Guests on Walk Spot Ross Pride Breakaway Lionesses
The Ross Pride Breakaway females still hold pride of place in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve and the Timbavati Game Reserve; and prove time and time again to be a formidable force within the reserves. The Klaserie is their turf and those who dare cross their land are in for a potential showdown. These are […]
Week in Pics: Wildlife Behaviour in the Rain
The skies have opened and torrents of fresh water can be seen soaking the parched lands of the Kruger. The rain is here in full force and it’s creating a playground for our wildlife ! Dagga boys are spoilt for choice with waterholes, elephants are frolicking in the water like first time beach goers at the […]
Third Kill for Leopardess White Dam & Cub
White Dam is a notoriously shy leopardess roaming the traverse surrounding Umkumbe Safari Lodge. With stealth and grace she darts between shrubbery dotted along the landscape. The past week she has exhibited unusual behaviour, quite uncharacteristic of her rather coy demeanour. You’re not going to believe this, but White Dam has been hunting out in the open together […]
Week in Pictures: Predators and Plains Game
This week was the week that brought the rain to the Kruger. At such a late stage in the summer, the earth was scorched from the incessant heat and lack of replenishment from the rain. Then, the growl of distant thunder and flicker of lightning behind giant grey clouds announced the arrival of relief, all […]
Leopard & Cub Captured on Camera Trap
This outstanding footage from a camera trap shows some of the intimate details of a leopard’s feeding habits, behaviour, and the bond between a mother and cub. Umkumbe Safari Lodge guide, Marius Zeilinga, placed the camera trap strategically at the location of a fresh leopard kill, and the result is truly something special… This female […]
Top 5 Reasons to Chase a Glamping Safari in Botswana
I’m balancing on the edge of turning 40 but still have the heart of an explorer and indulge in the follies of youth. I like adventure but also enjoy the creature comforts of home. I’m a little bit city, little bit rough-it. John Chase Safaris is the perfect safari option for someone like me. It combines […]
Leopardess White Dam & Cub on a Kill
The legendary leopards of the Sabi Sand just don’t disappoint, do they? Even in the scorching hot weather, White Dam and her cub made an appearance as they feasted on an impala kill in a tree above a giant termite mound, and – uncharacteristically for White Dam – remained in fantastic view of the Umkumbe […]
Magic Mike Stumbles Across Zero the Leopard
They don’t call him Magic Mike for nothing…Ranger Michael Beard delivered a leopard sighting of mammoth proportions last night, which enthralled his guests. Here’s the story of Zero, the hero and the ultimate showdown between cat and antelope. In the early hours of the morning, a cacophony of sound enveloped Africa on Foot. It was […]
Hyenas feed on fallen giant, Shoshangane
Sad news broke in the Balule last week, when the lifeless body of big tusker, Shoshangane, was discovered. This collared elephant had been monitored for over a decade by the Save the Elephants foundation, contributing invaluable data towards studies on elephant movements in the Greater Kruger. His natural death was a shock, but it was […]
