Heather Djunga

An overzealous leopard cub kept his mom on her toes with his climbing antics, climbing a tree and then falling on top of her!

The muddy banks of the Nsemani dam, just 8km from the Satara camp in the Kruger National park, recently set the stage for an impressive lion kill, involving an impala and a pride of lionesses.

A band of four male cheetahs, named ‘The Four Musketeers’, teamed together against a solo female cheetah, named ‘Corrine’, when she inadvertently entered their territory at the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

A mother lioness took on the duties of both search and rescue when her tiny cubs were left scattered after a disruptive elephant chase, in a heart-touching scene witnessed by designer Chris Tote by the Sabie River.

The harrowing slaughter of a hyena by a pair of frenzied hyenas was witnessed by Edrich Schafer (39), Lodge Manager in the Timbavati, Greater Kruger Area.

A mother elk and its calf spent time together, sharing some beautiful moments at the Yellowstone National Park, which Judy Lehmberg of Epic Nature captured on film.

A vulnerable chick in a weaver’s nest was easy prey for an African Harrier Hawk in a heartbreaking moment captured on film by Juan Geyser and his wife while on holiday in the Kruger National Park.

You don’t mess with a lion! This is what Mark Williams-Wynn witnessed firsthand, when a male lion showed spectators at a sighting who was boss, just outside Skukuza camp in the Kruger National Park.

To male zebras fought neck-on-neck in a display of masculine prowess and dominance, in full view of wildlife photographer and guide for Private Kruger Safaris, Bernhard Bekker, in the Kruger National Park.

Motherhood is not for the fainthearted on the best of days, but this mother fox definitely takes excellence and bravery in motherhood to a new level. Judy Lehmberg filmed the courageous mom with her 13 babies in Paradise Valley, Montana.

It is rare to see a pride of lions running towards their intended prey. It’s even rarer to see the prey run towards a pride of lions. However, this is exactly what happened when Hannes Beeslar, a teacher from Berglam Hoerskool in Nelspruit, witnessed a buck run and leap straight into a pride of lions…

A lioness was swung and shaken by a wildebeest in a twist witnessed by Hannes Joubert near the Satara Rest Camp in Kruger National Park

Is it a bird, is it a plane – no, it’s a lion! This super lion went flying through the air, and then landed perfectly on its feet in a miraculous sighting witnessed by Sune Eloff near Lower Sabie in the Kruger National Park.

A warthog’s peaceful bath was tragically interrupted by a pack of wild dogs in a heartbreaking sighting witnessed by Private Safari Guide, Rudi Venter.

A magnanimous rescue effort was captured on film by Chasin’ Africa Safaris, when some hippos helped a wildebeest to survive the deadly onslaught of a group of hungry crocodiles.

A large elephant came so close to the boat Su-an Marais was cruising down the Chobe River in, that she and her fellow guests could hear it chewing and breathing!

Leopard vs monitor lizard: which will come out victorious? Costa Frangeskides witnessed a stand-off between a young leopard and a monitor lizard at the Kaingu Safari Lodge in Zambia.

A saddle-billed stork took its lunch break in full view of Janine Westerweel, while she stopped for her own lunch at Cattle Baron in the Skukuza camp of the Kruger National Park.

A mother lioness with cubs to feed attempted to single-handedly take down an elephant, in an incredible sighting witnessed by 28-year-old Samuel Chevallier by the Somalisa Camp in Hwange.

A puff adder stood no chance against the skill and hunting prowess of a brown snake eagle in a sighting witnessed by Graeme Mitchley, educator from Hurlyvale Primary School in his recent visit to the Kruger National Park.