Now is the perfect time for South Africans and SADC residents to take advantage of the myriad of safari specials on offer from Sun Destinations. Just because we’ve lowered our rate for locals, doesn’t mean we’ve lowered our standards! We still offer stellar hospitality, a range of amenities, world-class guiding, and immersive safari activities. It’s…
The bustling hubs of city centres are in a comatose state. Industry has come to a stand still and human beings have retreated into their enclaves to comply with government lockdown rules. Across the world, one thing has become evident : Human beings are battling, but nature is recovering. The natural world is a choir…
Photographer Mathilda de Villiers shares her images and feedback about her time in the wild. She stayed at Nsala Safari Camp in the Greater Kruger, where she felt at home in the bushveld. The team at Nsala were quite happy to play host to an award-winning journalist and passionate photographer. Mathilda certainly showcased the inhabitants…
Trawling through a year’s worth of our photographer’s top notch Kruger images was a fairly arduous task, but one that was worth doing. Our photog’s images deserve recognition, so we’ve done our best to select the cream-of-the-crop images from 2019. There were hundreds of images showcasing the beauty of the Greater Kruger, but we narrowed…
Nsala Safari Camp is charming, brims with character, and is surrounded by a lush, unfenced wilderness crawling with game – and you’ll pretty much have it all to yourself. Nsala forms part of the Greater Kruger, meaning it’s fenceless and shares open borders with the Kruger, Timbavati and Klaserie reserves. It’s a vast 5 000ha…
Our #GuestSafariReview blog posts are designed to showcase our guests’ images, and share their feedback about their choice of lodge. We tend to target guests that are avid photographers, or active on social media. It’s always great to have a first hand account of what our guests’ experience while they’re enjoying their safari of…
Our social media guru, Gemma, noticed that one of the Sun Destinations guests is an avid Instagrammer. Bridget Stringer enjoyed a safari sojourn in southern Africa, and uploaded plenty of images of her adventure at Nsala Safari Camp, one of our Kruger properties. Her game viewing was exceptional. From lions to wild dogs, and vultures framed…
Last week we delivered a magnificent edition of Week in Pictures, filled to the brim with a fine collection of Kruger wildlife images. Accompanying the images was a rather detailed update from each of our camps. Today we’re going to focus on the images, and less so on the words. It seems that our big…
Last week Monday was Heritage Day, which means we skipped the Week in Pictures in favour of celebrating our heritage. As a result, we owe you a bumper edition of updates and images. Highlights from the week include : cheetah sightings, lion cub sightings, and new developments in lion pride dynamics. The theme this week…
We can never anticipate what we’ll see scurrying and loping through the bushveld while we’re on safari. Eager safari goers arrive at their destinations with a certain level of expectation, and a tick-list of the “must sees”. The wild natural world around us doesn’t care about your safari bucket list, and constantly seeks to disappoint…