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South Africa's first private game reserve. It's all about the wildlife.

Mpumalanga, South Africa
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
2 years
This was a real ‘cliffhanger’ of a sighting but these klipspringers had played the game before. They remained calm and stuck to their game plan - despite coming within inches of death. #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #photography
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Cubs of the Kambula pride on West Street Bridge this morning 🦁 #safari #lions
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Hyena gives leopard a wide berth 😂 #safari #leopard #hyena
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
An affectionate moment between the River Rocks female with one of her cubs. #safari #leopard
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
The Sibuye female with her cubs. 🎥 by ranger Pieter van Wyk #safari #leopards
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
The Nkoveni female with her 2 new cubs 🐆 🐆🐆 #safari #leopard
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
Tree climbing #lion 🦁 🌳 #safari #ndhzengamales
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MalaMala Game Reserve
8 months
Members of the Kambula pride crossing the Sand River 🦁 #safari #lion
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
11 months
Brute strength 🐆 💪
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MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
A tender moment 🐘🩶
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 month
The Flat Rock male 🐆 #safari #leopard
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
The Sibuye female with her cubs 🐆 #safari #leopard
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
11 months
We have 4 new additions to the Kambula pride 🦁 #lions #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
The Kambula pride’s youngest cubs meeting the older ones 🦁 #safari #Lions
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
A bit of MalaMala magic 🪄 #safari #leopard
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
Today’s lesson: Tree climbing 🌳 🦁 #safari #lion
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
7 months
Introducing the Island female’s new cub 🐆 #leopard #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Kids will be kids. Cubs will be cubs. We’re not that different… #safari #lions
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
2 years
UNBELIEVABLE! Lioness gives birth in front of us! Yesterday morning we found ourselves marveling at the visible movements of unborn lion cubs within their heavily pregnant mother. Our jaws dropped when she actually started giving birth! #lion #birth #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
2 years
Meerkat style. It’s far from a common sight but we’re getting used to seeing this cub of the Nkoveni female standing upright when she needs to get a better view. 🎥 by our guest Claudia Robson #safari #bucketlist #southafrica #leopard
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Say 👋 to the Piccadilly female’s new cubs 🐆 🐆 #safari #leopards
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Male lions don’t always cover themselves in glory 😂😂😂 #lions #safari #fail #blooper
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Here comes the pride 🦁 #safari #lions
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Carrying precious cargo 📦 🐆 #safari #leopard
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
The Ndhzenga males with a lioness from the Kambula pride and their 3 cubs 🦁 🎥 by ranger @pcfvanwyk . . . #lions #cats #cubs #nature #wildlife
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
The Kambula pride’s 4 new cubs have met the pride’s 10 older cubs 🦁 🎥 by ranger @jaco_wildlife . . . #nature #wildlife #lions #CatsOfTwitter
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
What a beauty!!! 🐘🩶 #elephant #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
Playful cubs 🦁 . . . #lions #cats #nature
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
20 days
The perfect den doesn't exist.....or does it? 🎥 by ranger @nick_dup #lions #bigcats #cats #nature
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
5 months
Well done little one 👏 #lion #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
3 years
The cutest river crossing you’ll ever see! Want to experience scenes like this? Contact an African Safari specialist and ask about us. #safari #lions #travel
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
The Kambula pride continues to grow! 💪 #lions #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
A 3-Leopard Fight 🐆🐆🐆 #safari #leopard
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MalaMala Game Reserve
5 months
🐆+🐆🐆🐆=🤠 The Nkoveni female #leopard
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MalaMala Game Reserve
2 years
The Island female moving some precious cargo 🐆 #safari #leopard
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
Psst. Dad, you can open your eyes now. We’re world champions! 🏉 🇿🇦 #GoBokkie #StrongerTogether #Springbok #WorldCup2023 #safari #lion
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MalaMala Game Reserve
7 months
When you have to do something you’d rather not… 😂 The Stone Drift female #leopard crossing the Sand River.
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MalaMala Game Reserve
7 months
Rough and tumble. The cubs of the Sibuye female 🐆 🎥 by ranger @jaco_wildlife #CatsOfTwitter #NaturePhotography #wildlife
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
3 years
Elderly male elephants invest much more effort into tracking down and mating with females than younger males do. The oldest bulls are generally the slowest walkers but when they go into musth the old-timers kick it into high gear, walking faster and further than younger males.
