![The change of seasons is here. The air is thick and crackles with the tension of the rains that hover over the horizon. The dry, dusty earth lies parched, eagerly awaiting the showers that will transform the landscape in a matter of days. Every shower bringing fresh hope and new life to the land. Animal […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/PHOTO-2025-06-24-16-50-33-2-370x275.jpg "What to Pack for a Safari: Spring & Summer Essentials for the African Bush")
What to Pack for a Safari: Spring & Summer Essentials for the African Bush
The change of seasons is here. The air is thick and crackles with the tension of the rains that hover over the horizon. The dry, dusty earth lies parched, eagerly[…]
![Xobega Island Camp’s new look! This Okavango Delta retreat is everything that is right about African island life – including the elephant and hippo visitors! Recently, Xobega Island Camp underwent some soft refurbishments, adding some glamour to its simple setup. Now, this authentic Botswana camp, which exudes the pleasures of simple living, glows under lantern […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/EmGatland-6131-370x275.jpg "A New Look for Xobega Island Camp, Okavango Delta")
![Animated and endlessly cheerful, Natasha Mazini is an uplifting spirit at Africa on Foot where she works as an energetic chef, perfecting the recipe for South Africa’s famous malva pudding. The bush camp kitchen is always alive with chatter and laughter, as the tempting aromas of sizzling bacon and home-baked quiches fill the air. You can […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Natasha-serving-freshly-baked-bread-370x275.jpg "Africa on Foot Chef: Natasha Mazini")
![The week has drawn to a close, but the action doesn’t stop out here in the bush where life is delightfully unpredictable. Yesterday morning, guests at nThambo Tree Camp headed out for their morning game drive in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve when the bush offered up something most incredible: a mother lioness was seen […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cheetah-stalking-lechwe-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: It’s a Wild World")
![When we were just getting our knickers in a twist about the sensational week of lion sightings we’ve had (ending in the possible new alliance of 3 lionesses on our traverse), we stumbled upon the original Ross Pride! There have been lion tracks causing excitement all over the show, from the 2 big Trilogy males, to the […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC_0880-370x275.jpg "The Ross Pride is back and stalking buffalo!")
![It’s been pretty hard to keep up with all the love-making happening in the Klaserie over the last month. We’ve got 3 Trilogy males spreading their seed throughout both the Ross and Giraffe pride lionesses, plus, there’s the dominant male in nDzuti Safari Camp domain who is known for killing the River Pride male. And he was caught […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/scar-looking-at-the-camera-intently-370x275.jpg "The Who’s Who of Klaserie Lion Romance")
![It could possibly be the original Secret Garden. Or perhaps, the Garden of Eden. Either way, Linyanti is alluring and unique, and feels quite magical, preserved, and untouched. Nestled beneath its enchanting trees, on the edge of the brimming floodplain, Camp Linyanti has claimed its position in the northernmost corner of Chobe National Park and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hippo-close-linyanti-370x275.jpg "On Your Bucket List: Camp Linyanti")
![This is elephant territory like no other. It is well known that you travel to Chobe National Park to experience elephants in their masses and it is here in the heart of the Savuti that these giant mammals congregate and frolic in the newly replenished channel and surrounding swamps. Game drives at Camp Savuti often […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cs_game_drive2-370x275.jpg "Elephants en masse in the Savuti")
![The Savuti Marsh area constitutes the western stretch of the Chobe National Park, and is famed as one of the park’s primary ecosystems, reputed for the sporadically-flowing Savuti Channel. In recognition of this unmissable safari destination, Camp Savuti has been added to other camps dotted in areas of Botswana’s finest splendour. This small, intimate camp accommodates 10 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cs_fire_area-e1483704121191-370x275.jpg "Introducing Camp Savuti")
![Recently at Camp Savuti, wildlife photographer Kevin MacLaughlin captured this delightful series of pictures that would make any lion lover jealous. A pride of playful lion cubs gallivanted in the Savuti marshland, not a care in the world for the awed onlookers who were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/DSC_4609-370x275.jpg "Hanging with the lions of the Savuti")