Heather Djunga

Wildlife monitor, Samantha Vorster showed that you can live to tell the tale after a black rhino has charged your vehicle, after she and those with her came up close and personal with one of the magnificent creatures during a recent wildlife excursion in the Kruger National Park.

A baby warthog put up a huge fight when a Martial Eagle descended on it quite suddenly, in a breathtaking sighting witnessed by Nazeem Mohammed near the Malelane Gate of the Kruger National Park.

A baby monitor lizard put up a huge fight when a snake attacked it, believing it to be an easy meal!

A leopard leapt into the air to pull down an impala, in an impressive display of strength and aerobatics witnessed by Mario Paul at Biyamiti Weir, in the Kruger National Park.

The heartrending sight of a baby waterbuck being swept away by a strong current in the Crocodile River was witnessed by Dave Pusey, a guide for Leo Vantage Safaris, at the bridge inside the Mjejane Game Reserve.

There’s always a lot of excitement around an animal kill, however, this one, witnessed in the Kruger National Park by Lodge Owner, Mark, from Foxy Crocodile Bush Retreat, had an unexpected twist when one of seven large male lions pulled a giraffe calf out of its mother’s womb during the feed.

A miraculous sequence of rare occurrences – two impala kills, a hippo emerging from the waters to intimidate a pack of wild dogs and a hyena vs wild dogs showdown – was captured in a single sighting by Francois Pienaar and Rogan Roams.

A lion roadblock, the loving embrace of two puff adders, and an elephant playing in the dust doing what appears to be gym leg-ups, are among the miraculous sightings captured by photographer Jan Bergh in the Kruger National Park.

A group of warthogs ganged up on a cheetah stealing its kill and causing it to flee the scene, in a recent sighting by Shakera near the Crocodile Bridge in the Kruger National Park.

50-year-old field guide, Jan Kriel witnessed three male lions ruthlessly surround and take down a female buffalo which had been left vulnerable by a broken leg, in a miraculous sighting recorded in the Kruger National Park.

A distressed buffalo ran straight into the tyre of a safari vehicle to shake off an attacking male lion, in a magnificent moment of triumph captured on film by Jennifer Coleman and Liechen Tonkin at the Ivory Tree Lodge.

Nature is filled with unexpected moments, where sometimes the very laws of nature appear suspended, as when this blue waxbill bird found itself trapped in the web of a golden orb spider.

Aardvark vs hyena – which will turn out to be faster? Etienne, the Content Creator for the Greater Mabula Private Game Reserve, witnessed a thrilling chase when a hyena tried to catch an aardvark in a recent memorable sighting.

A leopard demonstrated mastery in stealth and accuracy when, ‘seizing the moment’, it ambushed a small buck on the ground beneath a tree, where it had been waiting in silence. This stunning ambush was witnessed by business owner Mikhail Messaris on the Ngobeni loop, between Mopani and Phalaborwa.

A serval kitten’s relentless fight for life was no match against the strength and prowess of a female lioness in an unfortunate sighting filmed by 56-year-old entrepreneur, Rikard Ryden, while on a recent safari in the Maasai Mara.

The dramatic rescue of a damsel in distress was witnessed by Jan Kriel from Jock Safari Lodge recently. A hyena came to the rescue of another hyena when she was surrounded by a pack of cackling wild dogs.

A hyena recently gave its all to steal the prospective prey of a leopard, in full view of a family of tourists near the Letaba Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park.

A jovial baby rhino with a zeal and curiosity for life stole hearts in an incredible, heart-warming sighting captured by 37-year-old International Shipping Business Owner, Darren Sheer, while on safari with his family.

A wildebeest managed to escape the deathly grip of a pride of lionesses, before succumbing to its injuries, in an incredible sighting witnessed by 43-year-old Safari Guide for Nombekana Safaris, Rodney Nombekana, while on safari with clients in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.

A belligerent turtle recently approached two lions with relentless courage at a waterhole, even looking one of the lions square in the eyes before chasing it away!