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Madikwe Safari Lodge is situated in the heart of the richly diverse and malaria-free 76 000-hectare (187 800-acre) Madikwe Game Reserve – one of South Africa’s biggest wildlife sanctuaries. Famed for Operation Phoenix, the world’s largest game translocation exercise with the introduction of more than 8 000 animals, Madikwe’s diverse geology and broad mix of habitats allows a wide range of African wildlife to flourish – including the Big Five, cheetah and a thriving population of wild dog.

7 lions, 1 warthog

We have recently been viewing a spotted hyeana and pup sharing a den with a warthog, well until yesterday we where.. We where following a pride of 7 young lions when they stumbled upon the den. The warthog come flying out and into the claws of the lions. But one warthog just is not enough for them all, so there was a huge fight, and lions where running everywhere. After the dust settled the all helped lick each clean and off they went..

Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 24 April 2008