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Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.

 

Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.

 

Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.

 

During a visit with a herd of Cape buffalo in the Mara North Conservancy, I managed to isolate one buffalo from the herd, and capture the bovine staring me down, watching what I was doing.

Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)

Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.

 

Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.

 

Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.

 

Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.

 

Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.

 

Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.

 

Elephant : Namutoni Etosha Namibia Sep 2019

Near Satara, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

African Elephant. The African elephant is one of "The Big Five," the five animals considered the most dangerous and difficult to hunt. The others are the Cape Buffalo, rhino, lion and leopard.

Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.

 

Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.

 

Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.

 

Herd of Cape buffalo at the Maasai Mara at dawn. June 2018.

African Cape Buffalo (female). The African Cape Buffalo is considered the most dangerous animal in Africa, and is often referred to as "the Black Death." Cape Buffalo are one of "The Big Five," the five animals considered the most dangerous and difficult to hunt. The others are the elephant, rhino, lion and leopard.

African Cape Buffalo (male). The African Cape Buffalo is considered the most dangerous animal in Africa, and is often referred to as "the Black Death." Cape Buffalo are one of "The Big Five," the five animals considered the most dangerous and difficult to hunt. The others are the elephant, rhino, lion and leopard.

Location: Masai Mara, Kenya

A Lion Takes a Rest in Shadow, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. 1999坦尚尼亞塞倫蓋堤國家公園獅子在樹蔭下休息.

Lion - Sabi Sands Game Reserve South Africa

This is the most interesting animal I photographed. He's a dominant male lion. He is part of a coalition of six males that pretty much rule the Kruger park. It's very unusal for so many males to band together. The coalition, as its called, is slaughtering many of the other males in the park.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa and Botswana.

Photograph by Michael Viljoen.

 

See more on my website www.michaelviljoen.com

Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.

 

Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.

 

Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.

 

African Cape Buffalo (male). The African Cape Buffalo is considered the most dangerous animal in Africa, and is often referred to as "the Black Death." Cape Buffalo are one of "The Big Five," the five animals considered the most dangerous and difficult to hunt. The others are the elephant, rhino, lion and leopard.

So sad to see such a wonderful creature stripped of its natural beauty, but better to lose part of a horn than its whole life...

Kruger National Park

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