In the North of the park, there are several areas of vast open plains. While these areas are sometimes a bit bleak, at this time of the year, when there's still some grazing to be found, some animals choose it as home, safe from many [...]

I was up in the Northern Sector of the park over the weekend and we found this large male lion drinking in a gully. He wasn't very comfortable around us and quickly moved up the bank and away from the water, but he did stand [...]

Testosterone levels in mammals are always highest in the early morning (and after a successful contest with another male of course!) so we often watch interesting behaviour between male impala during the rutting season. This male was parading around his patch, showing off to the [...]

I enjoyed watching this small family of elephants as they trudged through the dry bush towards the river. As they got closer, their pace picked up as they smelled the water and they celebrated with huge trunkfuls!

These large carnivorous birds are something of a speciality in the Luangwa, given that they are very scarce in other areas of Southern Africa. Here, they occur in good numbers although they are certainly not common. I found a pair stalking across an open plain [...]

I've been going through a lot of old images that are stored on my system but have never seen the light of day, and came across these images which were taken over the last few months and show the growing up of a young leopard [...]

I was out in the last light of evening yesterday and caught this image of an elephant cow feeding in the Leadwood forests. The sun was being masked by a cloud and gave this beautiful, moody effect.

In the last light of evening, this Lilac-breasted Roller held its ground on a nearby mopane trunk, before turning its gaze to the ground to check for one last hunting opportunity before dusk.

Wild Dogs are well known for their highly efficient hunting methods. Rather than relying on stealth and ambush (as do the cats) they employ the chaos and confusion method with astonishing success. It's estimated that around 90% of Wild Dog hunts end in a meal [...]

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