HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Lions in the mist!
Last month, I was the third car in line, waiting for the camp gates to open.
At 0600 I drove out, and saw one lioness, within seconds, the 1 lioness was quickly joined by 5 others.
I very slowly followed them, it wasn't quite daylight yet, and it was incredibly misty, creating a fantastic atmosphere.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Three for One!
Giraffes taking an interest in something other than feeding! Can't remember what got their attention though.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Oops! Impala minus a horn in Kruger National Park, SA. They are currently busy fighting for dominance and herding the females, making sure other males don't get to them!
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Nuzzling heads. Blue Wildebeest in the south area of Kruger, South Africa. Many describe them as ugly. No animal on earth is 'ugly' it's a human construct. They are lovely beasts!
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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The impressive Giant Kingfisher (male) seen in Kruger, South Africa. The largest kingfisher in Africa.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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An African Fish Eagle, taken early one morning in soft light, in #KrugerPark S.Africa.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Shake, rattle and roll. 😎
The iconic Fish Eagle in #Kruger, having a really good shake and ruffling its feathers.
These things always seem to happen in the deep shade! Or in the stark light of the midday sun!
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Black backed Jackal, seen in #Kruger, S.Africa, early one morning.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Huge beasts are the Cape Buffalo! They are often taken down by lions, providing substantial food for the pride.
Be careful of the 'Dagga Boys' that are the old males who can be pushed out of the herd and often live a solitary life, joining up with others to eat/drink wallow in mud etc. They can be incredibly aggressive, so caution is always needed, but they are magnificent creatures.
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#Animal
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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I was watching these mating lions early one morning, when they decided to move closer to my car. They were so close, I couldn't fit them into the frame!
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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#caturday in #Kruger, #SouthAfrica
This lion was feet from my car, just look at that stare. He then walked right past, and back into the bush.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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This is one of the sweetest looking lions I have seen. One of many seen near the Satara camp I stay in, central Kruger.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Lots of lionesses on the road that day. That stare! It's such a fantastic feeling to experience these utterly wild animals close up
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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A dark sunrise!
Approx 0445 one morning in Kruger Jan last year.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Close up of wild hippo in Kruger, South AFrica
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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Rush hour!
Rush hour on a tarred road in Kruger, South Africa.
To slowly drive on the tarred & sand/dirt roads and never knowing what is around the corner, is what keeps me going back, time and time again. Be it a large bull elephant approaching head on, (very scary!), a lion, a leopard, or a troop of baboons, every single sighting is unique in its own way.
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#wildlife #elephant #giraffe #Kruger #wildlifephotography #nature #SoloSelfDrive #naturephotography
HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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"Live and Let Die"....
Leg and tail, one representing death, the other, life.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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What a pair! Wonderful Bateleur eagles - male on left, female on right with the grey wing panel.
Seen in Kruger, South Africa.
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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#Kruger #SouthAfrica
Not a sighting often seen. Three Verreaux's Eagle Owls perched together. Challenging light conditions; sun rising, and deep shade, so had to lighten the photo.
I saw something out of the corner of my eye in the tree when I was driving past (with sun in my eyes), so swiftly reversed and found these 3!
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HelensPhotos · @HelensPhotos
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#Kruger #SouthAfrica
One of my (many!) favourite sightings when on a #SoloSelfDrive
Following heavy rains, this male had been busy grooming, then eventually got up to wander down the road, and there wasn't another car in sight, just me and the lion!
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