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Colourful Eagle

Bateleurs are a frequent sighting at Thanda Safari. These beautiful, medium-sized Eagles are quite colourful. This pictures, taken three days ago,  show the scavenging nature of these birds. The female picked up a small rodent… Continue reading

Listen to the young voices!

On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March, as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. Thanda Safari and… Continue reading

A patient cat!

Thanda Safari guests’ enjoyed today’s Leopard sighting. The beautiful cat climbed a tree after an encounter with another male and then stayed there patiently until all game viewing vehicles had come by and all… Continue reading

Just beautiful …

Originally posted on Christian Sperka Photography | Blog & Site | Custom Luxury Tours:
A night-time portrait of a young Thanda Safari Lioness ..

Reflections

Originally posted on Christian Sperka Photography | Blog & Site | Custom Luxury Tours:
I love the reflections of the ripples in the water on the pelt of the lions. For the photographers among you:…

Dominance

Originally posted on Christian Sperka Photography | Blog & Site | Custom Luxury Tours:
Thanda’s Dominant Male – A Portrait ?

Double Release!

Originally posted on Christian Sperka Photography | Blog & Site | Custom Luxury Tours:
Removing a snake from a place where it should not be can be a tricky business. And if the snake is a Black…

The Big Six!

Originally posted on Pakamisa Private Game Reserve:
Any horse lover would consider horses the ‘biggest’ species of them all! These are a few pictures of a Cavallo Reiterreisen group from Germany enjoying a…

Rosettes

Spotting the rosettes of this male Leopard completed the ‘Big Five’ sightings for a group of Swedish Thanda guests during their stay. On only three drives they encountered a breeding herd of Elephants moving across the… Continue reading

Heads up – Just for fun!

Originally posted on Christian Sperka Photography | Blog & Site | Custom Luxury Tours:
I usually do not manipulate my images except to ‘restore’ them to what I recall as the best representation of what…