The Xidulu female’s male cub affectionately rubs up against her. Having been left alone for a few days, the cubs showed great excitement at her return. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

An impala ram turns and scans his surroundings before crossing over the road as the sun rises behind him. These antelope are becoming increasingly noisy as we enter the rutting season where males chase and fight with one another for mating rights to the females. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

A reflection of a Mhangeni Pride youngster in a small pan as he watches some vultures landing in the distance. These lions had finished off a kudu and were full bellied and resting when we found them. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

Two young giraffe turn to look at us simultaneously as the morning sun lights up their coats. Youngsters of this age tend to move in nursery groups rather than alongside their respective mothers. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

The Xidulu female and her male cub turn and look towards alarming impala in the distance. The antelope were alarming at the young female who was returning to the leap. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

One of the Tsalala Breakaway Pride young males walks past the vehicle. These lions have been focusing around one particular rocky outcrop on Londolozi, where we believe the tailless lioness is denning. Normally males of this age will be forced out of the pride by their fathers but because there is no male permanently with this pride they have not yet dispersed. Photograph by Callum Gowar

There was a perfect shaft a light coming in from in front of this crocodile to illuminate the inside of its yellow mouth, giving the impression of a torch-lit subject. It was too unique to pass up, and the slow shutter speed added to the mystical feel of the scene. Photograph by Sean Cresswell

Slowly, colours of summer vanish and the wintery aura can be detected here and there. This rhino bull was surrounded by a field of golden grass. Photography by Sean Cresswell

One of the Tsalala Breakaway Pride young males turns to glance at a journey of giraffe that have spotted him in the distance. We actually found the group of three lions by going to check what the giraffe were staring at. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

Three of the Tsalala Pride youngsters rest together in a huddle. This pride has been focusing their movements around the Londolozi camps recently, meaning we have been seeing a lot of them in the last week. Photograph by Callum Gowar

An African Scops Owl, photographed with the help of a spotlight. These birds eat mainly insects as well as small rhodents, birds, geckos and frogs. Photograph by Callum Gowar

The unusual weather we had this past week gave me the opportunity to photograph this giraffe bull against a blackening sky as a storm approached. Because of the low lighting conditions, there is a blur of the buffalo thorn he was feeding off as he tore off a mouthful of leaves. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

Unsheathed claws, grimacing faces and an explosion of rosettes. The Piva male and Mashaba female separate from a short mating bout while Garrett Fitzpatrick, Life Sibuyi and guests look on from a distance. Photograph by Sean Cresswell

A nervous but inquisitive hyena cub emerges ever so slightly before disappearing again as the day heats up. Photograph by Sean Cresswell

Overcast afternoons meant shadowless scenes, and capturing the Nanga female and her last remaining cub required a wide aperture, steady rest and fairly still subject. An amazing opportunity nonetheless! Photograph by Sean Cresswell

Although not the greatest photograph I’ve ever taken, this is one I was very excited to have captured. Here a very shy Kurrichane Buttonquail rushes back to collect its tiny chick. The adults themselves are minute, weighing just 43g so you can imagine how small this chick was in real life. What is also fascinating is that this species of bird is polyandrous, meaning the adult raising the chick here is in fact the male. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

The Nanga female scans her surroundings from a Leadwood tree while her cub feeds on a bushbuck in the thickets at its base. Photograph by Amy Attenborough

Another glorious sunrise over Londolozi. As winter approaches these sunrises tend to get more and more dramatic as they reflect off the dust in the atmosphere. Photograph by Amy Attenborough