Animals of Matombu Wild

Matombu Wild Ranch and Lodge, South Africa – 2009. This trip to South Africa primarily for photography but with the intention of a little trophy hunting. Matombu Wild was excellent for both of these. This private ranch has open grasslands, high ridges and deep valleys and a good selection of plains game. During our stay we went on a number of game viewing and hunting drives throughout Matombu and these are photos of a few of the many animals we saw.

Eland

Female Southern Giraffe. Its mate had jumped the fence a few months ago so it was all alone.

Zebra on the run

Blue Wildebeest (Gnu)

Nyala

Kudu – a young male and two females.

Blesbok

Dung beetles

Young male Impala

Hartebeest

Oryx (Gemsbok)

Female Kudu

Ostrich

Common Duiker

Malachite Kingfisher

This is called and owl head butterfly because the giant spots on its wings resemble owl eyes. The upper area of the wings looks like a snake head

This is called and owl head butterfly because the giant spots on its wings resemble owl eyes. The upper area of the wings looks like a snake head

A female kudu hiding in the bush

Beetle

A baby Blesbok only a few hours old and separated from its mother.