Bronwen also shares some details of the images and related experiences in her own words...
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| Our tracker spotted some fresh leopard tracks just a few metres from our lodge just before setting out for a late afternoon / evening game drive. He found a bushbuck kill in a nearby tree, unaccompanied, and we set off to find this elusive male leopard. He found him minutes into our game drive and we followed him back to the tree where his kill was safely hidden. We watched in awe as he lept into the tree and devoured his kill. Incredible sighting! Most definitely a first for me! |
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| Our second game drive took place early on the morning of the 23rd October 2010. Once more we started with an incredible leopard sighting - this little cub! The mother had been spotted with her two cubs, but when we arrived, we found just this one in the tree, without his mom. A lion and lioness were metres away (a little bit of a lover's quarrel going on there) and the mom had moved one of her cubs to a safer place, leaving the other high enough in the tree, out of harm's way. |
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We soon discovered the Lioness closeby to the leopard cub - It didn't seem as though she was even aware of the leopards nearby. She was more concerned with fending off the lion interested in her.
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| A baby elephant bumbling along with the herd |
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| Portrait of a giraffe |
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| A dominant male lion... |
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| A rather vicious looking yawn! |
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| Lioness keeping watch over her hidden cubs - or at least that is what we think. Dominant males in the coalition who have not fathered them will kill them. We didn't spot her cubs, but she was very aware of her surroundings, keeping a close eye on all around her. |
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| Sabi Sunset - October 2010. I still can't get over all I saw and experienced! It was unbelievable. Our guides drove us pretty close to the animals - was an exhilarating experience and nothing like I've ever had before. Amazing how the animals are so used to the vehicles that it doesn't bother them at all to be 2 feet away - lions, leopards and all! Daunting at times, but incredible to experience! I really want to go back soon. |
Thanks to Bronwen for allowing us all to enjoy these wonderful images!
About the photographer
Bronwen Watson is a Johannesburg based professional copywriter, with over 3 years copywriting experience including creating content for a diverse variety of fields in both long and short copy. From health and fitness to web design to online marketing, travel, psychology and blogging, Bronwen has written many articles for the web and contributed to many marketing communications including brochure copy, text messages, email banners and screensavers.
Bronwen is an online copywriter for a company that specialises in luxury safari excursions in Africa and India.
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