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| Mala Mala and Sabi Sand | |
| Day 3 | |
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0600: departing Camp after early morning coffee and biscuits we come across a klipspringer - Afrikaans for rock jumper - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| About an hour later we come across a troop of baboon - some in the trees and, later, some on the ground - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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A sharp eye was needed to spot this lone South African giraffe - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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About to give up hope we continue to drive and come across a pride of lion - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Initially there was a mother accompanied by her cubs (top right) and two aunts (above left and right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Then two of the three brothers seen the previous day turned up - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Watched now by two rhino, the mother and cubs continue on ahead while the aunts sedately bring up the rear - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| The mother and her four cubs are joined at the water hole by the two aunts - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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The mother suddenly stops drinking when the three brothers appear - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The two rhino approach the water hole and, having dislodged the lion, start to drink . . . - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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. . . while the father, mother and cubs look on - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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But the rhino did not appreciate the audience and, taking their cue from Dad, the pride departs - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Again the aunts bring up the rear as Mum heads off with the four cubs - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| But the brothers sit down again at a respectable distance and watch the rhino - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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