the Marthly male) had been following the older Mafufanyane, watching his every move, testing his patience, and waiting...
by: Nicky Silberbauer 2012-01-29| Views : 1662
If you ask a safari guide for his or her most special sightings, those that have been lucky enough to witness a birth with usually list that amongst the top moments of their career...
by: James Kydd 2011-12-05| Views : 2107
We found this dramatic scene unfolding at Londolozi Private game Reserve. It took all of 45 minutes for this young giraffe to stand! She gently but assertively kept the other femal...
by: Garth Kingwill 2012-06-28| Views : 380
One of the most incredible things you could hope to witness on safari, and one of the things Jaci's Lodge Madikwe is most famous for: African wild dogs, with their pups. They enthr...
by: Mario Moreno 2012-12-20| Views : 470
A short video shot in Addo Elephant National Park and Kariega Game Reserve focusing on the Gentle Giants that roam the Eastern Cape in South Africa, an area that is not as popular ...
by: Dave Pusey 2012-11-02| Views : 607
Two playful young hyena cubs gave an Adidas sandal a stringent strength test by the most powerful young jaws of the terrestrial predators! "Toys" are often found around the den...
by: Mark Hankin 2012-10-10| Views : 1028
Seeing mating Leopards in one thing, but to see mating Leopards on Phinda, well thats something special!!!...
by: Garth Kingwill 2012-08-22| Views : 1381
When you are the biggest land mammal on earth, keeping yourself looking good is a full time job. ...
by: Garth Kingwill 2012-08-23| Views : 730
Early one morning in the Lower Zambezi National Park, we happened upon this grizzly sight. The scratches on the hippo's hide told the story of a vicious battle from the night befor...
by: Garth Kingwill 2012-08-23| Views : 717
An idyllic 2 hours spent drifting down a side channel of the mighty Zambezi, drinking in the peace and tranquility that comes with observing the flora and fauna using noiseless tra...
by: Garth Kingwill 2012-08-22| Views : 666
Amidst the incredible forests that occupy the Lower Zambezi National Park, we were privileged to witness a strapping elephant bull provide for all the younger members of the herd b...
by: Amy Attenborough 2012-08-19| Views : 1883
On this particular evening I had no guests but decided to hop onto a friends vehicle for game drive and was well rewarded with this sighting. We were following a pride of lions whe...
by: James Kydd 2012-09-05| Views : 529
Bushmans Kloof, the gem of the Cedarberg, is a magical mixture of rock paintings, misty sunrises, ancient geologies, ghost stories, fynbos, secret rock pools, floral blooms, and so...
by: Amy Attenborough 2012-08-18| Views : 706
A female leopard shows off her strength as she leaps to grab the remnants of a carcass, which she dropped out of the tree just moments before. And her youngster shows off his newly...
by: Amy Attenborough 2012-07-30| Views : 753
A female hyena shows restraint as her two young cubs treat her head like a jungle gym....
by: James Kydd 2012-07-30| Views : 206
The Shembe men were proud and strong, their chiseled warrior faces sternly concentrating on the timing of their dance, raising their shields and planting their feet in clouds of d...
by: Garth Kingwill 2012-06-25| Views : 490
A magical hour spent with these 2 bull elephants....
by: Santiago Cabral 2012-08-02| Views : 824
Awesome leopard sighting in the Kruger National Park near Letaba of a female leopard hoisting her impala kill...
by: Santiago Cabral 2012-08-01| Views : 513
This is my showreel. I'm currently a FGASA level 1 and back-up Trails guide and aspiring wildlife documentary cameraman. This is my showreel, I hope you enjoy it. Santiago Cabral....
by: Justin Tyler Barlow 2012-07-26| Views : 814
Morning drive with a new look at life, and the rarely seen and incredible moment when a new born giraffe makes the big drop to the ground...
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-07-11| Views : 351
I could watch this female cheetah and her five cubs all day. Here they play on the airstrip just before sunset before heading into the bush to rest for the night....
by: Rebecca Hart 2011-08-29| Views : 786
Karula and her two current offspring are on a kill when Induna - Karula's son from a previous litter comes to investigate..... This is the amazing moment when leopard siblings ...
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-07-14| Views : 416
The female cheetah found a good open spot by a termite mound to rest for the night. In this video she cleans one of her five cubs....
by: james ball 2012-07-17| Views : 451
Rare footage of a very relaxed aardvark taking advantage of the sun after a week of cold rainy weather....
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-04-15| Views : 417
These two lion cubs in the North pride dutifully clean each other one. Always amazing to watch the close bond lions in a pride have with one another....
by: Ollie Porote 2012-06-26| Views : 465
A male lion lets out his defiant territorial roar...
by: Rebecca Hart 2011-09-13| Views : 617
Mangwaan Road - Thornybush Game Reserve - Injured hyena gets chased away by the rest of the clan! http://rebeccahartmedia.photodeck.com...
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-05-08| Views : 433
It was fascinating observing an elephant bull pushing down a Marula tree,looks like a tiring ordeal but worth the effort :)...
