The Week in Pictures: TGI Friday Fix!

Another week of golden mornings, rose-tinted evenings, and humid summer days spent sipping something cold and allowing an afternoon siesta to take its course has passed us by. The hours just after dawn are well worth waking up for in the bush, where a world of unpredictable wildlife activity awaits. The sunrise spills its light on a new day, and the evidence of the night’s happenings is revealed. Diurnal animals emerge at waterholes, keen to quench their thirst, and birds sing loudly to announce the dawn of a new day. It has been our pleasure, yet again, to set out and capture the most vivid of colours, the starkest of contrasts, and the best performances of nature from the last week. Here, another Friday into the year, we bring our latest edition of the Week in Pictures, displaying the best photography coming out of our camps in the Kruger Park and Botswana. Enjoy!

Xobega Island Camp, Okavango Delta, Botswana

A half-collared kingfisher gazes determinedly into the shallows of a Delta stream

A king surveying his kingdom. Moremi.

Tuskers Bush Camp, Kwatale Conservancy, Northern Botswana

A lone elephant crosses the open area in front of Tuskers Bush Camp

A tawny eagle takes off in an elegant display of feather work

Africa on Foot, Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger

Bundu in black and white and exuding attitude

Impala rams are beginning to rut once again, and we are seeing and hearing the territorial behaviour all over the place

A feast among vultures

A Cape turtle dove caught in the colourful rays of a rainbow, making for a unique and extraordinary capture of this common bushveld resident

nThambo Tree Camp, Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger

A frenzy ensues at the location of a zebra carcass and a black-backed jackal commands respect as it charges at the gathering vultures

A leopard peers cautiously from the safety of a knobthorn tree

Impala ram smothered in the golden glow of the early morning

A white-backed vulture soars, wings outstretched and stark against the Big Blue

Ezulwini Game Lodges, Balule Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger

A spotted hyena, alert with hunger and the anticipation of a free meal

A herd of zebra absorb the morning sunshine in a huddle of stripy pyjamas

A heavily armed dagha boy buries his head in the tall shimmering grasses of summer

Ancient beauty, the greatest in all the land

Umkumbe Safari Lodge, Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Greater Kruger Park

White Dam, familiar with her adoring fans, struts passed the game viewer after giving up on an impala hunt

Earth's greatest land mammal, up close and personal

A dagha boy, fully armed with a heavy set of horns

All teeth and stripes in this convivial zebra gathering in the morning's glow