One of the best safari destinations in all of Africa, Sabi Sands on the border of the Kruger National Park, offers opportunities to get up close and personal with iconic wildlife. Using Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge, one of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World, as our base, we went from sun up to sun down, documenting the behaviours of the leopard, lion and cheetah as they battled to defend their territories.
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