Everybody has been delighted by a baby elephant giving its best efforts as it charged towards a group of tourists in the Kruger National Park.
Any parent knows it is a terrifying moment when you realise that you’ve left your child behind. A poor mother elephant in the Kruger had to watch on as her calf bravely fended off a parade of lions.
When a honey badger at &Beyond Kirkman’s Kamp in the Greater Kruger came face to face with three leopards, there was no backing down.
MalaMala is a large privately owned reserve which neighbours Sabi Sands and shares a common border with Kruger National Park.
When a hyena chases after a leopard cub, you can bet the public at large is going to side with the cub.
Never shy of taking on an animal far bigger than themselves, it’s a mother honey badger who takes the plaudits.
A pair of safari-goers were lucky enough to come across a couple of curious male lions, two of which came head-to-head with them while they sat in their tiny car.
That wildebeest has one crocodile gripping it by the head, and another clinging on to one of its legs. In short, its chances of survival don’t look great.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park is one of the finest places in the country to witness the big cats in action.
22-year-old Weston Behlen was enjoying his evening at Kings Camp in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve, Greater Kruger, when he captured some dramatic footage.
Lions and leopards doing battle over a kill is nothing too unusual, but to witness that battle playing out in the upper branches of a tree, one of which then snaps, certainly is.
Two lions looking to quench their thirst after a kill in the MalaMala Private Game Reserve were confronted by a fearless terrapin.
Never has the saying “out of the frying pan into the fire” been more applicable.
Seeing either of these species takes a healthy slice of luck, let alone watching a high-speed chase unfold in front of you.
Guests on a game drive in the Pilanesberg National Park were treated to a front-row seat, as a pride of lion went after a buffalo.
You can spend a lifetime in the bush and never see anything quite like this showdown between three predators with very different techniques.
Filmed at Ngwenya Lodge, which borders Kruger National Park, it all started when the crocodile laid her eggs in the soft riverbank sand.
Despite the fact that a cheetah was busy gnawing on its hindquarters, props to this impala for refusing to go down without a good fight.
An unsuspecting impala delivered itself on a plate to three waiting cheetahs, although this encounter did have a plot twist at the end.
We may be stuck indoors, but there’s still plenty of action going on in our country’s parks and private reserves.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park played host to a showdown between a ground squirrel and a Cape cobra, with the squirrel desperate to defend its young.
Sometimes you get lucky, and you see an incredible sighting firsthand, but most of the time you have to rely on the videos of others.
You might not recognise the name Nadav Ossendryver, but you’ve probably seen one of his videos at some point in the not-too-distant past.
64-year-old tourist Krishna Tummalapalli was staying at the Shishangeni Lodge in early June, and captured this remarkable showdown at a waterhole.
Watch a brave lioness as she hovers protectively over her cub while entire pack of wild dogs circle and attack the pair.
An overprotective buffalo and a young lion had an odd interaction over a water monitor at Kruger National Park, and there was only ever going to be one winner.
Chameleons are masters of blending in, but this poor chap in the Kruger National Park seems to have thrown in the towel.
In yet another epic sighting from the Kruger National Park, a herd of buffalo take on a pride of lion. There’s a sting in the tail of this one.
Sometimes it takes great patience and perseverance for a pride of lions to bring down their prey, and other times dinner appears gift-wrapped.
They say there’s strength in numbers, and that’s certainly true for this herd of buffaloes up in Kruger Park. Looks like someone is going home hungry.