Meet Rodney Nombekana, wildlife photographer and seasoned safari tour guide at Kruger National Park in South Africa, who has earned the reputation for finding and photographing big cats.
People travel across oceans and from the other side of the world for a chance to see the wonders of Kruger National Park. The South African game reserve was establishedand ranks among the best national parks in the world. Bucket-list adventurers visit with the hope of encountering the"big five" -- lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffalo -- and, with any luck, capturing a memory-worthy photo in the process.
"Our animals basically make wildlife photography fashionable," says Rodney Nombekana, a safari guide who prides himself on giving visitors a camera roll of reasons to fall in love with Kruger's wildlife."By doing so, not only do they appreciate the wildlife but they also get involved in conservation of our natural world.
"It just so happened that a leopard was sitting on a beautiful rock during the sunset, and I took out my cell phone and I took a picture of this leopard," Nombekana recalls."When I got home, I looked at the picture, and I realized that it would be nice if taken from a proper camera."So Nombekana bought a starter camera kit.
"The elders of the village always told us about the leopard," he explains."It was always a myth that there was this animal that was called a leopard. We actually never really saw it. It's always been a dream of mine to actually see a leopard in the wild and when I first saw one, it was just unbelievable."
Look through the gallery above to see how the leopard and other big cats have continued to hold a special meaning for Nombekana.
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