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The life of a baby elephant can be tough and a great challenge at times. This video show two baby elephants, one after each other, crossing through a river with the rest of the adults. One can see the effort, courage and determination it took for these youngsters to cross through this river and then up the embankment. A little assistance from the adults were also welcome. Once the struggle and challenge was over, they met up for a quick drink!

Every year, the African wilderness of North Eastern South Africa goes through a harsh dry period that roughly lasts for 6 months and sometimes even a year. While the drought holds this wilderness area firmly in its grip, conditions for wildlife becomes really tough and challenging. The grass and leaf eaters take the biggest strain as food becomes extremely scarce and vast. Then the one and only thing that can bring all wildlife to their knees – The Lack of Water. Only certain areas and places might hold water right through the dry season and these waterholes become more and more limited towards the end of the season. Animals have to travel huge distances, just for their daily water requirements. All of this in turn, creates some of the most incredible Safari game viewing opportunities. This video is a great example of a remote waterhole at the peak of the dry season. Spend 8 hours at this waterhole and the masses of wildlife that visited during that time was astounding. Wildlife that came to drink during that 8 hours included Giraffe, Kudu antelope, Zebra, Blue Wildebeest, African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, troop of Baboons, pack of Banded Mongoose and masses of Impala antelope. No chance of seeing this amount of African Wildlife in such a short period of time at any other time of the year. Once the heavy rains arrive back in summer again, the area slowly returns back to a lush, green and extremely thick wilderness paradise. Water is plenty and animals just have to look left or right to find some drinking water. During this time, game viewing then becomes a lot more challenging as animals now are scattered all over and not concentrated around waterholes anymore.

After watching and filming this old Buffalo Bull struggling around in the mud, I couldn't help but to see the striking similarities between his behaviour and that of some wise words most of us have heard in life before. We all get stuck in the mud, just like this old Bull, on occasions during our journey of life. Most of the time we are left with only one choice but to pull ourselves together, get up, show courage and keep moving forward. So when life is pushing down hard again, just remember this Wise old Buffalo Bull showing some balls.

This footage was captured in a wilderness area of the Kruger Park, South Africa. The love and affection for this cute tiny leopard cub is unbelievable. The mother shows great care for her youngster and she even gives him a few hugs during the video. This little one definitely melted the hearts of many on the safari vehicle lucky enough to witness this, in the wild, right in front of them!

This video show what it looks like when one of Africa's top predators, The Spotted Hyena, come together in numbers. Covered in blood, these hyenas were busy devouring a whole African Buffalo which they stole away from 4 lions earlier that morning. Things can really get heated around the dinner table when these predators get into action. To everyone’s amazement and distress, the one hyena ended up coming straight towards the vehicle to the driver’s side with a funny look on his face. Once it reached the driver’s door side, a bash with the knee against the door from the inside was all that was needed to scare it away from the vehicle. This amazing but tense experience was the highlight of the safari for all tourists

Yes that's correct,a male Baboon rubbing one out.Right there, out in the wild, in the open,all nonchalant. This was filmed in a wilderness area of the Kruger National Park,South Africa

Footage captured in a Wilderness Camp in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Walking down a pathway, we came across this scene right next to the pathway. The snake was identified as a Western Stripe - bellied Sand Snake. It killed and swallowed a lizard called a rainbow skink. The footage show how the snake bites the lizard, injects it with venom and waiting for it to die. After a few last kicks from the lizard, the snake proceeded to swallow it whole, bit by bit. After finishing his meal,the snake moves across the path and one can clearly see the snake had a meal that will last it for a good while