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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.

Den mates

We have recently been viewing a spotted hyeana and a pup in their den near our lodge, we where checking the den almost every day and for about a week we had little joy, until the other afternoon!! We arrived at the den and decided to give it a few minutes. So as we where all sitting quitly we heard a rustle in the the den and suddenly a warthog and 2 piglets come flying out!! So we had a good laugh as i told my geusts that the hyeana had probably moved to a new den, when before i could finish my sentence the hyeana also popped out. so we got a warthog and two piglets aswell as the hyeana and pup all using the some den, since then they have been seen again around the same hole. ??????????????

Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 16 April 2008