![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")
![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")
![The 3 Machaton male lions have entered into Mohlabetsi turf with an arsenal of attitude and brazen bravado. Looks wise, they’re a powerhouse of all the lion stereotypes – heavyset, cascading manes and a strut that oozes confidence. The Mohlabetsi male lions were initially 8 lions strong and appeared to dominate the Balule area around […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Kudyala2-370x275.jpg "UPDATE : Machaton Male Lions STILL Causing Havoc in the Balule")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![It’s an exhausting affair sitting in an open-topped Land Rover traversing the rough bushveld of the Balule Nature Reserve; which is why Ezulwini Game Lodges feel the overwhelming desire to ensure you’re looked after…And that includes your stomach! Seeing a herd of elephants crunching through the thickets and devouring fresh vegetation makes your heart ache […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/EzulwiniPotjieCurry-370x275.jpg "Stay at Ezulwini and Tantalize the Tastebuds")
![The dry bushveld of the Balule Nature Reserve is filled with sweet songs, unrecognizable sounds and magical moments. The bushveld can tell stories of love, heartache and comedy – it holds the transparency of human beings; a place that has no time for masks. The bush is real, authentic and truthful. Romantics, novelists, poets and artists […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/EzulwiniSunset-370x275.jpg "Ezulwini Game Lodges Encourage Romance")