![The Balule Nature Reserve seems to be on a winning streak when it comes to lion cub sightings. Spotting healthy lion cubs within a reserve is always a momentous occasion worthy of celebrating. Coupled with the new life emerging from under the shrubbery, the sleek leopards are also making an appearance in the Balule on […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/EZBaluleCubs3-370x275.jpg "Lion Cubs and Leopards in the Balule Nature Reserve")
Lion Cubs and Leopards in the Balule Nature Reserve
The Balule Nature Reserve seems to be on a winning streak when it comes to lion cub sightings. Spotting healthy lion cubs within a reserve is always a momentous occasion[…]
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![The team at Ezulwini have been hard at work reconstructing and redesigning the standard rooms at River Lodge. The results have exceeded our expectations and the laborious task of building has finally come to fruition. During the course of last year we shared a few images of the building progress, and today we deliver the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/EzulwiniRiverLodgeRoomBalcony-370x275.jpg "Refurb Alert : Ezulwini River Lodge Standard Rooms Have a New Look !")
Refurb Alert : Ezulwini River Lodge Standard Rooms Have a New Look !
The team at Ezulwini have been hard at work reconstructing and redesigning the standard rooms at River Lodge. The results have exceeded our expectations and the laborious task of building[…]
![With their hallmark swagger, burly presence and menacing incisors designed to shred meat with blade like precision; the Machaton male lions have certainly emerged the victors in terms of creating the much talked about “landscape of fear” here in the Balule. The Machaton boys make up the bulk of the male lion sightings at Ezulwini Game […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/EzulwiniMachaton-370x275.jpg "Ezulwini Game Lodges : Balule’s Machaton Male Lions to be Feared")
Ezulwini Game Lodges : Balule’s Machaton Male Lions to be Feared
With their hallmark swagger, burly presence and menacing incisors designed to shred meat with blade like precision; the Machaton male lions have certainly emerged the victors in terms of creating the[…]
![Christian and the team at Ezulwini Game Lodges strategically placed camera traps in high “wildlife” traffic areas close to the lodge. The results are always astounding, if not amusing. Over the past few months we’ve revealed a few stills from the camera traps, with astounding footage emerging from a bustling waterhole on our traverse. We […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CameraTrapLeopards-370x275.jpg "#CameraTrapTales : Leopard Walks Around Ezulwini Lodge")
#CameraTrapTales : Leopard Walks Around Ezulwini Lodge
Christian and the team at Ezulwini Game Lodges strategically placed camera traps in high “wildlife” traffic areas close to the lodge. The results are always astounding, if not amusing. Over[…]
![Colossal grey giants flay their trunks in time with the gentle breeze that sweeps through the Balule. Crunching can be heard from their eager debarking of trees and uprooting of arid vegetation, but we barely hear them trundle through the ‘veld because of the micro-morphology design of their cushioned feet. The splashing of elephants is […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/EZElephantsCalf2-370x275.jpg "Tracking Grey Giants at Ezulwini Game Lodges")
Tracking Grey Giants at Ezulwini Game Lodges
Colossal grey giants flay their trunks in time with the gentle breeze that sweeps through the Balule. Crunching can be heard from their eager debarking of trees and uprooting of[…]
![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")
#CameraTrapTales : Ezulwini Game Lodges Films Lions and Ellies
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[…]
![Long eyelashes hover over soulful eyes like a much needed hat on a hot summer’s day. Awkward bodies with knobbly joints tower over the landscape below. Brown cobblestone patterns fit like puzzle pieces on beige fur. A winding tongue, slightly purply and graphite in colour, snakes its way around fresh shoots and leaves. If you hadn’t already […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EZGiraffeBlue-370x275.jpg "Spotting Giraffe While on Safari with Ezulwini Game Lodges")
Spotting Giraffe While on Safari with Ezulwini Game Lodges
Long eyelashes hover over soulful eyes like a much needed hat on a hot summer’s day. Awkward bodies with knobbly joints tower over the landscape below. Brown cobblestone patterns fit like puzzle[…]
![The Balule Nature Reserve covers a wide expanse of land comprising a mix of savannah, riverine vegetation, leadwood and jackalberry trees. Forming part of the Greater Kruger Park, the reserve is home to the big five. But, at Ezulwini, we like to celebrate the small creatures, the sneaky rodents, the large herbivores and those that […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ScrubHare-370x275.jpg "Game Drives at Ezulwini Game Lodges: Observing the Wild")
Game Drives at Ezulwini Game Lodges: Observing the Wild
The Balule Nature Reserve covers a wide expanse of land comprising a mix of savannah, riverine vegetation, leadwood and jackalberry trees. Forming part of the Greater Kruger Park, the reserve[…]
![Duma was a force to be reckoned with in the Balule Nature Reserve and patrolled his turf with determination. With his golden locks and respectable swag, he was considered by many to be the king of the central and southern parts of Balule. Easily identifiable by his trademark mohawk, he became a much loved sighting […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DumaAfricaOnFoot-370x275.jpg "NEWS: Balule Lion Duma Joins Forces with Klaserie’s Mabande!")
NEWS: Balule Lion Duma Joins Forces with Klaserie’s Mabande!
Duma was a force to be reckoned with in the Balule Nature Reserve and patrolled his turf with determination. With his golden locks and respectable swag, he was considered by[…]
![The grazers and the browsers of the Balule Nature Reserve form an integral part of the delicate eco-system of the Kruger. The graceful antelope are often overlooked in favour of larger game, but the role of these even-toed ungulates in reserves is paramount to its success. Antelope are ruminants and use their lower incisors to […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/EZImpala-370x275.jpg "Celebrating the Graceful Antelope of Ezulwini Game Lodges")
Celebrating the Graceful Antelope of Ezulwini Game Lodges
The grazers and the browsers of the Balule Nature Reserve form an integral part of the delicate eco-system of the Kruger. The graceful antelope are often overlooked in favour of[…]