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Category: Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside
December is descending upon us faster than a leopard ambushes its prey. The silly season is  approaching, and with it comes plenty of mass marketing, enticing jingles and manic behaviour from humans. This is the time of year to indulge in the solitude of the bushveld and observe the natural life that continues to unfold despite […]
  • Nov 27, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, Chacma Bush Camp, Maseke Game Reserve, nThambo Tree Camp, Tuskers Bush Camp, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized, Xaxaba Island Camp, Xobega Island Camp
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Week in Pics : Bushveld Solitude as December Descends

December is descending upon us faster than a leopard ambushes its prey. The silly season is  approaching, and with it comes plenty of mass marketing, enticing jingles and manic behaviour from[…]
This week we see the arrival of a new lodge in Botswana, and the departure of the arid season. Greenery is sprouting and forcing its way through the bushveld, and there’s new life across all our reserves. Our team in the Klaserie have been upskilling themselves when it comes to creating safari cocktails, and our […]
  • Nov 14, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, Botswana, Chacma Bush Camp, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside
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Week in Pics : Arrivals and Departures

This week we see the arrival of a new lodge in Botswana, and the departure of the arid season. Greenery is sprouting and forcing its way through the bushveld, and[…]
We’ve discovered that the best way to kick the Monday blues is to start the week off with an influx of wildlife images from our camps and lodges. Call it Monday motivation or Monday distraction, either way you’ll find yourself pouring over our photographer’s abstract take on the wild and the simple, clean images that tell […]
  • Oct 30, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Africa on Foot Wilderness Trails, Blog, Chacma Bush Camp, Maseke Game Reserve, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Tuskers Bush Camp, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized, Xobega Island Camp
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Week in Pics : The Spoils of the African Bushveld

We’ve discovered that the best way to kick the Monday blues is to start the week off with an influx of wildlife images from our camps and lodges. Call it[…]
We ease into the weekend with a sense of excitement as another week in the bushveld comes to a delicate end. We are entering a new season, which means the weather patterns will begin to show their erratic moods. The colours of our landscape will slowly begin to shift into new hues, and wildlife behaviour […]
  • Sep 29, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized
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Week in Pictures : Change is Upon Us!

We ease into the weekend with a sense of excitement as another week in the bushveld comes to a delicate end. We are entering a new season, which means the[…]
It’s that time of the week again, when we showcase the eccentric and unpredictable way of the wild. Our photographers and rangers head out into the bushveld with little expectation, but filled with hope. The expanse of land in our reserves means that wildlife roams free, and it’s up to us to track and observe […]
  • Aug 04, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized
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Week in Pics : Lions are Causing an Uproar!

It’s that time of the week again, when we showcase the eccentric and unpredictable way of the wild. Our photographers and rangers head out into the bushveld with little expectation,[…]
As fast as tumbleweed in the desert, the weeks seem to be rolling by. Soon we will be caught up the flurry of the festive season, which is why we take time to pause and reflect on Fridays. Friday is the day when we celebrate the sightings of the week and showcase our top images from each […]
  • Jul 28, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, Botswana, Ezulwini, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Tuskers Bush Camp, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized, Xobega Island Camp
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Week in Pics : Birds and Beasts

As fast as tumbleweed in the desert, the weeks seem to be rolling by. Soon we will be caught up the flurry of the festive season, which is why we take[…]
Respect your elders, even if they displace you from your meal and bully you into submission. That seems to be the perfect narration for the recent sequence of events to have unfolded on the Umkumbe traverse. Mxabene is a dominant, powerful male leopard that patrols his turf with pride and vigour. Male leopards tend to […]
  • Jul 24, 2017
  • Blog, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized
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The Thieving Life of Mxabene the Leopard

Respect your elders, even if they displace you from your meal and bully you into submission. That seems to be the perfect narration for the recent sequence of events to[…]
This week we’ve been inundated with images from our rangers and photographers. It appears that the bushveld is heaving with predator sightings and the big five also appear to be putting on a show for us. From the rare suspended Nile crocodile in the Okavango Delta to the thirsty elephant bull visiting the lodge pool […]
  • Jul 21, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, Ezulwini, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Tuskers Bush Camp, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized, Xobega Island Camp
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Week in Pics : The ‘Veld is Heaving with Predator Sightings

This week we’ve been inundated with images from our rangers and photographers. It appears that the bushveld is heaving with predator sightings and the big five also appear to be[…]
The change of season is upon us, which means we witness a flurry of new activity in the safari world. As we edge into a new season, we innately understand that change is inevitable and sometimes hard. Humans tend to come down with ailments at the start of a new season, while our wildlife just […]
  • Jul 07, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, Ezulwini, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Tuskers Bush Camp, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized, Xobega Island Camp
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Week in Pics : Time for Change

The change of season is upon us, which means we witness a flurry of new activity in the safari world. As we edge into a new season, we innately understand[…]
The leaves are falling from the trees onto the greying landscape below, and the bushveld is slowly thinning out. The ground cover is moving from carpets of velvet greens to cropped crunchy browns – it is clear that the winter months are upon us. Availability of water is becoming scarcer, which means animals flock to readily […]
  • Jun 30, 2017
  • Africa on Foot, Blog, nThambo Tree Camp, The Week in Pictures, Tuskers Bush Camp, Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside, Uncategorized, Xobega Island Camp
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Week in Pics : Winter Snaps its Icy Fingers

The leaves are falling from the trees onto the greying landscape below, and the bushveld is slowly thinning out. The ground cover is moving from carpets of velvet greens to cropped[…]
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December is descending upon us faster than a leopard ambushes its prey. The silly season is  approaching, and with it comes plenty of mass marketing, enticing jingles and manic behaviour from humans. This is the time of year to indulge in the solitude of the bushveld and observe the natural life that continues to unfold despite […]
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December is descending upon us faster than a leopard ambushes its prey. The silly season is  approaching, and with it comes plenty of mass marketing, enticing jingles and manic behaviour from humans. This is the time of year to indulge in the solitude of the bushveld and observe the natural life that continues to unfold despite […]
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December is descending upon us faster than a leopard ambushes its prey. The silly season is  approaching, and with it comes plenty of mass marketing, enticing jingles and manic behaviour from humans. This is the time of year to indulge in the solitude of the bushveld and observe the natural life that continues to unfold despite […]
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