Sun Destinations

The Kruger camps are full of guests having undeniable fun with the big game species keeping well within the area. Our unfenced camps in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp, are often visited by wandering elephants and the ever-present pair of honey badgers. Game drives are always exciting, whether there are sightings of the beautiful leopard, or the delicate flap-necked chameleon.

This week was no different, and our report from photographer Kevin MacLaughlin leaves us as satisfied as ever with sightings of baby elephants and buffalo.

There has been a huge herd of buffalo moving through the area with numerous encounters on foot as well as in the vehicle. We were lucky enough to be in the middle of the herd as the sun was setting on our game drive. There has also been a massive herd of elephant (50+) moving between nThambo Tree Camp and Africa on Foot with quite a few week-old calves. In one of the photos you can see a bull elephant investigating a newly born ellie.

Over in the Sabi Sand, there are babies of another sort making themselves seen. Ranger Cameron Engelbrecht at Umkumbe Safari Lodge sent through some of his beautiful photographs, which capture a young giraffe suckling its mother; a hyena caught in perfect sunlight; and a lone male lion blending in with the yellow grass during an afternoon siesta.