![This is one of those things you would only hear about in Africa, where rumours of pet elephants and lions in the garden circulate the globe. We landed with Major Blue Air in the blissfully jolty fashion that shook us out of a mesmerised state after having flown over this epic World Heritage Site in […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lion-delta-2-kevinmac-cropped-370x275.jpg "Hold the air traffic – there’s a lion on the airstrip!")
Hold the air traffic – there’s a lion on the airstrip!
This is one of those things you would only hear about in Africa, where rumours of pet elephants and lions in the garden circulate the globe. We landed with Major[…]
Posts tagged “ Safari”
![This week comes with a farewell to one of our incredible rangers at Umkumbe Safari Lodge. Angele has sent us a message and some wonderful photographs from her last week in the Umkumbe bush, and what a week it has been! All the best Angele, and see you back in the bush soon. My final Week […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cheetah2-angele-umkumbe-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Sabi Sand splendour and a kill in the Klaserie.")
Week in Pictures: Sabi Sand splendour and a kill in the Klaserie.
This week comes with a farewell to one of our incredible rangers at Umkumbe Safari Lodge. Angele has sent us a message and some wonderful photographs from her last week in[…]
![It’s back to the bush we go with this week’s edition of the Week in Pictures! Transported back to the nooks and crannies of Kruger and Botswana that we love so much, this collection of photographs reflects the beauty of the wild and leaves you longing for a safari! Some sad news on the Klaserie […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lioncub-luan-nthambo-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: One little lion cub and scenes of safari")
Week in Pictures: One little lion cub and scenes of safari
Image by Luan Oosthuizen It’s back to the bush we go with this week’s edition of the Week in Pictures! Transported back to the nooks and crannies of Kruger and[…]
![With game drive privileges on 3 private Big 5 game reserves, and access to public roads and exclusive off-road trails in the Kruger National Park, it’s no surprise that game viewing with Nokana Safari Camp is always exceptional. In a week’s stay at this luxury tented lodge located in the Greater Kruger region, guests visit the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lion-pride-nokana-370x275.jpg "All the big cats this week at Nokana Safari Camp")
All the big cats this week at Nokana Safari Camp
With game drive privileges on 3 private Big 5 game reserves, and access to public roads and exclusive off-road trails in the Kruger National Park, it’s no surprise that game viewing[…]
![Sometimes you see what you expect, sometimes something quite the opposite comes your way. While on safari with Camp Linyanti, we encountered so many elephants that we grew to expect them around every corner, but we had to stop and take a look at one particularly wrinkly old female. She didn’t have any tusks, and her […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elephants-savuti-chloe-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Unexpected elephants, and more safari gold")
Week in Pictures: Unexpected elephants, and more safari gold
Rhino having a rub. Image by Angele Rouillard. Sometimes you see what you expect, sometimes something quite the opposite comes your way. While on safari with Camp Linyanti, we encountered so[…]
![One muggy afternoon on the Linyanti swamps we set off for a routine game drive. We were spending 2 weeks making our way through some of the best wildlife zones in Botswana, and game drives had become something of a marvelous habit. Guests at Camp Linyanti are led by their guides in kitted out Land […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lionstare-campliyanti-kevinmac-370x275.png "Lions on a kill charged by elephants at Camp Linyanti")
Lions on a kill charged by elephants at Camp Linyanti
Photographer, Kevin MacLaughlin, capturing footage of the elephants as they moved through our campsite at Camp Linyanti. One muggy afternoon on the Linyanti swamps we set off for a routine[…]
![Our very frequent guests, Jochen and Mira, return again and again to nThambo Tree Camp, Africa on Foot, and nDzuti Safari Camp. What is it that makes these camps so special for them, and why do they leave with happy hearts and a renewed appreciation for the Lowveld every time? Jochen’s latest message to us held the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sunset-ndzuti-jochenvandeperre-370x275.png "It all comes down to excellent guides! A review of our Klaserie camps.")
It all comes down to excellent guides! A review of our Klaserie camps.
Jochen and Mira at nDzuti Safari Lodge in full view of the elephants at the waterhole. Our very frequent guests, Jochen and Mira, return again and again to nThambo Tree Camp,[…]
![On a recent trip to Botswana, we bore witness to some of the first impalas to be born of the season, baby warthogs tearing up the ground in an excitable game of ‘tag’, and some of Africa’s fiercest predators in their cute n fluffy youth. Well, their presence at a bloody kudu kill tainted their innocence […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/baboon-chloe-linyanti-370x275.png "The Week in Pictures: It’s baby season in the wild!")
The Week in Pictures: It’s baby season in the wild!
On a recent trip to Botswana, we bore witness to some of the first impalas to be born of the season, baby warthogs tearing up the ground in an excitable game[…]
![Marakapula is no ordinary game reserve. It is land that is owned by the local Mashishimale Community, and has been converted from overfarmed cattle grounds into 20 000 hectares of pristine, Big 5 territory. It’s location near the Kruger Park, the Blyde River Canyon, the Panorama Route, and the Olifants River means that guests here […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lodge1-makubu-kevinmaclaughlin-370x275.png "Birding, fishing, and walking safaris at Marakapula")
Birding, fishing, and walking safaris at Marakapula
Photo by Kevin MacLaughlin Marakapula is no ordinary game reserve. It is land that is owned by the local Mashishimale Community, and has been converted from overfarmed cattle grounds into[…]
![You know you’re winning when you’re on safari in a Big 5 private reserve of almost 20 000 hectares, but when you’ve got the option to expand your horizons and also visit one of the most prestigious game parks in Africa, you know you’ve hit the jackpot. Only a 20 minute drive from one wildlife […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/spekestortoise-kevinmaclaughlin-370x275.png "Marakapula to Kruger")
Marakapula to Kruger
Photo by Kevin MacLaughlin You know you’re winning when you’re on safari in a Big 5 private reserve of almost 20 000 hectares, but when you’ve got the option to[…]