A fully grown male lion dozes in the shade among his pride as they avoid the heat of the midday sun. Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
3 years ago this week, our first game drive to see (and photograph) the wildlife in their native terrain. #Madikwe #GameDrive #PhotoSafari #SouthAfrica
Under African Skies: A clearing in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. We stopped here just before dusk to watch the sunset and enjoy a glass of wine.
Under African Skies. Here's a view of the landscape as seen from the Toyota version of a Land Rover in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
A lioness in her natural habitat in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
A small body of water with petrified trees in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
Under African Skies
3 years ago this week, our first game drive to see (and photograph) the wildlife in their native terrain. #Madikwe #GameDrive #PhotoSafari #SouthAfrica
A wildebeest grazing in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
Giraffes backlit amidst the trees and brush in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
A rhino grazes in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
A lioness paces to find a shadier spot in the midday sun of Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
3 years ago this week, our first game drive to see (and photograph) the wildlife in their native terrain. #Madikwe #GameDrive #PhotoSafari #SouthAfrica
Wildebeests (aka Gnus) in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
A Wild African Dog takes a snooze in the midday sun. I took this photo in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
The mad variety of birds alone was worth the game drive in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
Rhinos in the bush of Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. Near the Botswana border.
3 years ago this week, our first game drive to see (and photograph) the wildlife in their native terrain. #Madikwe #GameDrive #PhotoSafari #SouthAfrica
A giraffe in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
A zebra in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
Impalas in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.
Endangered wild African Dogs in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. We saw them in our first hour in Madikwe, while some South Africans & Europeans had been on multiple game drives and never captured a glimpse of a pack.
3 years ago this week, our first game drive to see (and photograph) the wildlife in their native terrain. #Madikwe #GameDrive #PhotoSafari #SouthAfrica
Just some cheetahs in Madikwe generally messing around. Ashia with her 5 juvenile bundles of trouble from April before she was sadly killed by a hyena pack. They enjoyed jumping on each other and chasing tails up trees. Playing or learning?? #madikwe #safari #Africa #wildlife #cheetah #bigcat
Just some cheetahs waking up after a hard nights sleep. This is Ashia (with the collar) and some of her family of 5 male cubs in Madikwe. Sadly a month after these were taken she was killed by hyenas and the cubs taken into care #wildlife #southafrica #madikwe #cheetah #safari #africa #nature
Wild dogs on the hunt in Madikwe reserve in SA. The pack of 9 dogs caught an impala in the deep bush. We were fortunate to be close by when the action happened but missed the actual kill #wildlife #madikwe #huntingdogs #wildlife #safari
Four white rhinos
Head on view of a black rhino
Flies in a rhinos ear
Can you see me? Black rhino hoping we can't see it!
Four studies of black and white rhinos from Madikwe in South Africa. The black rhino was the calmest we've ever come across, approaching to within a few metres but in a totally non-threatening way! The whites were more numerous but very characterful #madikwe #southafrica #safari #wildlife #rhino
Elephants from Madikwe reserve in South Africa. A great destination with some marvellous lodges and quite intimate game viewing. #safari #wildlife #elephants #madikwe #southafrica
A termite mound. Apparently the queen can live up to 35 years. The mound is used to keep the underground chambers at a constant temperature, it acts like a chimney.
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A lot had to come together for this image to happen. A water hole. A rhino. A photographer. And a brave guide willing to crawl to the other side of the water hole with a flashlight.
#Madikwe #SouthAfrica #WildEye #Rhino #onelove
More native African inhabitants in the wild of Madikwe Game Reserve.
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South African landscape from Madikwe Game Reserve. A pond with petrified wood and dead trees still standing in the water.
South African landscape within Madikwe Game Reserve. The dirt roads we frequently traveled on during sunrise and sunset game drives.
Zebras crossing the road.
Giraffes seen in Madikwe Game Reserve.
South African landscape from Madikwe Game Reserve.
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The vista of a beautiful South African sunset over the plains of Madikwe.
To give you a sense of how we traveled on the game drive-- in the Toyota version of a Land Rover.
We never had more than 1-2 other vehicles crowding around the animals. This was part of a pride of lions on the small airstrip. They were starting to hunt at dusk.
More photos: 2 years ago, we landed in Cape Town, South Africa. We visited with dear friends in their 80s: a South African expat and her American husband. We met & bonded just before Trump started his 2016 mis-administration. #SouthAfrica #CapeTown #BucketList #SkyPhotos #Madikwe
#Birding the #Madikwe Game Reserve: A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 km2 wilderness of the the 4th largest reserve in #SouthAfrica, home to 350 bird & 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from #Johannesburg
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#Birdwatching 🦏🐘🐘
I know it's not Thursday, but this popped up today from January 2017. This was taken at Madikwe Game Preserve in South Africa, just over the border from Botswana. 🎼🎶📚👩🏫🦒 Memories! #Fulbright #Madikwe #Safari #GameDrive
Mosetlha Bush Camp and Eco Lodge in Madikwe still has availability over the Christmas Holidays and New Year
#Christmas #holidaydestinations #familyadventures #adventuretravel #ChristmasAdventure #Mosetlha #madikwe #southafrica
Last Word Madikwe. Madikwe, South Africa.
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Pair of elephants silhouetted against the setting sun
The last image from my recent safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
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Mother, juveniles and baby elephant leave the watering hole
Rhinoceros framed by two elephants at the natural watering hole
Closeup of male rhinoceros battled-scarred face
Prowling male lion "Dark Mane" comes close
Almost the last lot of images from my recent safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
#safari #madikwe #southafrica #elephants #rhinoceros #lion
A pair of elephants walking through the watering hole
A female and a juvenile elephant walk away in line
A female lioness on the prowl
Closeup of a female lioness resting in the morning sun
Some more images from my recent safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
#safari #madikwe #southafrica #elephants #lion #lioness
Closeup of a female bushbuck looking intently at the photographer
Male lion "Dark Mane" on the move, spoiling for a fight
Sunrise silhouette of an unknown bird on a tree stump
Elephants drinking at the watering hole
Some more images from my recent safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
#safari #madikwe #southafrica #bushbuck #lion #elephants
Juvenile elephant walking towards the photographer
Male lion "Blondie" panting in the midday heat
Male lion "Blondie" watching...
Male lion "Dark Mane" suddenly opens his eyes and stares at the photographer
A few images from my recent safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa #safari #madikwe #southafrica #elephant #lion
A weekend spent tracking lions in a game reserve just over the border from Botswana complete with a ten out of ten lion sighting.
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