An Ode to Rhinos in the Greater Kruger Park
Gusts of breath released through the leathery nostrils of a white rhino send swirls of dust into the air, as her head hangs low to the ground. She is designed to graze, to shear the grass with her tough lips and flat, textured molars. The weight of her head is supported by her mighty neck […]
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. 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 […]
LIVE Leopard Kill at Umkumbe : Mxabene Goes Wild
Leopards are slick killing machines that have mastered the art of the ambush. Death comes to their unlucky victims quickly and suddenly. A leopard’s quarry doesn’t suffer like many of its counterparts that have fallen victim to other predator kills. Swift, graceful and powerful – that is how the panthera pardus conducts their kills. Rangers […]
Tuskers Bush Camp : Piecing Together the Lion Puzzle
A distant rumble and cough-like roar echoes through the Kwatale concession. The night is piercingly quiet, yet full of promise. The crisp stillness of the darkness hovering over the landscape ensures that sound carries far – a prime reason as to why cats contact call during the dead of night. The sound reverberating through the Kwatale […]
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 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 […]
South African Craft Gin Tasting on Safari
It has arrived: craft gin has followed in the footsteps of South African artisanal beer and become ‘a thing’. We certainly aren’t complaining that the ancient ‘drowner of sorrows’ known in 17th century London as Mother’s Ruin has made a huge comeback over the centuries and is now the latest craze. Here, in the world of safari, […]
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 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 […]
Guest Blog : Twitching at Tuskers Bush Camp
Guest travel blogger Mike McCaffrey (Nomadic by Nature) visited Tuskers Bush Camp and documented his journey with words and images. Tuskers Bush Camp is that quiet little place in the bush that birders seek. Just sitting on the couch overlooking the waterhole there are yellow-billed hornbills, red-eyed bulbuls, and crimson boubous drinking water and hunting […]
Game Drives at Ezulwini Game Lodges: Observing the Wild
The Balule Nature Reserve covers a wide expanse of land comprising a mix of savannah, riverine vegetation, leadwood and jackalberry trees. Forming part of the Greater Kruger Park, the reserve is home to the big five. But, at Ezulwini, we like to celebrate the small creatures, the sneaky rodents, the large herbivores and those that […]
