![Balmy evenings spent around the roaring campfire, sundowner stops with new friends in the middle of the bushveld, dining on traditional home-cooked meals and game drive hours spent tracking the big five. These are just a few of our favourite past-times while on safari. You’d be gravely mistaken for thinking that a safari is only about […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/WIPhoneybadgernThambo-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Wildlife, Food, Campfires and People")
Week in Pics : Wildlife, Food, Campfires and People
Balmy evenings spent around the roaring campfire, sundowner stops with new friends in the middle of the bushveld, dining on traditional home-cooked meals and game drive hours spent tracking the[…]
![His warm brown eyes punctuate the crisp air of the surrounding bushveld, offering many pensive and reflective moments of a life well-lived in the backyard of Africa. He is a quiet man with a mischievous demeanour and expert knowledge of wildlife. Some of his tales are best left untold, while others are moments to be shared around crackling campfires. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Luan-370x275.jpg "#TheSafariLifestyle : Video Interview with Field Guide Luan Oosthuizen")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/WIPLionnThambo-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Time for Change")
![Whether it’s powerful matriarchs governing intelligent herds of elephant, protective lionesses hovering over their birth pride or motherly leopardesses teaching cubs the artful skill of conducting kills; one thing is undeniable in the bushveld – the feminine energy is powerful and often a force to be reckoned with. Lionesses are a powerhouse of maternal instinct, stealth […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MbiriVehicle-370x275.jpg "Klaserie Lion Update : Two Sides of the (Imaginary) Fence")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WIPUmkumbePangolin-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Winter Snaps its Icy Fingers")
![Two nights ago we introduced our guests to the much anticipated and talked about “Bush Bar, located deep within the thickets of the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve. When guests arrived at our sublime and carefully selected spot, hearty laughter and exclamations of delight could be heard reverberating through the land. Plenty of pomp and ceremony ensued while guests swilled […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BushBar11-370x275.jpg "#BackAtTheBar : We’ve Just Built a Bush Bar in the Klaserie")
![While on safari in a private reserve, the morning activity commences at roughly 5:30 – 6:30 am. Guests are awakened by their khaki-clad ranger and encouraged to emerge from a deep slumber to “come find lions”. Game drives and bush walks generally span across a time period of 3 hours, and climbing out of your […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EZElephants-370x275.jpg "#CameraTrapTales : Ezulwini Game Lodges Films Lions and Ellies")
![It’s that time of the week again, when we select our top images from our budding photographers to showcase their natural talent at capturing mesmerising moments in the Kruger. When the photos come flooding into our media folders, we look for a common thread throughout. This week, the panthera species are our shining light. The […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WIPAOFLeopardCub-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Predators Play while Plains Game Stay Away")
![There are times when you’re navigating the arid landscape and there’s nothing in sight except the flurry of turquoise wings from lilac-breasted rollers and the nervous scuttle of impala. As the vehicle twists and turns on the network of sandy roads with not a predator in sight, you wonder if all that’s on the horizon […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CLeobwhite-370x275.jpg "Lions Take Down Prey while Leopard Sits in Tree Above")
![Lion pride dynamics in any reserve are always shifting and changing with the wind – nothing is ever cast in stone, which is why we can never become emotionally attached to local prides. Prides splinter, lionesses stick together and once strong kings are ousted when the testosterone fuelled sub-adults seek to take over. Sounds complicated? […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/nThamboLionsighting10-370x275.jpg "Lone Sumatra Male Lion in Klaserie Mates with Ross Females")