Heather Djunga

Waterholes are a source of life in the bushveld, however, one at Sweni Hide in the Kruger National Park recently became a hive of frantic activity and destruction when a troop of cunning baboons invaded the tranquil home of a group of geese.

An impala baby sought refuge by hiding behind a car in its attempts to escape a cheetah and her cub, in an adrenalin-filled sighting witnessed by Albert Le Roux and his family on a visit to the Kruger National Park.

An epic confrontation between two puff adders was captured on film by Lourens Erasmus on his most recent safari adventure.

A golf course at Leopard Greek, just outside the Kruger National Park’s Malelane Gate set the stage for a memorable confrontation between two wired-up black mamba snakes.

The playful moments between two black bear cubs were caught on film by Judy Lehmberg of Epic Nature.

The clumsy, drunken behaviour of a herd of elephants caused quite a spectacle in the MalaMala Game Reserve recently.

An impala ram put on a memorable display of bravery when it fought for its life in spite of gruesome injuries inflicted by a pack of vicious wild dogs.

Hyena vs Wild dog… which species will win? Merrell Foote captured a real-life encounter between the two predatory species in a recent visit to the Kruger National Park.

A red fox mother looks after a particularly large litter foxes, amazing everyone who watches her antics through Judy Lehmberg of Epic Nature’s video clips.

Zaheer and Asma Ali witnessed what must’ve been one of the sweetest exchanges between man and nature they had ever seen, when a baby blue wildebeest mistakenly latched onto a blue vehicle, thinking it to be his mother! This breathtakingly cute moment happened in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

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.