Video of Elephant Bull Drinking from the nThambo Pool
A large elephant bull with impressive tusks, in the height of musth, was seen sauntering through the Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp. Both camps are open which means animals are able to roam freely throughout. This leaves an air of adventure and unpredictability to your average, run-of-the-mill safari. What happened yesterday was quite […]
Rare Sighting: Cute and Fluffy Cheetah Cubs
Guests at nThambo Tree Camp and Africa on Foot in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve were treated to a rare sighting while out on their afternoon game drive. It was an average Saturday afternoon when the team headed out into the thicket of our traverse to track lions, which have been prominant in our area […]
The Lion, the Ranger and the Wardrobe
You’ve probably ingested numerous descriptive vignettes about the mind-blowing scenery and abundance of wildlife scattered throughout the Kruger. And you’ve no doubt been flooded with a cluster of animal photos and videos via social media. The online world creates the perfect visual for you. What the online world cannot do is provide a smell for […]
Week in Pics: Big Cat Extravaganza ! White Lions & Leopards
The traverse around nThambo Tree Camp and Africa on Foot should be renamed “Lion Central”. This week we experienced lion sightings that would leave the Guiness book of Records in awe. The highlight of the week was our white lion sighting, which happened on both the morning and evening game drive. Both sightings happened close […]
Trilogy Lion Bags Himself 2 White Lionesses!
When game drive takes place in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, you know you’re in for a treat when it comes to lion sightings. Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp have reported sightings of the legendary Ross Pride, the Trilogy Lion coalition, and Ross breakaway lionesses all within the last week or 2. Then […]
VIDEO: Ross Pride Attempts Warthog Kill
The Ross Pride has returned to their old territory now that Chuck and Larry (adult Ross Pride males) have grown up and been ousted into the wild world on their own. It seems that the pride of 7 is getting settled after killing 2 warthogs a few days ago, and then attempting to kill another warthog yesterday morning. What’s […]
The Return of the Ross Pride
You read right… The Ross Pride is back in old territory, deep in the Klaserie! It is with bated breath that we post this announcement, because we all know this is the wild and anything can happen. The 3 Trilogy lions that chased this pride away over a year ago are a formidable trio, but […]
Week in Pics: Slithering Snakes and Breeding Beasts
This week we have seen an abundance of snakes, breeding herds of mammals and big cats mating. The season of activity is upon us ! The team at Africa on Foot had a rather close encounter with the deadly black mamba snake and Judy from nDzuti Safari Camp saw a potent boomslang casually wrapped around […]
nThambo Tree Camp was out of this world! Guest blog by Lenise Calleja
We always encourage our guests to share their safari experiences with us, and seeing as we are such fans of wildlife photography (mainly lions, just saying!) we look forward to seeing what you capture during your stay at our camps! Lenise Calleja was a recent guest at nThambo Tree Camp in the Klaserie Private Nature […]
