Heather Djunga

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.

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.