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A memorable sighting: a young Kalahari lion resting in the shade of an acacia bush.
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A brown hyena drinking from one of the two artificial waterholes in the reserve.
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A bat-eared fox.
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A giraffe in the reserve.
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Gemsboks and springboks at a waterhole.
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The mother cheetah.
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A greater kudu bull approaching the waterhole.
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Gemsbok bulls sparring.
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The northern Matswere gate at the reserve.
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The pair of veterinary fences on the way to the reserve, whose purpose is to prevent the spread of the foot-and-mouth disease in cattle from wild ungulates.
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Springboks in the shade of acacia trees.
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The setting sun painting the sky rosy-red behind the acacia trees.
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An Acacia tortilis tree, one of the common acacias of the Kalahari, in full bloom.
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A pair of cape ground squirrels on the alert. By feeding on roots, bulbs and grasses, these animals can live without drinking water.
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Cape glossy starling.
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Male kori bustard.
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Ostrich.
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Northern black korhaan.
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Crimson-breasted shrike.
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Red-billed spurfowl.
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Gottyma, the cook in the team. She cooked with only three vessels and on a fire grate. She even baked bread and cake in the camp.
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