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Ale Olivieri - WanderingThru:
Beautiful Madikwe 

The red desert sands and gorgeous dark-maned lions make for an explosion of colours and contrast that can only be admired with a gasp. Without a doubt one of the most contrasting sceneries.
Taken on a recent all-Spanish Safari at Madikwe Safari Lodge
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Hermoso Madikwe.
La arena roja del desierto y los leones de melena negra crean una explosión de colores digna de ser admirada. Sin duda uno de los paisajes de más contraste.

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Heinrich Neumeyer Wildlife and Landscape Photography:
Before amber be blinded by night,
burnt clustered clouds dances with gold, 
A thunder renounces in the dwelling of light,
the darkness is ground to the bold...
This is the Kukama Drive King...

Recently I took 3 amazing guests out to Pilanesberg National Park, and we started off with a fantastic morning, finding Lora the female leopard and her mischievous 2 cubs.
We had numerous wonderful sightings which included 7 Giraffes drinking at the same time at Rathlogo Hide and the ever elegant elephant Mavuso walking close by.
We found some members of the Central Lion Pride too as they soaked up the morning sun on top of the red cyanite rocks on Kubu Drive.

In the afternoon I set out to find the very relaxed little female seen quite often on Ntswe Drive. 
Unfortunately she was playing too good of a game of hide and seek and I turned around to towards Lengau Dam in search of some elephants coming in for a late drink.

As we entered the plains, one of the guests asked if a peculiar object in the distance was a rock.
I stopped to look and immediately I saw that it was a male lion lying on the ground.
We decided to stay a while to see if the big guy would eventually stand up and give us a couple of better photo opportunities.
After about 10 minutes, he had a couple of yawns, stretched his body and stood up.
He then also walked a bit closer to us, staring over the plains, looking for something.
And then, as he walked into the setting orange light of the sun, he started to roar.
The thunderous noise travelling through the air and echoing with the nearby koppies as he made his way to Baboon Rock.
Surely one of my best sightings in Pilanesberg and a perfect end to what was a most perfect day.

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