![Lion cubs are fragile, bumbling cats with a high mortality rate in the wild. They’re born completely helpless and require protection and guidance from their mother until they’re old enough to leave their den site, which generally happens at 3 months old. This is when they’re ready to be introduced to their powerful birth pride. […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/KudyelaCubs1-370x275.jpg "10 Lion Cubs Spotted While on Game Drive with Ezulwini")
10 Lion Cubs Spotted While on Game Drive with Ezulwini
Lion cubs are fragile, bumbling cats with a high mortality rate in the wild. They’re born completely helpless and require protection and guidance from their mother until they’re old enough[…]
![First light seeps in slowly, gently breaking the dark mystery of the night with subtle hints of natural light. The promise of a new day in the bushveld silently creeps past the charcoal black skies, as the sounds of nocturnal activity begins to dwindle. The contact calls of the lion kings begins to dissipate as dawn […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/EZRiverLodgeSplashPool-370x275.jpg "From Sunrise to Sunset : The Safari Life at Ezulwini Game Lodges")
![This edition of Week in Pictures we concentrate solely on the wonders of the Greater Kruger, a region comprising mixed zones of vegetation and remarkable landscapes. Rivers course through the various reserves and give rise to riverine vegetation laden with reeds and lush tropical foliage. The savanna is laden with shrub mopane veld, thorn trees, marula veld and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/WIPSunsetEZ-370x275.jpg "The Week in Pictures : Kruger is Crazy with Leopards")
![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")
![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 !")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")