![Our gentle pachyderms make for incredible photographic subjects. Marius Zeilinga, a ranger at Umkumbe Safari Lodge, decided to use his creative streak and photograph various parts of an elephant’s anatomy. He’s captured close-ups of ears, tusks, skin, trunk and tail. We’re loving his black and white photos of these emotional jumbos! Here are a few […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ElephantTail-370x275.jpg "Marius Gets Crazy with Photos of Elephant Anatomy")
Marius Gets Crazy with Photos of Elephant Anatomy
Our gentle pachyderms make for incredible photographic subjects. Marius Zeilinga, a ranger at Umkumbe Safari Lodge, decided to use his creative streak and photograph various parts of an elephant’s anatomy.[…]
![Constantly alive, constantly moving, even when all seems quiet; the bush is a place of paradise where man is the alien invader. The dance of the wild is evident in every whisper of the wind, every desperate leap to freedom, every flick of the tail, or toss of an armoured head. The bush is a place […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DSC_9524-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: The Dance of the Wild")
![Last week we shared Marius’s photographs of Umkumbe Safari Lodge’s leopard sightings. This week, Mauritz compiled a selection of leopard photographs from his encounters with Kigelia, Tatowa and White Dam. There have been plenty of leopardess sightings but only the occasional sighting of dominant male, Mxabene. Seems like the females are stealing the show and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WhiteDam-370x275.jpg "Mauritz Photographs a Trio of Leopards at Umkumbe")
![Nature is an eccentric place where wildlife often breaks free from the documented textbook behaviour and leaves us feeling somewhat bewildered. Just when we think we understand a species, its physical markings and behaviour; you stumble across an anomaly. Marius Zeilinga, a game ranger from Umkumbe Safari Lodge, stumbled across a zebra with unusual markings […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/UmkumbeZebra-370x275.jpg "Sabi Sand : The Eccentricity of Nature")
![This week we’re bringing you an early edition of “Week in Pics”. The festive season is in full swing and we’ll be taking a few days break to recover from an abundant year of wildlife sightings. Our wildlife will carry on as per usual and we have little doubt we’ll be reigning in the new […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/EZWIP3-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics: It’s a Wildlife Wrap ! Goodbye 2015.")
![Renown videographers and photographers Shannon Benson (aka Shannon Wild) and Russell MacLaughlin have based themselves at Umkumbe Safari Lodge for the next few days. We’re pretty sure Mauritz, Marius, Nicki and Bradley will ensure they get the opportunity to photograph the big cats of Sabi Sand. But, in the meantime, Shannon has put together a […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/UmkumbeShannon7-370x275.jpg "A Visual Walk Through Umkumbe Safari Lodge")
![The Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger is one of the most sought after safari destinations in South Africa. Home to the big five and an abundance of big cat species, it’s certainly a cat fanatics dream destination. All of our Sabi Sand lion updates and big cat sightings occur within the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Charleston2-370x275.jpg "Recent Sabi Sand Lion Sightings from Umkumbe")
![We all know that the Sabi Sand is a huge drawcard for visitors due to its big cat sightings and incredible landscape. The ever-changing lion pride dynamics, the absolute rawness of nature and witnessing the extreme line between life and death are experiences which happen while on safari. Watching a lion pride stalk and take-down […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CharlestonBRad-370x275.jpg "A Fight, Theft & Kill: Sabi Lions Cause Mayhem")
![We’ve displayed a fantastic series of Umkumbe ranger images from our khaki-clad men Marius Zeilinga and Mauritz Senekal. Now it’s time to give Nicki Steenberg a bit of air time. Nicki appears to have quite an eye for bird photography and we’re wondering if she’s not an ornithologist at heart! To throw us off the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/UmkumbeKigelia1-370x275.jpg "Umkumbe Wildlife Images from Ranger Nicki Steenberg")
![Due to human/animal conflict, habitat fragmentation and a host of natural infectious diseases; the African wild dog has become an endangered species. Fondly referred to as “painted dogs’, these canines are a delight to witness in the wild. Knowing that you are viewing an endangered species happily living and roaming free in the wild is […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wildog1-370x275.jpg "11 Curious Wild Dog Pups Seen at Umkumbe Safari Lodge")