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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

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The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. But it wasn’t founded to serve as a refuge for human refugees, but animal ones, specifically elephants. And elephants are always overwhelming anyway. Tembe Elephant Park is a mosaic of savannah and forest.

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Birding crème de la crème: Asia – Corbett to Taman Negara

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Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger , Leopard. Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger and Gaur (highway 37 passes through the park and the rhinos and wild elephants can be spotted straying near the road). Birdwise, it is recommendable year-round, although winters are quite cold.

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