• Elephant in Lower Zambezi forest at sunset
  • Elephant feeding on winterthorn in Lower Zambezi
  • Leopard in Lower Zambezi riverine forest
  • Leopard in Lower Zambezi
  • Wild dogs in Lower Zambezi (black & white)
  • Wild dog in Lower Zambezi
  • Lioness in Lower Zambezi
  • Lioness at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
  • White lion with kill at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
  • Four-striped grass mouse in Kgalagadi
  • Young giraffe in Kgalagadi
  • Steenbok in Kgalagadi
  • Vervet monkey in Kruger National Park
  • Knysna Turaco in Wilderness forest
  • Knysna Turaco in flight
  • Swallow nest-building at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • Sacred Ibises flying by rainbow at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • European Roller in rainbow at Kruger National Park
  • Red-knobbed coot attack at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • Black-backed jackals fighting in Kgalagadi
  • Rock Kestrel and Black-shouldered Kite fighting in mid-air
  • Hyena in Kruger National Park
  • Wildebeest running in Kgalagadi
  • Lower Zambezi hippos
  • Lower Zambezi baobab at sunrise
  • Baboon in Lower Zambezi
  • Caracals at Cape Point
  • Orange-breasted Sunbird at Cape Point
  • Cape Sugarbird at Cape Point
  • Cape fur seals at Cape of Good Hope
  • White-fronted Plover at Cape Point
  • Black Oystercatcher on Wilderness beach
  • Cape clawless otter at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • Painted reed frog at Helderberg
  • Carpenter bee near Wilderness
  • Giant ground gecko (Namib sand gecko) ay Kgalagadi
  • Southern rock agama at Cape Point
  • Southern rock agama camouflaged on rock at Cape Point
  • Scops Owl at Kruger National Park
  • Brown Snake-Eagle at Kruger National Park
  • Pelicans in clouds above Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • Pelicans in formation above Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • Tern diving at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • Greater Flamingos at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
  • Hooded Vulture in Lower Zambezi
  • Lappet-faced Vultures in Kgalagadi
  • Lion brothers in Kgalagadi
  • Lioness and cub in Lower Zambezi
  • Eland at Cape Point
  • Elephant in Kruger National Park storm
  • Massive bull elephant in Lower Zambezi
© Ian Malone
Ian Malone
Ian Malone  |  Cape Town
ian@maloneinthewild.com

One thing I love about animals is their honesty — they are as they are. From the mouse in the back garden to the elephant in the riverine forest, they all have their own quiet magic, and it’s this magic that I share with you here.

What it looked like.

What it felt like.

In these moments frozen in time.

I’m Ian. Possibly should’ve started with that.


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