Who said pain and pleasure don’t go together?
A courageous baby buffalo was caught on camera chasing a large elephant, proving that with enough confidence and conviction, tiny can be mighty.
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.
You’ll be hard-pressed to find an animal that enjoys a refreshing swim more than Ditsi, a Temminck’s pangolin being rehabilitated at Manyoni Private Game Reserve.
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.
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.
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.
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.