![So you’ve booked your safari at Ezulwini Game Lodges and you’ve decided that lions are a definite “must see” while in Africa. Being the ultimate super-predator, seeing a pride of Panthera leo in the wild is a memory that remains etched in your mind long after your safari is over. Before departing for the ultimate safari in the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_02031-370x275.jpg "Know Before You Go : 3 Facts About Lions at Ezulwini")
Know Before You Go : 3 Facts About Lions at Ezulwini
So you’ve booked your safari at Ezulwini Game Lodges and you’ve decided that lions are a definite “must see” while in Africa. Being the ultimate super-predator, seeing a pride of Panthera leo[…]
![The hyena is not the best looking animal but it’s certainly one of Africa’s most successful scavengers and ruthless carnivores. These stout morphologically dog-like creatures are the most misunderstood species in the safari world. Notorious for being cowardly, cunning thieves and unrepentant killers; it’s no surprise that they have a bad reputation. Hyenas are actually highly social, intelligent and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MG_6287-370x275.jpg "This April – When Hyenas Make a Fool of Super Predators…")
![Welcome to the Week in Pictures: Easter Feast! A photography round up of the week’s wildlife activity at the Sun Destinations Kruger camps. It’s the end of a short week and the beginning of a long weekend – the Friday feeling is stronger than ever! South Africans are taking their rooftop tents and braai grids […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/leopard-tortoise-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Easter Feast!")
![The Van Wijk’s leopardess is a small, yet powerful cat often spotted on Ezulwini’s traverse. She loves nothing more than to be in the limelight and never misses an opportunity to have her photo taken. Alongside Chavaluthu, the blue-eyed boy of the Balule, she’s one of the most commonly spotted leopards while out on game […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/VanWijks4-370x275.jpg "Van Wijk’s Leopardess: Princess of Ezulwini")
![Glory Wati possesses the broadest and most dazzling smile in the Balule where she hosts at Ezulwini River Lodge. Glory welcomes new guests with cheerfulness and genuine kindness, along with a refreshing drink and a briefing about Ezulwini River Lodge, before showing them to their rooms. Ezulwini guests immediately bond with this happy character, and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screenshot-2016-03-23-17.01-370x275.jpg "Ezulwini River Lodge Hostess: Glory Wati")
![This week was the week that brought the rain to the Kruger. At such a late stage in the summer, the earth was scorched from the incessant heat and lack of replenishment from the rain. Then, the growl of distant thunder and flicker of lightning behind giant grey clouds announced the arrival of relief, all […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wild-dog-and-giraffe-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Predators and Plains Game")
![Sad news broke in the Balule last week, when the lifeless body of big tusker, Shoshangane, was discovered. This collared elephant had been monitored for over a decade by the Save the Elephants foundation, contributing invaluable data towards studies on elephant movements in the Greater Kruger. His natural death was a shock, but it was […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0112-370x275.jpg "Hyenas feed on fallen giant, Shoshangane")
![In 2012 a recorded amount of 633 rhinos were poached. Within two years, this number escalated to a staggering 1020. And these are just the official numbers recorded by the Department of Environmental affairs. There are plenty of unaccounted for rhino deaths which affect the decline of our rhino population. The increase in poaching is […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/EmGatlandRhino-370x275.jpg "#WWD2016 : Unpacking Rhino Poaching Statistics")
![Just the other day Shoshangaan (Shoshangane) came to visit guests at Ezulwini River Lodge. Little did they know that this would be the last time this majestic jumbo would set foot on Ezulwini soil. It’s with great sadness that we announce the death of Soshangane (aka Shoshangaan), the huge collared Tusker who frequented River Lodge. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0098-370x275.jpg "Shoshangaan the Tusker Dies of Natural Causes")
![It’s no secret that the state of the drought in South Africa is having dire consequences on some of the water-reliant species of the Kruger Park. Some areas have received more rain than others, but in those areas where rainfall is severely lacking, we’ve been seeing some interesting wildlife activity taking place. In the Klaserie […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/leopard-at-night-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Seeing Spots!")