| On safari-- wildlife and nature photos |
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 Luangwa River |
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| Hippo pod | Oxpecker attention | Hippo biffo | Hippo biffo | Ashore at night |
Zambia's Luangwa River has one of the highest concentrations of hippo in Africa. But other wildlife in the river valley is prolific too, leading to its supporters' boast that the South Luangwa National Park is one of Africa's finest sanctuaries
* Setting the scene: the river, its oxbow lagoons and tributaries | (Click small images to enlarge; * means medium format image) |
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| Mwamba bushbuck | Lagoon | Daybreak | Tsetse lagoon | Oxbow lagoon |
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| Oxbow lagoon | Impala, Mwamba | Lion Plain |
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Fighting giraffe Thornicroft's giraffe is unique to the Luangwa Valley. We saw two big males fight for mating rights in a loosely-knit herd. Click the first image below to see a slideshow of the rare fight |  |
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| Fight preliminary (SLIDESHOW) | Females & suitor | Giraffe browsing | Bull portrait | On the trail |
 Hunters and scavengers, night and day |
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| Buffalo hunters | Seeking a target | Concentration | Sights set | Solitary prowler |
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| Sleeping it off | "Do not disturb" | Leopard hunting |
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| Leopard | Leopard & kill | Leopard & kill| Spotted hyena | Civet | Crocodile © Yvonne Milbank | |
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| Scops owl | White-fronted bee-eaters | Tawny eagle | Lappet-faced vulture| Saddle-billed stork | Grey heron | Yellow-billed stork | |
 In the spotlight © Yvonne Milbank |
Elephants To view a slideshow of the elephants of the Kaingo-Mwamba area, click the image at right |  (SLIDESHOW) |
 Hoofs and horns |
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| Buffalo | Watchful buffalo | Greater kudu| Kudu- big ears | Male puku | Puku suckling | |
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| Alert impala | Nervous movement |
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| Burchell's zebras in golden light |
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| Warthog | Cookson's wildebeest | Common waterbuck |
| Monkey business |  Vervet monkey |
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| Chacma baboons demonstrate styles of "baby carriage". And a bushbuck and her fawn approach a baboon family on a riverbank; the curiosity of the young brings a moment of nervous interaction |
 Surveying  Companionship  Thirsty  Easy crossing |
Sundown |
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