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-05-22| Views : 565
A large crash of rhino make a cheetah coalition uneasy as the sun begins to set....
by: Rebecca Hart 2011-11-04| Views : 775
The River Lodge, Thornybush Game Reserve Three Leopard in camp on a kill - Malewane and her two offspring - playing on the decking of rooms 2 and 3 - when the curious resident b...
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-01-30| Views : 395
A tiny elephant has its first mud bath with some help from the rest of the herd....
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-03-25| Views : 261
This black rhino cow and calf have a Sunday lie-in while a group (dazzle) of zebra graze behind them....
by: Caroline Haden-Smith 2012-04-18| Views : 571
The coalition of male cheetahs had temporarily seperated and this male called frantically for his brother on the open grasslands....
by: Mike Henderson 2012-06-05| Views : 816
A newly, perhaps prematurely born elephant...
by: Administrator Admin 2012-05-04| Views : 561
Less than two hours from Cape Town in the heart of the mostly tree-less fynbos biome lies Grootbos Reserve and its beautiful milkwood forest. If you want to treat yourself to a lit...
by: Jami van der Merwe 2008-11-30| Views : 496
A number of these flies were observed trying to obtain pupae from a colony of ants that were moving over open ground. This behavior is called Kleptoparasitism, but can simply be t...
by: Phill Steffny 2012-03-29| Views : 592
Anyone lucky enough to have seen this little number would have been treated two hours of a seemingly starving and very relaxed little crake....
by: Simon Bellingham 2012-03-28| Views : 540
This wonderful male was not selected for our habituation project but it is great to know that he inhabits the wonderful landscape in which we are working. For more information abo...
by: Simon Bellingham 2012-03-09| Views : 502
Great news from Brazil! Last week one of the female Jaguars on the habituation project that I am involved in had a cub! Females are usually targeted for habituation as they have sm...
by: Keith Connelly 2012-03-12| Views : 833
[Sensitive viewer warning] A video compiled by the ranger team at Kariega Game Reserve after the tragic attack that left one rhino dead and two now fighting for their lives......
by: James Kydd 2012-01-08| Views : 772
These two Hartebeest were having a full on go at eachother for at least 10 minutes while we watched. At the stage of this video both males were incredibly tired (you can see the to...
by: Simon Morgan 2008-07-08| Views : 1298
I was busy resting in my room at &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve when I heard the commotion outside..this incredibly dramatic scene unfolded. It may seem like a cruel way to di...
by: Lee Whittam 2011-12-06| Views : 730
A fight breaks out when tensions rise within this thirty-strong pride of lions at a kill. Filmed while on safari with Essential Africa....
by: Brett Horley 2011-10-14| Views : 517
This elephant bull interrupted our siesta along the Limpopo River. Resting in the shade of a Jackalberry grove, he headed in our direction without realizing we were there....
by: Brett Horley 2011-10-12| Views : 394
Watching a breeding herd on foot is always an exhilirating experience...
by: James Kydd 2012-01-11| Views : 1170
After leaving the Sparta pride sleeping near Guarri Pan at Londolozi we returned back to camp for breakfast. Two of our guests had not come on drive that morning and asked if they ...
by: Toast Seagers 2011-12-14| Views : 642
We came across this solifuge furiously scratching stones and soil into a little mound. We thought that it was perhaps covering a burrow to protect its eggs. Can anybody explain thi...
by: James Kydd 2008-01-08| Views : 444
After initially denning her cubs in the Sand River on Mala Mala the regal Sunsetbend female decided it was time to move her precious cargo across the river to Londolozi. This was o...
by: Marco Tonoli 2011-12-01| Views : 568
A few shots I managed to capture out on game drive in the Kalahari. Have a look and enjoy some of the rarer creatures seen out on a Kalahari Wilderness experience....
by: James Kydd 2009-03-27| Views : 579
The Summer brings tall grass to the riverine thickets of Londolozi and provides good cover for the prides to hunt antelope species like nyala. Even an adult bull disappeared quick...
by: James Kydd 2011-12-13| Views : 623
Sometimes for safari guides the things your guests say are just as amazing as the wildlife you're watching!...
by: James Kydd 2011-12-08| Views : 733
Guide Brent Leo-Smith and tracker Simon Mathebula responded to vervet monkeys calling in the Sand River just East of Londolozi Tree Camp and found the Xidulu leopardess with a kill...
by: Phill Steffny 2011-12-07| Views : 571
Zambia must definitely be my favorite place for walking safaris and an all around diverse wild life experience...
by: James Kydd 2011-12-07| Views : 637
Have you ever seen a herd of over a hundred elephants? If you have, you'll understand the feeling of awe, wonder and delight that we experienced at this sighting at Londolozi Priva...
by: Graeme Mann 2011-12-05| Views : 942
The South African giant earthworm is the largest earthworm in the world. This particular specimen here at Kwandwe is an average length: the record for this species is around six me...
by: James Kydd 2011-09-09| Views : 452
One of the most memorable evenings of my life was spent here, listening to the sociable weavers chittering and squabbling like aliens from within their enormous nest as the sun wen...