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Here comes trouble… 🎥 by our guests @SafariArchitect #safari #lions
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
The Split Rock male and the Lookout female 🐆 #leopard #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Tug of war 😂🦁 #lions #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Mothers are basically part of a scientific experiment to prove that sleep is not a crucial part of life… This lioness from the Kambula pride is Exhibit A. #safari #lions #motherhood #nosleep
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MalaMala Game Reserve
8 months
Members of the Kambula pride crossing the Sand River. 🎥 by ranger @rangernicnel #Lions #cats #wildlifephotography #nature
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
Our idea of heaven 🙏🙌 #safari #elephants
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MalaMala Game Reserve
2 months
The cubs of the Sibuye female enjoying some rough n tumble play 🐆 #leopard #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
11 months
Mother and cubs 🐆🧡 The Sibuye female. #safari #leopard
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
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MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
Nature’s show of strength 💪 Leopard vs hyena 🤯
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MalaMala Game Reserve
3 years
A lioness from the Kambula pride leads her 5 cubs across the Sand River. ~ 📸 by ranger @jacquesproust #WorldPhotographyDay #Safari #africa #nature
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MalaMala Game Reserve
5 months
Bath time 🦁 The Ntsevu pride #lion #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Baboons and lions using the same bridge 😂 #safari #lions #baboons
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Update from our wild dog den 🐶 All 9 puppies are healthy and they’re getting more adventurous - exploring the world that’s more than a meter away from the den’s entrance 😂 #safari #wilddog
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MalaMala Game Reserve
3 months
A Sand River Sunrise with the Maxim’s male and Island female 🐆 Arguably the biggest male and female leopards on MalaMala. #cats #wildlife #nature
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 month
On earth there is no heaven...but there are pieces of it. ~ #elephants #peace #nature #wildlife
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MalaMala Game Reserve
3 months
Intimate moments on safari 🐆🍃 The Three Rivers female and her newest litter. #safari #leopard
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MalaMala Game Reserve
4 months
On patrol 🦁 🦁 #ndhzengamales #lions
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MalaMala Game Reserve
8 months
Moments that move us 💙 #safari #elephants
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
An affectionate moment between the Sibuye female and one of her cubs 🐆 #safari #leopards
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MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
Family photo. The Kambula pride 🦁
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9 months
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MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
As if giving birth wasn’t hard enough… 🤦‍♂️🐘 #elephant #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
This little one didn’t exactly cover itself in glory… 😂🐘 #safari #elephants
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
7 months
Going up: 💯 Coming down: 0️⃣ 😂 #safari #lion
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MalaMala Game Reserve
11 months
The Othawa pack and their 19 pups 🐶 #safari #wilddogs
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MalaMala Game Reserve
5 months
The cub of the Island female 🐆 #leopard #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Breakfast with elephants anyone? 🐘 ☕️🍳
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MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
Boo! The Sibuye female’s cub gives her a little heart attack! 😂 #safari #leopard
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
The Kangela male 🐆 #leopard #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
7 months
The Kambula lioness with the youngest cubs reunites with her pride. The pride then greets one of the Ndhzenga males. 🎥 by our guest @barryrachwildlife #lions #CatsOfTwitter #nature #wildlife
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Oh hey there little one… Come #safari with us 🌍🐆
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
To all the mothers of kids with two legs as well as four… Happy Mother’s Day! 🧡 📸 by our guests from Memories of Africa
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MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
Giraffes crossing the Sand River at dusk. 🎥 by ranger @pcfvanwyk . . . #nature #Peace #wildlife #photography
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MalaMala Game Reserve
5 months
The Piccadilly female and her cub 🐆 #cats #nature #wildlifephotography 🎥 by ranger @davoh_takes_photos_
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MalaMala Game Reserve
13 days
The cub of the Lookout female #leopard takes a tumble ☺️😂 #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
When the red mist descends 😡 🔥 💥 #lions #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Here in South Africa - when reversing out of a parking bay - we normally find an enthusiastic car guard in our rear-view mirror. But sometimes we find a pride of lions… 🦁 #southafrica #meetsouthafrica #lions #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
So far so good for the cub of the Island female 📷 📷 by guest @holllybaker #cats #nature #wildlife
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
8 months
White-fronted bee-eaters enjoying a dust bath 🐦
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MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
The 2 remaining Ndhzenga males 📷 #Lions #cats #NaturePhotography
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
The wilderness is a place of rest - not in the sense of being motionless, for the lure, after all, is to move, to round the next bend. The rest comes in the isolation from distractions, in the slowing of the daily centrifugal forces that keep us off balance. #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Congratulations to Claudia Robson for winning our Guest Photographic Competition 🥇 🏆 🎉 We look forward to welcoming you back when you claim your prize: a free stay at MalaMala Rattray’s Camp! Thank you to all who entered. #Safari #photosafari #luxurysafari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
Lions keeping hyenas at bay 🦁 #safari #lions #hyenas
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
9 months
That moment when a pangolin appears out of nowhere and walks right up to you! 📷 by our guests Alexander Grosskord & Kelly Janas @WindroseReisen #luxuryreise #traumurlaub #safari #bucketlist #southafrica #nature #wildlife #photosafari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
6 months
Bath time 🛁 #lions #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
10 months
Elephants in the Sand River 🐘 #safari #elephants
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
There are many things that make a MalaMala safari so special. The fact that wild animals afford us the privilege of observing tender and intimate moments like this is definitely one of them! #safari #lion Photo by private photo safari guide Andrew Danckwerts.
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
An exciting morning with the Ndhzenga males 🦁 🦁 🦁 The previous night the 3 Ndhzenga males heard the 2 Black Dam males roaring along the lower reaches of the Mlowathi River and headed that way. Early this morning we found the 3 males running out of the area #lions #safari
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
20 days
Sights like this are proof that our ongoing dehorning program is working 🤠 A big thank you to all those who have contributed and participated in our efforts to ensure that the sun never sets on this species 🦏 #rhino #conservation
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
Lioness falls off her perch 😂 #lions #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
3 years
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
2 years
And that’s what friends are for… 💥 #safari #lions
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
7 months
The Nkuhuma pride love a daytime buffalo hunt! 🦁 🐃 #nkuhumapride #lion #safari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
3 lionesses and 9 cubs interrupt a leopard’s nap… #safari #lions #leopards #luxurysafari
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MalaMala Game Reserve
1 year
That warthog is probably still hiding… #lions #nkuhumapride
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@mala_mala
MalaMala Game Reserve
11 months
Another bites the dust 🦁 v 🐃 The Northern Avoca male and his sons. #safari #lions
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