LegalAlien
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OK . . . . . only shot with a camera
I just returned from a 2 week vacation back in my old home country South Africa and had the opportunity to include a 2 night stay in an exclusive private tented game Lodge in the Timbavati Game Reserve.
Even though I had seen most all of the BIG 5 while living in South Africa, I never had the chance to really experience them "Up close and personal". It also gave my American (typical NY gal) S.O a chance to experience the South African wilderness.
During the 2 night stay, we had 4 open Land Rover guided game drives and were able to find and experience REALLY up close, all of the BIG 5, plus a large variety of other plains game as well.
For your viewing pleasure, I include some pics of the BIG 5 that I was able to 'shoot' with both still and video. On the video, I was able to capture a night shot (including awesome sound) of a Lion roaring within 10ft of the Land Rover. An absolutely awe inspiring experience!!
1. Leopard track in the road - picked up by our tracker
2. Leopard female at night in the spotlight - just outside our camp
3. Young male Lion - in the morning after giving up the chase on buffalo
4. Mother and baby Elephant - baby was still wobbly on it's legs
5. BIG old Cape Buffalo real close to Land Rover - part of HUGE herd
6. Lone male White Rhino
The game lodge we had the priviledge of visiting is called Tanda Tula - here is a link to there website- just to give you more visual viewing pleasure on what we were fortunate enough to experience
http://www.tandatula.co.za/pages/tanda-tula.php
I just returned from a 2 week vacation back in my old home country South Africa and had the opportunity to include a 2 night stay in an exclusive private tented game Lodge in the Timbavati Game Reserve.
Even though I had seen most all of the BIG 5 while living in South Africa, I never had the chance to really experience them "Up close and personal". It also gave my American (typical NY gal) S.O a chance to experience the South African wilderness.
During the 2 night stay, we had 4 open Land Rover guided game drives and were able to find and experience REALLY up close, all of the BIG 5, plus a large variety of other plains game as well.
For your viewing pleasure, I include some pics of the BIG 5 that I was able to 'shoot' with both still and video. On the video, I was able to capture a night shot (including awesome sound) of a Lion roaring within 10ft of the Land Rover. An absolutely awe inspiring experience!!
1. Leopard track in the road - picked up by our tracker
2. Leopard female at night in the spotlight - just outside our camp
3. Young male Lion - in the morning after giving up the chase on buffalo
4. Mother and baby Elephant - baby was still wobbly on it's legs
5. BIG old Cape Buffalo real close to Land Rover - part of HUGE herd
6. Lone male White Rhino
The game lodge we had the priviledge of visiting is called Tanda Tula - here is a link to there website- just to give you more visual viewing pleasure on what we were fortunate enough to experience
http://www.tandatula.co.za/pages/tanda-tula.php