![It’s been a wonderfully wild start to 2025 so we thought we would share a roundup of January wildlife highlights from our portfolio of incredible camps around South Africa and Botswana. With green season in full bloom, landscapes are lush and bursting with life. Here are just some of the spectacular sightings captured in Jan. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PHOTO-2025-01-28-11-14-35-3-370x275.jpg "A Wild Start to 2025: Wildlife Highlights")
A Wild Start to 2025: Wildlife Highlights
It’s been a wonderfully wild start to 2025 so we thought we would share a roundup of January wildlife highlights from our portfolio of incredible camps around South Africa and[…]
Posts tagged “ Wildlife”
![While the Big 5 are spectacular to see, there are many more wonders, great and small, to marvel at in the African bushveld. From the architectural marvels of termite mounds and the complexity of their colonies to the celestial navigation of dung beetles. The more time you spend in the wilderness, the deeper you are […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Em-Gatland-20-370x275.jpg "All Creatures Great and Small: Microscopic Wonders of the African Bushveld")
All Creatures Great and Small: Microscopic Wonders of the African Bushveld
While the Big 5 are spectacular to see, there are many more wonders, great and small, to marvel at in the African bushveld. From the architectural marvels of termite mounds[…]
![Conservation from your couch might sound like a contradiction; we’re not suggesting saving energy by becoming a couch potato, but rather practicing small everyday acts that create waves of positive change for our planet. Watch the tiny but mighty dung beetle slowly gather dung and clean up after larger herbivores. An elephant can produce a […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Em-Gatland-112-Large-370x275.jpeg "Conservation from your Couch: How to Make a Difference Everyday")
Conservation from your Couch: How to Make a Difference Everyday
Conservation from your couch might sound like a contradiction; we’re not suggesting saving energy by becoming a couch potato, but rather practicing small everyday acts that create waves of positive[…]
![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")
Week in Pics : Purrfect Time to Spot Big Cats
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[…]
![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")
Week in Pictures: Nature’s Inspiration
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[…]
![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")
A Wild Life at nThambo Tree Camp
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[…]
![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")
Week in Pictures: Solid Gold
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[…]
![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")
Top Safari Sightings at Africa on Foot and nThambo
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[…]
![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")
Leopardess Cleo on the Look Out in Klaserie
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[…]