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A SPRINGBOK VICTORY AT SANBONA

TRIED & TESTED

WHAT Explorers walking safari

WHERE Sanbona Wildlife Reserve

WHO Lauren Dold

‘Walk in single file, stop when I stop and, of course, the golden rule is: don’t run.’ Three of us nodded in unison and took up our position behind guide Casper Bester. Ahead of me was an American guest, Sandra Mallory, and behind me was Getaway colleague Jess Oosthuyse. We set off across a renosterveld plain, straining our eyes for any sign of movement.

A cheetah had been spotted tailing a herd of springbok, and the late-afternoon light

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