![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/WhiteDamCubKill-370x275.jpg "Third Kill for Leopardess White Dam & Cub")
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[…]
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wild-dog-and-giraffe-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: Predators and Plains Game")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screenshot-2016-03-10-19.06.36-370x275.png "Leopard & Cub Captured on Camera Trap")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/JCSRoom-370x275.jpg "Top 5 Reasons to Chase a Glamping Safari in Botswana")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/White-Dam8-370x275.jpg "Leopardess White Dam & Cub on a Kill")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160228-IMG_9154-370x275.jpg "Magic Mike Stumbles Across Zero the Leopard")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0112-370x275.jpg "Hyenas feed on fallen giant, Shoshangane")
![Our animal kingdom certainly has a voice of its own ! We celebrated World Wildlife Day yesterday and made quite a noise on our social media channels in an effort to create awareness about our planet’s endangered species. Little did we know that our wildlife have also been quite vocal about their presence. Our rangers […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/UmkumbeSouthernPride-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Feisty & Wide-mouthed Wildlife !")
![Setting up a camera trap is always exciting because we dream of all the wild things that are happening in the bush when we are not looking, and this is one way to capture that activity. To be a fly on the wall at a waterhole or a kill site has the potential to get […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Dry-giraffe-370x275.jpg "Seen Behind the Scenes: Camera Trap at Sneaky Pan")
![In 2012 a recorded amount of 633 rhinos were poached. Within two years, this number escalated to a staggering 1020. And these are just the official numbers recorded by the Department of Environmental affairs. There are plenty of unaccounted for rhino deaths which affect the decline of our rhino population. The increase in poaching is […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/EmGatlandRhino-370x275.jpg "#WWD2016 : Unpacking Rhino Poaching Statistics")