![Gradually, quietly, the thick summer jungle is thinning out, bronzing, and revealing the timber beneath its leaves. Could it be true? Winter is coming. It seems a particularly difficult summer to let go of this year, after last year’s drought, which all but strangled the life out of Kruger. The summer months brought relief when […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EmGatland-579700-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Winter is Coming")
Week in Pictures: Winter is Coming
Gradually, quietly, the thick summer jungle is thinning out, bronzing, and revealing the timber beneath its leaves. Could it be true? Winter is coming. It seems a particularly difficult summer[…]
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![The Felidae family comprises the genus Panthera which refers to lions, leopards, tigers, jaguar and snow leopards. Snow leopards aren’t common in the bushveld; but our precious Panthera pardus (leopard) and Panthera leo (lion) are found in abundance throughout Botswana and Kruger. Now that you’re more aware of the taxonomic hierarchy of our cats, it’s […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WIPLionCubs-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : The Genius of Genus Panthera")
Week in Pics : The Genius of Genus Panthera
The Felidae family comprises the genus Panthera which refers to lions, leopards, tigers, jaguar and snow leopards. Snow leopards aren’t common in the bushveld; but our precious Panthera pardus (leopard)[…]
![Photography has given us moments in time. Frozen forever in an instant never to be repeated or replayed – maybe similar, but never identical. The beauty of the bush has captured the hearts of travellers and residents alike, and it falls upon photography to translate the beauty of the wilderness into images to cherish forever. Technology […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DSC_5106-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: The Spirit of the Wild")
Week in Pictures: The Spirit of the Wild
Photography has given us moments in time. Frozen forever in an instant never to be repeated or replayed – maybe similar, but never identical. The beauty of the bush has[…]
![A delayed release of the Week in Pictures this week due to adventure, safari, and that blissful lack of connection we all enjoy out in the bush! Our media team has been on location over the weekend at a new and highly anticipated Sun Destinations Kruger camp soon to join the portfolio. Picture this: views […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Like-a-light-in-the-darkness-an-African-tusker-emerges-adorned-with-its-ivory-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Sunday Blues Pick-Me-Up")
Week in Pictures: Sunday Blues Pick-Me-Up
A delayed release of the Week in Pictures this week due to adventure, safari, and that blissful lack of connection we all enjoy out in the bush! Our media team[…]
![In 2013 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 3 March World Wildlife Day in an effort to celebrate and raise global awareness of fauna and flora. On a daily basis, our team aims to educate, inspire and share photos/stories of animals thriving in the wild. We are their onlookers and consider ourselves lucky to observe […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WIPnThamboDogs-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Celebrating World Wildlife Day")
Week in Pics : Celebrating World Wildlife Day
In 2013 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 3 March World Wildlife Day in an effort to celebrate and raise global awareness of fauna and flora. On a daily basis,[…]
![Anyone who has spent days, months, or years traversing the arid landscapes and swamp-like wetlands of Africa will tell you that it all comes down to luck of the draw. Astonishing wildlife moments occur unpredictably and without warning. You might be in the right place at the right time to see a leopard leaping metres […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/EMGATLAND-20-of-54-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Seize Every Moment")
Week in Pictures: Seize Every Moment
Anyone who has spent days, months, or years traversing the arid landscapes and swamp-like wetlands of Africa will tell you that it all comes down to luck of the draw.[…]
![Our lodges and camps all have one thing in common this week in the wild – a flair for the unusual. It could be the tiresome threat of the ominous weather approaching pockets of the Kruger or the madness surrounding Valentine’s day causing this erratic and strange wildlife behaviour. Whatever the reason, this week in pictures we’re celebrating […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/EZBaboonOpeningMouth-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures : A Flair for the Unusual")
Week in Pictures : A Flair for the Unusual
Our lodges and camps all have one thing in common this week in the wild – a flair for the unusual. It could be the tiresome threat of the ominous[…]
![Another week of golden mornings, rose-tinted evenings, and humid summer days spent sipping something cold and allowing an afternoon siesta to take its course has passed us by. The hours just after dawn are well worth waking up for in the bush, where a world of unpredictable wildlife activity awaits. The sunrise spills its light […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DSC_1074-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures: TGI Friday Fix!")
The Week in Pictures: TGI Friday Fix!
Another week of golden mornings, rose-tinted evenings, and humid summer days spent sipping something cold and allowing an afternoon siesta to take its course has passed us by. The hours[…]
![Time might seem like it’s flying as we enter the second month of 2017, but the timelessness of the bush slows us right back down and reminds us that every moment holds something special. The stars come up every night, but so seldom do we take the time to glance up and gaze at it. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/EMGATLAND-8685-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Safari Stars")
Week in Pictures: Safari Stars
Time might seem like it’s flying as we enter the second month of 2017, but the timelessness of the bush slows us right back down and reminds us that every[…]
![The Week in Pictures is here to ease you into the weekend with an incredible show of wildlife photography from our Kruger and Botswana safari camps. In this week’s edition, The Greatest Show on Earth, we capture the most alluring performances of nature captured on camera over last 7 days. Leopards seem to have been a […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EmGatland-4688-2-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: The Greatest Show on Earth")
Week in Pictures: The Greatest Show on Earth
The Week in Pictures is here to ease you into the weekend with an incredible show of wildlife photography from our Kruger and Botswana safari camps. In this week’s edition,[…]