Reflections
5 November 2025John searches for lion cubs on the reserve after some alarming reports; the first vulture eggs are laid and hatched; Johan and John reflect on an extremely wild and successful year on Shamwari.
After a rogue leopard is captured by local farmers, the team relocates it to the reserve; Johan heads up north to oversee the loading of 160 vultures.
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John searches for lion cubs on the reserve after some alarming reports; the first vulture eggs are laid and hatched; Johan and John reflect on an extremely wild and successful year on Shamwari.
Johan and his team take on a monumental challenge: relocating a wild elephant herd; their hope is to unite the herd with two orphaned elephants, creating a new family in a safer environment.
John tracks the cheetah and her cubs and gets a very special sighting! It's feeding time for the breeding vultures, and Johan and John capture two male lions and move them to the new land.
When 160 vultures arrive after a 750-mile journey, the team race against time to get them offloaded. The meerkats move to their new home, and a red alert puts the new rhino AI collars to the test.
After a rogue leopard is captured by local farmers, the team relocates it to the reserve; Johan heads up north to oversee the loading of 160 vultures.
John tracks the female cheetah and her cubs; the team captures zebra and buffalo and relocates them to the new land; the two orphaned elephants embark on their final phase of rehabilitation.
The orphaned baby rhino takes a big step in his rehabilitation; construction has begun on the vulture enclosures: John has an elephant sighting.
Wildlife Manager, Bruce, and his team start to rewild the newly purchased land; John tracks a female cheetah he is concerned about and stumbles upon a pleasant surprise.
The reserve's annual aerial game count commences; an unexpected litter of meerkats are a pleasant surprise at Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.
The team launches an ambitious expansion and rewilding program; an orphaned baby rhino arrives at the animal hospital, and the team gets a surprise when they investigate a hippo suspected to be dead.
After a rogue leopard is captured by local farmers, the team relocates it to the reserve; Johan heads up north to oversee the loading of 160 vultures.
The team launches an ambitious expansion and rewilding program; an orphaned baby rhino arrives at the animal hospital, and the team gets a surprise when they investigate a hippo suspected to be dead.
The reserve's annual aerial game count commences; an unexpected litter of meerkats are a pleasant surprise at Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.
Wildlife Manager, Bruce, and his team start to rewild the newly purchased land; John tracks a female cheetah he is concerned about and stumbles upon a pleasant surprise.
The orphaned baby rhino takes a big step in his rehabilitation; construction has begun on the vulture enclosures: John has an elephant sighting.
John tracks the female cheetah and her cubs; the team captures zebra and buffalo and relocates them to the new land; the two orphaned elephants embark on their final phase of rehabilitation.