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On our Dec/Jan trip 2 years ago we decided to have a lie in.
However I couldn't sleep , so I took my coffee to the stoop and had a great view of 4 elephants on the opposite bank coming down for a bathe and play.

Last Oct we arrived back from a drive, having just seen 8 lions on the bridge over the river.
When we asked our neighbours if they'd seen them they replied no, not from the bridge, but they got a good view of the trying to bring down a giraffe on the sand bank opposite the chalets.

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We spent 2 hours with torches watching 4 male lions hunting in the reeds right in front of our river view tent one night in August. It was amazing, one of the highlights of our trip!! Just a shame it was too dark for photos...

Hyena's ellies buff hippos and while we were on a night drive my parents saw a male lion walking along the fence while they were on the deck

we had this guy visit us a few times while camping there two years ago :

An elephant and a male lion inside Lower Sabie, when did this happen (I know of the lioness that accidentally ran into the camp and was subsequently shot)?

3lions were not long ago in lower sabie picnic area.all day visitors had to be evacuated and rangers had to get them out of the site.SCARY but true...

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The elephant and lion incident was in October 1998!

Does this count?

Hate to see animals dissed.

Last year while camping at Tsendze I dropped a piece of lettuce while I was preparing our evening meal, out of nowhere ran a squirrel and before he/she reached it a Crested Barbet landed and grabbed the piece of lettuce, they tried to get it from each other but did not succeed,the cat and mouse game lasted almost 5 minutes with lots of dust and sand flying around, our camera was on the table but I would have loved to take some photographs

The following pic was taken from No 3 campsite in Tsendze. Maybe not inside the camp but close enough with just a fence between us and the elie.

trying once again...

One of my best interactions with wildlife in a camp was in Skukuza this year in March!
Check out this bushbaby!


And this snake near the bathrooms!



I have also seen African Wild Cat, puff adder and Honey Badger in Satara camp

When last did Shingwedzi have any??

Can't recall seeing anything in Shing

Oh yes, a vervet in the car......

Only animals I've ever seen is the ones in the Dayvisitors area when they are full of booze before it got banned! This includes most camps