![Golden hour is a much anticipated event while on safari. Sunset is the colourful divide between the tranquillity of blissful safari days and mysterious antics that occur under the canopy of star spangled darkness. It’s the bridge that links day to night, and always provides the picture perfect setting to discuss the day’s events and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Baobab8-370x275.jpg "Selinda Spillway Baobab Sundowners at Motswiri Camp")
Selinda Spillway Baobab Sundowners at Motswiri Camp
Golden hour is a much anticipated event while on safari. Sunset is the colourful divide between the tranquillity of blissful safari days and mysterious antics that occur under the canopy[…]
![This week we see the arrival of a new lodge in Botswana, and the departure of the arid season. Greenery is sprouting and forcing its way through the bushveld, and there’s new life across all our reserves. Our team in the Klaserie have been upskilling themselves when it comes to creating safari cocktails, and our […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/WIPMankwe-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Arrivals and Departures")
![Warwick Hendry, an avid writer and photographer is currently based at our camps in Botswana. When he sent through his recent update, we were delighted and somewhat green with envy. This was the sighting of a lifetime! Here is his blog : During a recent transfer from Tuskers Bush Camp to Xobega Island, a group […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/WildPups4-370x275.jpg "Tuskers Bush Camp : African Wild Dog Pup Sighting!")
![As fast as tumbleweed in the desert, the weeks seem to be rolling by. Soon we will be caught up the flurry of the festive season, which is why we take time to pause and reflect on Fridays. Friday is the day when we celebrate the sightings of the week and showcase our top images from each […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/WIPKoriBustad-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Birds and Beasts")
![Botswana is a mecca for birders across the globe, who flock to the country to seek out wildfowl, waders and lifers. A bird sighting is always a guarantee – even if it’s a common southern yellow-billed hornbill, the one thing that we can guarantee while on safari is a bird sighting! The Okavango Delta, with […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/KevinDuck-370x275.jpg "Recent Bird Sightings while Cruising the Okavango Delta")
![Tranquillity reigned at Picnic Pan on the Kwatale Conservancy this week as some guests and I sat enjoying the sunset, but all that was shattered when the quiet evening air erupted into a cacophony of rapidly approaching roars. A young male lion came galloping out of the last fading light of the day. He moved […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TuskersLions5-370x275.jpg "Kwatale Conservancy Lion Update : Invasion of the Picnic Pan Triad")
![It doesn’t matter what time of day it is in southern Africa, one thing’s for certain – above your head lies a blanket of hues and striking rays of colour. Renown for its sunsets, crisp blue skies and crystal clear night skies; Africa has more to offer than just exceptional game viewing! While we bring you […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WIPUmkumbeSunset-370x275.jpg "A Kaleidoscope of Colourful Skies While on Safari")
![The long weekend is approaching and there are many of us looking forward to the well-earned break. If you’re celebrating Easter, then consider these images a gift from the Easter bunny. If you’re not celebrating Easter, then consider this a visual and virtual gift to be enjoyed over the long weekend. Highlights from the Week […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AFOWILDDOGS2-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Roll on the Festive Long Weekend")
![Calling all Twitchers! Tuskers Bush Camp has become a birding destination of dreams over the wet season, which has brought heavy and widespread rains to Botswana. The vast Kwatale Conservancy, in which Tuskers is exclusively located, offers unchartered territory and its network of pans have filled to the brim, inviting a smorgasbord of both resident […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/XobegaLongCrestedEagle032017-370x275.jpg "Twitchers Be Crazy! Birding in Botswana Has Never Been Better")
![The Felidae family comprises the genus Panthera which refers to lions, leopards, tigers, jaguar and snow leopards. Snow leopards aren’t common in the bushveld; but our precious Panthera pardus (leopard) and Panthera leo (lion) are found in abundance throughout Botswana and Kruger. Now that you’re more aware of the taxonomic hierarchy of our cats, it’s […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WIPLionCubs-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : The Genius of Genus Panthera")