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Top Five Big Five: 25 Fierce Safari Photos

Top Five Big Five: 25 Fierce Safari Photos Photo

Photo by TravelingD

Posted on November 23, 2025 in Photos

If the measure of an African safari’s success is the number of Big Five animals captured on film, IgoUgo members have succeeded in spades. We’re celebrating the victories of our khaki-clad photography collective with their top five photos of each of the Big Five: lions, elephants, rhinos, leopards, and cape buffaloes.

Lions

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, photo by cdeever

South Africa photo by fastercuddles

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, photo by fluppe

Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, photo by Jason Elite

Botswana photo by Heynurse3

Elephants

Amboseli National Park, Kenya, photo by bloeth

Chobe National Park, Botswana, photo by Raklak

Amboseli National Park, Kenya, photo by Islay78

Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, photo by Jason Elite

Etosha National Park, Namibia, photo by allain

Rhinos

Pretoria, South Africa, photo by Ingo

Johannesburg, South Africa, photo by sms50

Djuma Game Reserve, South Africa, photo by Elginah

Mkhaya Game Reserve, Swaziland, photo by ladyanne47

Inyati Private Game Reserve, South Africa, photo by TennTina46

Leopards

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, photo by midtownmjd

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, photo by nofootprint

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, photo by Waldo

Kruger National Park, South Africa, photo by MikeInTown

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, photo by Norman

Cape Buffaloes

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, photo by nofootprint

Kruger National Park, South Africa, photo by sjmclaughlin

Ngorongoro, Tanzania, photo by actonsteve

Kruger National Park, South Africa, photo by MikeInTown

Ngorongoro, Tanzania, photo by nofootprint

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