![With game drive privileges on 3 private Big 5 game reserves, and access to public roads and exclusive off-road trails in the Kruger National Park, it’s no surprise that game viewing with Nokana Safari Camp is always exceptional. In a week’s stay at this luxury tented lodge located in the Greater Kruger region, guests visit the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lion-pride-nokana-370x275.jpg "All the big cats this week at Nokana Safari Camp")
All the big cats this week at Nokana Safari Camp
With game drive privileges on 3 private Big 5 game reserves, and access to public roads and exclusive off-road trails in the Kruger National Park, it’s no surprise that game viewing[…]
![African wild dogs, also know as Cape hunting dogs, and painted dogs are purely carnivorous, and they are very good at it. Their co-operative breeding behaviour and incredible social structure means that the whole pack (can reach up to 30 individuals) works together to support the breeding effort and the strength and survival of the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wilddogs12-kevinmac-370x275.jpg "Wild dogs on film at Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp")
Wild dogs on film at Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp
Image by Kevin MacLaughlin African wild dogs, also know as Cape hunting dogs, and painted dogs are purely carnivorous, and they are very good at it. Their co-operative breeding behaviour[…]
![Sometimes you see what you expect, sometimes something quite the opposite comes your way. While on safari with Camp Linyanti, we encountered so many elephants that we grew to expect them around every corner, but we had to stop and take a look at one particularly wrinkly old female. She didn’t have any tusks, and her […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elephants-savuti-chloe-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Unexpected elephants, and more safari gold")
Week in Pictures: Unexpected elephants, and more safari gold
Rhino having a rub. Image by Angele Rouillard. Sometimes you see what you expect, sometimes something quite the opposite comes your way. While on safari with Camp Linyanti, we encountered so[…]
![One muggy afternoon on the Linyanti swamps we set off for a routine game drive. We were spending 2 weeks making our way through some of the best wildlife zones in Botswana, and game drives had become something of a marvelous habit. Guests at Camp Linyanti are led by their guides in kitted out Land […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lionstare-campliyanti-kevinmac-370x275.png "Lions on a kill charged by elephants at Camp Linyanti")
Lions on a kill charged by elephants at Camp Linyanti
Photographer, Kevin MacLaughlin, capturing footage of the elephants as they moved through our campsite at Camp Linyanti. One muggy afternoon on the Linyanti swamps we set off for a routine[…]
![With such a diverse range of camps in various areas of pristine wilderness, its not surprising that the photography coming out of these areas each week is reliably great. The Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, the Sabi Sand, and the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve have produced some fantastic footage lately, and photographers Em Gatland, Kevin MacLaughlin, […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lioness-haina-chloe-370x275.png "The Week in Pictures: The birds, the bees, and the big things.")
The Week in Pictures: The birds, the bees, and the big things.
With such a diverse range of camps in various areas of pristine wilderness, its not surprising that the photography coming out of these areas each week is reliably great. The[…]
![Our very frequent guests, Jochen and Mira, return again and again to nThambo Tree Camp, Africa on Foot, and nDzuti Safari Camp. What is it that makes these camps so special for them, and why do they leave with happy hearts and a renewed appreciation for the Lowveld every time? Jochen’s latest message to us held the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sunset-ndzuti-jochenvandeperre-370x275.png "It all comes down to excellent guides! A review of our Klaserie camps.")
It all comes down to excellent guides! A review of our Klaserie camps.
Jochen and Mira at nDzuti Safari Lodge in full view of the elephants at the waterhole. Our very frequent guests, Jochen and Mira, return again and again to nThambo Tree Camp,[…]
![This week we’ve got a roundup of incredible images from Botswana and from Kruger where our exceptional camps nestle in their wild homes. Surrounded by the African bush, everyday is brimming with opportunity to witness something phenomenal. It is the new season of rain, and the heat is rising for summer, and with the new […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/python1-linyanti-kevinmac-370x275.png "Week in Pictures: All sorts of everything wild!")
Week in Pictures: All sorts of everything wild!
An African wild dog strolls in front of the Umkumbe Safari Lodge game viewer. Image by Em Gatland. This week we’ve got a roundup of incredible images from Botswana and[…]
![The Klaserie is on fire with wildlife activity and excitement, and lucky for us, photographer Em Gatland has been hanging out at Africa on Foot capturing it all! Recently, Em and JD headed out in search of lions, and what they got was an unexpected thrill. JD writes about the time the Africa on Foot […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/warthogkill16-aof-emgatland-370x275.png "Ross Pride lionesses kill a warthog at Africa on Foot")
Ross Pride lionesses kill a warthog at Africa on Foot
Image by Em Gatland. The Klaserie is on fire with wildlife activity and excitement, and lucky for us, photographer Em Gatland has been hanging out at Africa on Foot capturing[…]
![On a recent trip to Botswana, we bore witness to some of the first impalas to be born of the season, baby warthogs tearing up the ground in an excitable game of ‘tag’, and some of Africa’s fiercest predators in their cute n fluffy youth. Well, their presence at a bloody kudu kill tainted their innocence […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/baboon-chloe-linyanti-370x275.png "The Week in Pictures: It’s baby season in the wild!")
The Week in Pictures: It’s baby season in the wild!
On a recent trip to Botswana, we bore witness to some of the first impalas to be born of the season, baby warthogs tearing up the ground in an excitable game[…]
![Marakapula is no ordinary game reserve. It is land that is owned by the local Mashishimale Community, and has been converted from overfarmed cattle grounds into 20 000 hectares of pristine, Big 5 territory. It’s location near the Kruger Park, the Blyde River Canyon, the Panorama Route, and the Olifants River means that guests here […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lodge1-makubu-kevinmaclaughlin-370x275.png "Birding, fishing, and walking safaris at Marakapula")
Birding, fishing, and walking safaris at Marakapula
Photo by Kevin MacLaughlin Marakapula is no ordinary game reserve. It is land that is owned by the local Mashishimale Community, and has been converted from overfarmed cattle grounds into[…]