![Chavaluthu is the blue-eyed leopard boy of the Balule and is often spotted on the Ezulwini traverse. Leopards are notoriously elusive creatures, choosing to hide in drainage lines during the day and conducting highly-specialised kills at night. Chavaluthu occasionally keeps a low profile, hiding out in the thickets and avoiding the limelight. But when he […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0072-370x275.jpg "Part 1: Ezulwini’s Favourite Leopard Makes a Kill")
Part 1: Ezulwini’s Favourite Leopard Makes a Kill
Chavaluthu is the blue-eyed leopard boy of the Balule and is often spotted on the Ezulwini traverse. Leopards are notoriously elusive creatures, choosing to hide in drainage lines during the[…]
![When you arrive at a safari lodge and think twice before jumping on the bed for fear of destroying the beautiful flower display, you know that care and thought have been put into your arrival. Linki Mdlovu is Umkumbe Safari Lodge’s Head of Housekeeping, and she is certainly one of those quietly celebrating the gorgeousness of […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-01-12.132-370x275.jpg "Meet Linki Mdlovu: Umkumbe’s Head of Housekeeping")
![It’s not every day your afternoon nap is disturbed by the thudding sounds of Africa’s favourite marula fruit hitting the ground around your tent, followed by the gentle padding of a leathery trunk feeling for the fallen fruit on the ground. Once you’ve come to and opened your eyes, you are reminded that you are […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSC_2760-370x275.jpg "An Elephant at Xobega Island Camp")
![The intricate papyrus-lined waterways of the Okavango Delta provide the ideal habitat for water dwelling creatures. You’ll notice colossal hippos wading gently through the crystal Delta waters or basking in the sun on the banks of the channels. They emerge at night and forage on land under the dark pristine night skies. Seeing hippos in […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/XobegaIsland-370x275.jpg "Watching Clumsy Hippos Mate While on a Xobega Boat Cruise")
![First-time safari goers generally come to the Kruger to see our big cats in their natural habitat, which comprises a mix of marula trees, leadwood trees and belts of unforgiving mopane bush. Plenty goes on in the bushveld, unseen by the human eye. Our master stalkers and ambush predators hide deep within the bushveld and generally […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/UnknownLeopard-370x275.jpg "Astounded by Our Daily Leopard Sightings at Klaserie Camps")
![One of the many active lion prides in the prestigious Kruger territory, the Balule Nature Reserve, is the Mohlabetsi Pride. In an area where lions are prowling in every nook and cranny, the Mohlabetsi Pride is the largest at 17 members, plus a coalition of 4 males that dominates that pride (among others). Guests at […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0193-370x275.jpg "Mohlabetsi Pride Tucks into Buffalo Kill")
![Umkumbe Safari Lodge, Sabi Sand, Greater Kruger Park It’s been another week for the books with remarkable leopard activity, dust bathing elephants and impressive antelope to take our breath away. Take a look at the latest on the newcomers if you missed it this week: Africa on Foot, Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger Park […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Inyathini-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Spots, Stripes, and Scales on Safari")
![We speculated that things would heat up in the Klaserie with the presence of Mabande, the rather brazen lion who is making his presence known on our turf. We questioned what the Trilogy would make of Mabande and how they’d react to their territory being invaded. Our speculation has now turned into cold, hard fact. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_8882-370x275.jpg "Klaserie Lion Fight: Mabande Grapples with the Trilogy Boys")
![Isn’t it fantastic when you’re in the right place at the right time? Photographer Em Gatland was on assignment at Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp when a lion pride took down a buffalo outside the wooden chalets at nThambo Tree Camp. The elephant herds, becoming somewhat jealous of the lions being in the spotlight, […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nThamboLion-370x275.jpg "When Animals Walk Through the Klaserie Camps")
![The ever graceful leopardess, Hlarulini, travelled from the south of Sabi Sand reserve and was spotted patrolling the traverse around Umkumbe Safari Lodge. The first sighting of Hlarulini was of her hoisting a stolen kill into a tree for safekeeping. The fresh kill was abandoned by White Dam and Hlarulini, being an opportunistic leopard, hoisted the meaty impala into […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HlaruliniMauritz5-370x275.jpg "Portraits of Umkumbe’s Leopardess Hlarulini")