![Debunking wildlife myths and shedding light on hyena, vultures, and snakes. We all have the Walt Disney depictions of certain African animals embedded into our collective consciousness. The Lion King’s stereotype of menacing, scavenging hyenas lurking in the shadows of the elephant graveyard or Kaa, the sinister python from the Jungle Book. Yet these portrayals […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/EzulwiniHyena-370x275.jpg "Most Misunderstood African Safari Animals")
Most Misunderstood African Safari Animals
Debunking wildlife myths and shedding light on hyena, vultures, and snakes. We all have the Walt Disney depictions of certain African animals embedded into our collective consciousness. The Lion King’s[…]
![The big cats are emerging from the thickets and appear to be oblivious to their curious onlookers. They’re strutting their stuff on dusty rugged roads, traversing open plains and conducting kills close to camp. After all, this is their domain, and we’re merely visitors with a keen eye for big cat antics. The change of […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WIPChacmaTusk-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Purrfect Time to Spot Big Cats")
![Our human desire to seek inspiration is neverending. We find inspiration in people, in hobbies, in smells, sights, sounds, and tastes, and we certainly find inspiration in nature. The great outdoors hold some of the greatest and most natural beauty of this earth, and when it is left to its own devices, it comes across as even […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_1311-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Nature’s Inspiration")
![nThambo Tree Camp is a gentle oasis located in the midst of the wild Klaserie. Wooden chalets on stilts are dotted around a main central area and the camp is completely unfenced. A hint of a waterhole lies in front of the splash pool; and both sources of water are a major drawcard for a […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nThamboElliecamp-370x275.jpg "A Wild Life at nThambo Tree Camp")
![Solid gold could describe the rich ambers and apricots of the sunsets and the sunrises of the bush, or the immeasurable value of the safari offerings in the secret corners of the Kruger Park and northern Botswana. Solid gold is an expression used to describe the best of the best, the most treasured, the most precious. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC_6707-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Solid Gold")
![We are in the quarter-year holiday phase (already!) and it looks like the bush is in as high spirits as we are about it. The long Easter weekend produced some serious excitement, and game drives at nThambo Tree Camp and Africa on Foot were filled with mud-loving elephants, sneaking leopards, sister lionesses, sunlit buffalo herds, and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC_6650-370x275.jpg "Top Safari Sightings at Africa on Foot and nThambo")
![This morning’s safari at nThambo Tree Camp was one for the books. We consider ourselves lucky every time we see a leopard, as they are the most elusive member of the Big 5 and their solitary, nocturnal lifestyles make them difficult to spot. Fortunately, our traverse in the Klaserie seems to provide the perfect habitat for […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DSC_5623-370x275.jpg "Leopardess Cleo on the Look Out in Klaserie")
![With the twelfth month of the year officially underway, we can look back on the past year’s transition from drought and devastation to a blossoming Garden of Eden. The bush is always invigorated and full of life, even when the landscape looks parched, but there is something about the buzz of summer, and the weight […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/701_0595-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Rain and Relief")
![First of all, happy Friday one and all! It’s already a good day, and can only be made better by this long list of some of the best wildlife photography to come out of our Kruger and Botswana safari lodges this week. It’s been a cracker all round, with predator sightings from top to bottom, […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/EM-GATLAND-6449-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: A Feast for the Eyes")
![It’s been a week of merciful drizzle so far in the Klaserie, and this morning as Africa on Foot set out on an award-winning walking safari, nThambo Tree Camp guests headed off in their new Cruiser to see what was on offer for their early game drive. Turns out: a lot! The predators were out […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/702_3553-370x275.jpg "nThambo’s Predator Safari with Lions and Wild Dogs!")