![This week we’re celebrating Women’s Day by showcasing our female photographers’ images of the wild. The bushveld is rife with powerful females paving the way for the younger generations. Elephants are raised in matrilineal herds comprising all related females born into leadership positions, lionesses are protective over their pride yet they are powerful and ruthless […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WIPShirellWalkers-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures : Girl Power. In Celebration of Women’s Day.")
The Week in Pictures : Girl Power. In Celebration of Women’s Day.
This week we’re celebrating Women’s Day by showcasing our female photographers’ images of the wild. The bushveld is rife with powerful females paving the way for the younger generations. Elephants[…]
![When we head out on game drive during the summer season, it’s similar to stepping straight inside an emerald gemstone. The various shades and hues of green provide such a spectacular backdrop for our photographers. So much is happening at our Kruger camps and we’ve enjoyed an array of reports of unique sightings across the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/WIPpyhton-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures : Summer Backdrops and Crimson Kills")
![For this week’s “Week in Pictures”, we’re sharing a few recent predator images of big cats. Lions seem to be the theme for this week, leaving the leopards to slink away in the background. We’re offering a showcase of exceptional images from our photographers, highlighting a few of the sightings from the week. In an […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/WIPUmkumbeOthowa-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures : Predators and Pretty Things")
![A relaxing vacation in St Barts seems like a lovely idea during the summer months. But you know where else is equally as relaxing? The Kruger ! Don’t underestimate the daring delights that the summer season in the bushveld brings. Although not considered peak safari season, sightings of big game and predators certainly haven’t dwindled […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WIPEZLeopardBush-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures : Forget Summer in St Barts, Try a Summer in Kruger")
![The Kambula Pride of lions have quite a tattered ancestry fraught with warfare and complex dynamics, one that we’re not going to drill down into at length in this blog. But we are going to give you a little bit of background information about this popular lion pride in the Sabi Sand. Complexity is a […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/UmkumbeLionCub-370x275.jpg "21 Lions and Cubs. The Kambula Pride Seen at Umkumbe.")
![Trawling through a year’s worth of our photographer’s top notch Kruger images was a fairly arduous task, but one that was worth doing. Our photog’s images deserve recognition, so we’ve done our best to select the cream-of-the-crop images from 2019. There were hundreds of images showcasing the beauty of the Greater Kruger, but we narrowed […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/UmkumbeLionsDrinking-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures 2020 : The Top Wildlife Images of 2019")
![Summer sundowners, sizzling heat and festive cheer is permeating the bushveld air. At the moment, our camps are a hive of activity. On-the-ground guides and lodge managers are eagerly planning events and menus for this delightfully chaotic time of year. This tangible yuletide cheer is accompanied by a definitive shift in the colours of the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/WIPChacmaElephantswater-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures : Colours Shift from Amarula Browns to Crème de Menthe Greens")
![Well…Haven’t we been a tad bit quiet on the Week in Pictures front? That’s a rhetorical question. We’ve been tightly wrapped in a chrysalis of work and travel, but now we’re back with an elephant-memory vengeance. And we’re most certainly going to make up for lost time with these creative images from our guides and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WIPChimpsCharge-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures : Wilderness, Rainforest and Coastal Perfection")
![Shaun Atkinson, one of the guides from Umkumbe Safari Lodge, is certainly a good luck charm when it comes to spotting big cats. Come to think of it, most of the guides at Umkumbe enjoy prolific cat sightings. A combination of bushveld experience and knowledge of animal behaviour – and good luck – stands them […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CheetahUmkumbe1-370x275.jpg "Umkumbe Safari Lodge Spots 2 Cheetah on a Steenbok Kill")
![We’ve experienced a bit of a lull in the Week in Pictures, but certainly not a lull in game viewing. Across the board its been a continuous cycle of predator sightings, unpredicted take downs and rare moments shared with the residents of the Lowveld. Our guides have been busy in the field, leading guests into […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WIPLionHyenaAOF-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures : Catching Up with the Untamed Ones")