Yesterday we flew in with reports and updates about the Mabande male lion. You remember him? He’s the nomadic male who has spent the past few weeks patrolling and marking new territory. During the course of last week, he had a huge showdown with the Trilogy lions, the dominant males of the area. So, what’s…
We speculated that things would heat up in the Klaserie with the presence of Mabande, the rather brazen lion who is making his presence known on our turf. We questioned what the Trilogy would make of Mabande and how they’d react to their territory being invaded. Our speculation has now turned into cold, hard fact….
Isn’t it fantastic when you’re in the right place at the right time? Photographer Em Gatland was on assignment at Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp when a lion pride took down a buffalo outside the wooden chalets at nThambo Tree Camp. The elephant herds, becoming somewhat jealous of the lions being in the spotlight,…
Welcome to part two in the Mabande male lion saga – this time, things have heated up and excitement is mounting. The Mabande male, who we’ve recently introduced to our guests, is certainly settling into the Klaserie way of life. His presence is having a trickle down effect on the resident lions on the Africa on Foot and…
If the hyenas are the clean-up crew of the safari world, then vultures are the grim reapers. When you’re on safari and you see a wake of vultures hovering above an area, you have that foreboding sense of death in the air. Hyenas surround a kill site, waiting in the wings for meaty morsels and bone…
As the seasons have shifted, so have our lion pride dynamics. Being based in an area sharing unfenced borders with the Timbavati Game Reserve and the Kruger National Park means plenty of scope for nomadic lions and lion prides to move around. Prides split, new males patrol territories, old males mate with rogue lionesses and…
Game viewing, boma fires, traditional dancing, local cuisine, laughter and friendships. This is the safari lifestyle, where the stresses of daily living flee your mind. When you’re sitting around the fire listening to the unmistakable whoop of a hyena, the distant grumble of a lion’s roar, the unfamiliar calls of nocturnal creatures and laughing at…
Nothing beats a cheetah sighting first thing in the morning! These rarely seen, sleek cats are a real bonus on any safari, and the nThambo Tree Camp game drive this morning was destined for greatness. At Africa on Foot, guests had set out on a walking safari, and when word spread of the solo female…
An interesting sighting of an unknown nomadic male lion took place in the Klaserie on the weekend, which is exciting for the lion fanatics following the lion pride dynamics in the area. Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp are in the well known territory of the Trilogy male lions, and the female lions circulating in the…
How do you top this? A leopard sighting on its own is something to smile long and hard about, but when you follow the distinctive alarm call of a jackal and arrive at a full family of these elusive spotted cats, you really count yourself lucky! Exactly this happened when guests at Africa on Foot guests…