Michael Parfitt 🇿🇦

Author / Photographer / Foodie

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@ConservationNa1 Fascinating!

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@fanile_mkhize @SmitAntonette All the name changes can be frustrating. The joys of living in a global scientific world of alignment and standardisation. It was so much simpler when we could call them names like 'dikkops' and 'gymnogene'. But we need to move with the times...

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@fanile_mkhize @SmitAntonette Swainson’s Spurfowl. Nice pic!

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How to describe that deep emotional connection one experiences when feeling humbled in the presence of majestic, natural greatness?

#elephants #tusker #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Safari #humbled #majestic #wild

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Haaaaaapy New Year!

#HappyNewYear2024 #wildlife #hippopotamus #SouthAfrica #wildlifephotography #krugernationalpark

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If you hear a tree squirrel alarm calling while walking or driving through the African bush then stop, listen and carefully scan your surroundings. You may even find a well hidden leopard this way...

#wildlifephotography #wildlife #Safari #bushcraft

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@SoVeryBritish Missiptea

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An extract from 'To the Wild' - a must read for lovers of African adventure and wildlife.

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@JennyPaPB Great pic Jenny

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@isakpretorius Great pic Isak

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Flame-grilled beef fillet & garlic mayo. Because adventurers need to be well fed after all. This recipe is one of many featured in my first book - 'To the Wild' which documents our 100-day expedition through wild southern Africa.

#recipe #adventurefood #carnivorediet

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@KhalidAlrazooqi Stunning Khalid

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Our very simple camp setup when staying in one place for a few days. It's amazing just how simply you can live when living out of a vehicle like we did for our 100-day adventure.

#landroverdefender #explore #adventuretime #AdventureAwaits #camping

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A steenbok ram posing beautifully in the early morning light. Fun fact - this little antelope is the only southern African antelope that buries its dung. This makes perfect sense when you are low down of the food chain and live in a relatively small territory.

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@GoodThingsGuy Wonderful for these kids, but some privacy might be nice when using this facility...

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@SlenderSherbet The cats face rings Adelle...

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Every game drive offers something different, but I really love being surprised when I least expect it. We rounded a corner in a predominantly mopane woodland area, and there, on top a termite mound, in the middle of the day, was the very chilled young leopard. Magnificent.

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@ProteasMenCSA @cricketworldcup "For South Africa!" - Bongi Mbonambi

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@scrumming_ten Privately?

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'Who let the owls out... whoo... whoo?". A trio of young southern white-faced owls in the Kgalagadi. These little guys were perched, half-asleep, quite deep in the foliage, so not easy to photograph. They obligingly opened their beautiful amber-coloured eyes for this pic.