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A Singaporean on safari with big cats and cold nights

Safari-goers in a safari vehicle looking at a cheetah in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in north-eastern South Africa. PHOTO: SABI SABI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE
Safari-goers in a safari vehicle look at a giraffe in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in north-eastern South Africa. PHOTO: SABI SABI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE
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MPUMALANGA, South Africa – Our tracker’s powerful torchlight swings from left to right across the South African bush, the only light on the horizon.

It is just 7pm, but the unlit land is darker than the night sky.

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