Heather Djunga

There’s definitely strength in numbers, as Gert Cloete, a 78-year-old witnessed at the Ngwenya Lodge when he saw a herd of buffalo faithfully defend their herd member in the face of great danger from a pride of lions.

A large male lion tried his hand at climbing a tree, with little success, when he tried to steal the kill from a leopard, in full view of Hurlyvale Primary School Deputy Principle Graeme Mitchley, near the Lower Sabie camp in the Kruger National Park.

A warthog couldn’t believes its luck when an overzealous male lion scattered two lionesses which were about to kill it, giving it a chance to escape.

An impala was eaten alive by cheetahs and hyenas before Alistair Leuner, 33-year-old general manager at Tintswalo Safari Lodge in the Manyeleti Game Reserve.

Spitfire, a wolf which overcome great obstacles, was filmed on numerous occasions in the Yellowstone National Park by Judy Lehmberg of Epic Nature.

Sometimes help is just a call away as a lion surrounded by 12 hyenas discovered in an incredible sighting witnessed near the Satara Camp in the Kruger National Park by 19-year-old Amber Soames.

A leopard launched a spectacular surprise attack on an impala by leaping straight onto it from the branches of a tree, in a memorable sighting witnessed by Phil Hankinson in the Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

A red fox mother was in high demand when 11 little kits tried to suckle from her at the same time.

A lioness stalked a young leopardess when their paths met in a chance encounter in the Etosha National Park, witnessed by 24-Year-old French biologist and freelance safari guide, Valentin Lavis.

A rather grumpy elephant charged at three baby hippos when they tried to get a little close to him, in a memorable sighting captured by Evan Malsbury in the Umfolozi River in South Africa.

A baby buffalo breathed its first breath and took its first step in full view of 37-year-old Sales Manager, Brett Reisen, in the Sabi Sands.

A giraffe gave a lioness a piggybank recently, when she, and fellow lionesses from her pride tried to take the giraffe down, with little success. This incredible sighting was witnessed by Francois Pienaar, safari guide from the Klaserie Game Reserve.

A warthog had thought it would be safe from predators in its burrow, however, two cunning lions decided to dig a little deeper and capture the warthog in its place of refuge, in a sighting witnessed by field and safari guide Kosie Lategan in the Kruger National Park.

Every now and then, a sighting will give one a front row seat in witnessing the glory and power of nature, as it was for Liana and Zander Bierman and Nicole Tobias when they witnessed a male lion take down an adult male kudu metres away from their vehicle.

A male leopard found himself surrounded by a pride of lions in the Kruger National Park, and had to keep his wits about him as he sought a way to escape, unnoticed.

A white rhino bull charged Rian Boshoff and his fellow travelers when they went out on a drive with Taxan at Djuma.

Pika are tiny rabbits which live on rocks and slopes. They usually go undetected because of their small size, however, photographer Judy Lehmberg of Epic Nature managed to capture some beautiful clips of them.

A tiny lion cub experienced for a moment what it is like to be a baby baboon and be groomed by ‘Mom’, in a spectacular sighting by Kurt Schultz from Kurt Safari in the Kruger National Park.

The steady movement of bison across a river at Yellowstone National Park presents a picture of sheer grandeur and majesty. Epic Nature photographer Judy Lehmberg caught a spectacular view of the park’s bison in this breathtaking sighting.

Game ranger Pieter van Wyk witnessed the angry response of a leopardess after a clueless male leopard woke her up from something of a leopard’s version of a ‘beauty sleep’, in an incredible sighting in the Mala Mala Game Reserve.