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Photographed by Dolf Botts
Hlanganini with broken left tusk. He must have broken his tusk in February or March 2009.
Date: March 30th 2009
Photographed by Iris de Haan
Location: Just outside Letaba restcamp in the Letaba riverbed
Date: May 17th 2009
Photographed by Thomas Hohls
Date: June 19th 2008
Location: 4 km north of Olifants restcamp
Photographed by Berno Roodt
Location: Letaba riverbed about 2km north of Letaba Restcamp
Date: 27 June 2009
Photographed by Petro Rossouw
Location: Near Letaba
Date: June 27th 2009
Impression: Hlanganini did not look in good condition. **Last available pictures of Hlanganini before he died"
Photographed by Michael Rodgers
Date: August 2008
Location: North of Letaba , towards Mopani
Photographed by Petra Totzke
February 22 2008
2 KM outside Letaba Restcamp towards Mopani
Thanks Petra for sharing this beautiful picture
Tuskers of Yesterday
Legendary Tusker *** HLANGANINI ***
Photographed by Aat Vuik
Location : Just outside Letaba restcamp
Date: February 24th 2008
Personally, I met Hlanganini once in just getting into the bush.
Photographed by Justin Cohen
Date: March 2008
Location: 2 km north of Letaba rest camp
Photographed by Jacques Proust
Date: July 3 2007.
Location: S62 in Letaba Area
Photographed by Christian Stowasser
Date: 2005
Location: Between Letaba bridge and Letaba Restcamp coming fromthe bush, crossing the road to Letaba riverbed
Photographed by Bert van Hamersveld
Location: Letaba riverbed near Letaba Restcamp
Date: July 2006
Photographed by: Jan & Carolynn Botha
Date: September 6th 2004
Location: Along the Letaba River on the gravel road (S46) that leads to Olifants camp
Photographed by Petra Totzke
Location : Near Letaba
Date: February 22th 2008
Photographed by: Jørgen Petersen
December 16th 2003
Just south of Engelhard Dam near (S46)
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H I S T O R Y
Hlanganini died in july 2009
Named after the Hlanganini spruit, close to Lataba, where he was first seen.
His name means "at the reeds"
The carcass of Hlanganini had been found 10km south of Letaba
HLANGANINI
Range
He roamed the Letaba area
Characteristics
Hlanganini was recognized as the biggest
tusker in the KNP for some time till he died in july 2009. His carcass was found and his tusks were rescued.
In march 2009 he broke
about 30cm of his left tusk.
Tusks
Left Tusk Right Tusk
45 kg
55,80 kg
204 cm 270
cm
Photographed by Dolf Botts.
Date: January 2009
Photographed by
M. Stander
Location: Near Letaba (Letaba riverbed)
Date: April 2009