by: James Kydd 2011-09-08| Views : 797
Tswalu's Southern pride had taken down a large eland bull. Sometimes weighing as much as a tonne a prey item like this would feed a pride of twelve for a few days. In the dry Kalah...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-23| Views : 698
We came across the old 3:4 female leopard hunting a pack of banded mongoose at Londolozi. Nearing the end of her life she wasn't in the best of condition and desperately needed to ...
by: Simon Morgan 2011-11-04| Views : 1973
After the Castleton pride were fragmented by the Mapogo coalition this young male found himself surrounded by a huge herd of buffalo. They showed him no mercy, and made sure he wou...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-22| Views : 595
We came across these catfish at Maddie's Dam, Londolozi. Possibly due to decreased oxygen levels in the water due to an algal bloom, the fish had made their way from the main body ...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-19| Views : 918
When lions mate, they do so frequently. Copulation is repeated around 4 to 6 times an hour, and goes on for days. If there are more than one dominant male with the pride, the femal...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-04| Views : 840
Wild dogs are, for me, the most entertaining animal to find while on safari. We spent days tracking this pack, knowing the alpha female had been missing for sometime, desperately h...
by: Ryan de Beer 2011-11-15| Views : 596
The eastern Cape is becoming a fantastic wildlife destination. Big skies, stunning vistas, spekboom landscapes, Karoo herds and their big cat predators. Filmed by guide Ryan de Bee...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-09| Views : 833
Watching a male leopard like this stalking his quarry is one of the most thrilling safari experiences. Beautiful evolutionary perfection. His approach is calculated and well planne...
by: James Kydd 2011-09-03| Views : 1083
In eight years of guiding I had seen a total of five aardvark. On our first evening at Tswalu Kalahari while drifting lazily through the red dunes we came across this incredible cr...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-14| Views : 547
This bull rhino was killed by another in a territorial fight. A carcass of this size inevitably attracts a multitude of scavengers from far and wide. The hyenas had gorged themselv...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-12| Views : 849
One of the saddest days of my guiding career. Although we adhered in most cases to a strict non-interference policy, we tried desperately to help this giraffe. In my time at Londol...
by: Toast Seagers 2011-03-01| Views : 1294
A male lion, proclaiming his territory in front of us....
by: Marco Tonoli 2010-07-20| Views : 1023
Biggest Lions I think I have ever seen. Managed to arrive at a waterhole and find most of the pride together and the witness the dominant male and one of the older females mating....
by: James Kydd 2010-09-16| Views : 738
Two Sparta lionesses brought down a giraffe but were chased off by this clan of hyenas. ...
by: Graeme Mann 2011-06-27| Views : 1558
The tell-tale signs of the male aadrvark!...
by: Toast Seagers 2009-08-18| Views : 1398
We were lucky enough to witness a mother cheetah catch an Impala ram. She called her cub from the tickets, but before they could begin feeding, a troop of baboons arrived and chase...
by: James Kydd 2011-09-07| Views : 620
The rocky quartzite hills of the Korannaberg provide an unusual backdrop for these cheetah brothers, who typically prefer open plains. As a guide, sometimes the joy of your guests ...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-10| Views : 574
A kill like an Nyala bull will provide this pride with good sustenaince. But a kill can also be a dangerous place for those feasting. The heavy smell of blood and stomach contents,...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-08| Views : 622
We, the hyena below, and the Mxabene leopardess watched with bated breath as her cub tried to reposition the impala in the tree. Unlike lions,leopard etiquette allows only one cat ...
by: James Kydd 2011-11-03| Views : 570
Male leopard Short-tail is seduced by the experienced Kapen female, who followed him way out of her Mala Mala territory into Londolozi. Leopard mating is a passionate affair, and u...
by: James Kydd 2009-05-13| Views : 737
Tsalala pride playing at Xipalapala, Londolozi...
by: James Kydd 2011-10-26| Views : 708
A hyena hides and howls under Richard Ferrier's Land Rover to avoid the attentions of a rival clan....
by: James Kydd 2011-10-26| Views : 775
Processionary caterpillars, Anaphe reticulata, which join together to find food and ward off predators. Line can be up to 600 individuals long....
by: James Kydd 2011-10-13| Views : 473
This is what a scorpion looks like under a UV light...it glows! ...
by: James Kydd 2009-06-18| Views : 627
The first kill we witnessed this young male cheetah complete was possibly the most challenging chase of all...the scrub hare. Watching the two best side-steppers in the game in uni...
by: James Kydd 2011-09-11| Views : 772
We found the Sparta pride playing with something very special, one of the rarest mammals at Londolozi...a pangolin! After they moved off we had a once in a lifetime opportunity ...
by: Keith Connelly 2011-02-08| Views : 983
The last moments of a fatal fight between two Bushbuck rams at Kariega Game Reserve...raw violence!...
by: Mark Hankin 2011-06-19| Views : 766
Watch as this female cheetah teachers her 2 cubs to finish off a kill...
by: Bradley Leighton 2011-03-16| Views : 790
Lenyano males in the Madikwe game reserve, NW....
by: Keith Connelly 1970-01-01| Views : 1064
Night roaring at Kariega. The roar of a male lion can be heard by human ears over eight kilometers away and is undoubtably one of the highlights of an African safari if you are luc...
