Danielle Sheedy
Stories of the Gate Guards of Crocodile Bridge
One of the guards was finishing the late shift, when he saw lions hunting warthogs up against the fence"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Apr 12, 2020
- 4 min
Bats in my Bedroom! Again!
"I half dropped to the floor, to avoid the bat flying in to me, and I went to the lounge to get Toni"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Apr 5, 2020
- 4 min
Growing up on Kruger: Lion Cubs, Serval kittens, and Golf Cart Game Drives
"We have an abundance of wildlife here, all creatures great and small... and we have many stories to tell, to go along with it"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
Friday Lockdown Visitors: An Afternoon With a Cheetah Mom & Her Cubs
This time the cheetahs were walking down towards the river, and were in perfect sight.
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Danielle Sheedy
- Mar 27, 2020
- 3 min
Lockdown Isn’t So Bad When Three Cheetahs Visit
"As I sat there in silence, watching and waiting, and then I saw them, three beautiful cheetahs."
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Danielle Sheedy
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
Lions on the Lawn and Other Anecdotes
"To his surprise he saw some tawny coloured shapes, and orange eyes staring back at him, from the lawn."
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Danielle Sheedy
- Dec 22, 2019
- 6 min
The Lioness and the Flat Tyre
"They parked between the car and the lioness. Two rangers then got out the car with a few tools to change the tyre"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Nov 25, 2019
- 5 min
The Princes of Crocodile Bridge
When I looked up, there they were, “my” 4 young males and a lioness just below them.
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Danielle Sheedy
- Oct 27, 2019
- 6 min
Hamiltons Tented Camp: When Lions and Wild Dogs Visit
"As we arrived on the main deck of Hamiltons, an enormous male lion came walking through the riverbed in front of us"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Oct 18, 2019
- 4 min
The Little Letaba Roof Visitor
"I could hear something in the roof. Scratch, scratch, scratch.I lay there, thinking about what it could be, frozen in fear."
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Danielle Sheedy
- Sep 28, 2019
- 5 min
Lions at Our Fence Again
"Possibly one of the most thrilling moments of my life, watching lions have their dinner merely 20 meters from us, while we were on foot"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Sep 25, 2019
- 7 min
A Kruger Gem: Imbali Safari Lodge
"I have spent much time in the African bush, but never have I sat down to dinner and had a leopard join me for an evening tipple."
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Danielle Sheedy
- Sep 17, 2019
- 5 min
The Ellie That Blocked The Road
"As Murphy’s law would have it, we came around the corner to a traffic jam. The cause? An absolutely massive elephant having his dinner"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Sep 4, 2019
- 4 min
That Time we had a Buffalo in Our Pool
"As she shone her torch, a massive buffalo bull emerged from the water on the swimming pool step, and shook himself off"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Aug 27, 2019
- 9 min
Kruger Adventures: 3 Magical Days in the North
"The sun was beginning to rise above the Letaba River, it was a crisp morning and I could hear lions roaring, and hyenas howling"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Aug 22, 2019
- 4 min
When a girl and her dog watch lions hunt
Bella was barking loudly, and then I saw them; about 10 lions all in the reeds below us, staring at Bella and I, with their piercing eyes
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Danielle Sheedy
- Aug 4, 2019
- 5 min
Meeting Nelson Mandela
This iconic man of South Africa who had seen so much of life, had done so much for our beautiful South Africa, wanted to meet little old me.
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Danielle Sheedy
- Aug 1, 2019
- 8 min
Mpala Jena, Place of Dreams
There is something exhilarating about watching the African night, while the crackling fire burns, knowing you are in the presence of a giant
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Danielle Sheedy
- Jul 22, 2019
- 7 min
Our Regular Royalty Visitors: The Place of Lions
"Before the elephants even reached them, the poor lions got up and dashed in to the reeds"
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Danielle Sheedy
- Jul 18, 2019
- 10 min
In the Land of Giants: Chobe Through my Eyes
If you haven’t experienced Botswana, you should definitely add it to your bucket list. It is incredible.
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