![The lion pride dynamics of the Balule Nature Reserve are fast becoming an intricate minefield of power, bravado and nervousness. There’s always a shift in dynamics within prides when sub-adult males become testosterone fuelled beasts ready to mark their mark in the “jungle” and claim territories. This is exactly what has been happening on the traverse covering the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0158-370x275.jpg "Boys of the Balule: Power Hungry Mohlabetsi Lions")
Boys of the Balule: Power Hungry Mohlabetsi Lions
The lion pride dynamics of the Balule Nature Reserve are fast becoming an intricate minefield of power, bravado and nervousness. There’s always a shift in dynamics within prides when sub-adult[…]
![This time, the Week in Pictures falls on World Elephant Day, a day dedicated to the celebration of the world’s largest land mammal. In the wild places that house our safari camps, elephants roam free, and are so at home that they take it upon themselves to come right onto the camp grounds, help themselves to […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0204-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Born to be Wild")
![The spotted hyena has a bad reputation in the bushveld for stealing leopard kills and putting pressure on lions to abandon their kills. While certainly notorious for their thieving ways and scavenging antics; the hyena is also actually a rather successful hunter. When there’s a free meal available, it’s far easier to intercept the big […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Hyena1-370x275.jpg "Ezulwini Hyenas Displace Lions from Zebra Kill")
![Temperatures are at an annual low at this time of year, as winter fastens its grip in Southern Africa. The Kruger Lowveld has taken a knock with the drought that has left many dams prematurely dry, and inhibited the growth of grasses needed to feed the grazing wildlife community. Still, nature always has a way. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Em-Gatland-125-of-127-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Winter Wildlife")
![The Balule Nature Reserve is home to Africa’s big five and an abundance of species you’ve probably never heard about. On a daily basis, gentle herbivores and powerful predators grace us with their presence. Wildlife often exhibit a set of behaviours which are carefully studied by rangers and trackers. While one can never predict what happens in […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ElephantEZ2-370x275.jpg "Ezulwini’s Hidden Trail Camera Films Curious Wildlife")
![This week, we’ve celebrated elephants, been awed by lions, laughed at hyenas, and ogled leopards in all their glory. It’s been a week of big game encounters, breath-taking sunsets, stellar skies, and experiences to last a lifetime; and now we get to play back our favourite moments to you in the form of our Week […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/elephant-silhouette-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: A Week to Remember")
![Times are a changing for the lions of the Balule, according to news and sightings from Ezulwini Game Lodges… Of late, there has been a fight between some significant males in the area, and the seldom-seen Singwe Pride has made a statement by mating near Ezulwini Billy’s Lodge. The tension between the Mohlabetsi coalition and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_0066-370x275.jpg "Balule Lion Fights & Singwe Pride Mating")
![Another working week in the African wild has come to an end, and now there is the weekend to look forward to; but when your working week is spent on safari, there seems no need for a weekend at all! The folks at our bush camps and lodges have sent through their highlights of the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lioness-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: A Safari Smorgasbord")
![Ezulwini Game Lodges have come to know a number of lion prides that occupy parts of their traverse in the Balule Nature Reserve, but the Singwe Pride is not usually one of them. That changed just recently when one male lion and two lionesses were spotted on Ezulwini River Lodge access road, and speculation has it […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0075-370x275.jpg "Singwe Pride Lions visits Ezulwini River Lodge")
![If there is anything constant or predictable about nature, it’s that it is spectacularly colourful. Every morning there is a sunrise to paint the dawn peachy tones of pink, and every evening there is a sunset that stains the sky all shades of salmon. Even if there is a build up of cloud in the wide […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/zebra1-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Colour By Nature")