![The ever graceful leopardess, Hlarulini, travelled from the south of Sabi Sand reserve and was spotted patrolling the traverse around Umkumbe Safari Lodge. The first sighting of Hlarulini was of her hoisting a stolen kill into a tree for safekeeping. The fresh kill was abandoned by White Dam and Hlarulini, being an opportunistic leopard, hoisted the meaty impala into […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HlaruliniMauritz5-370x275.jpg "Portraits of Umkumbe’s Leopardess Hlarulini")
Portraits of Umkumbe’s Leopardess Hlarulini
The ever graceful leopardess, Hlarulini, travelled from the south of Sabi Sand reserve and was spotted patrolling the traverse around Umkumbe Safari Lodge. The first sighting of Hlarulini was of her hoisting[…]
![The rangers from Umkumbe Safari Lodge have sent in numerous reports of leopard sightings. The reports are coming in thick and fast, and we’re battling to keep up with them! Umkumbe is located in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, which offers visitors premier game viewing opportunities. In conjunction with being a lighthouse for conservation in […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Hlarulini2-370x275.jpg "Marius Zeilinga’s Phenomenal Umkumbe Leopard Update")
![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 […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WIPnThambo2-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures : An Ode to the Safari Lifestyle")
![The hyena is not the best looking animal but it’s certainly one of Africa’s most successful scavengers and ruthless carnivores. These stout morphologically dog-like creatures are the most misunderstood species in the safari world. Notorious for being cowardly, cunning thieves and unrepentant killers; it’s no surprise that they have a bad reputation. Hyenas are actually highly social, intelligent and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MG_6287-370x275.jpg "This April – When Hyenas Make a Fool of Super Predators…")
![Our animal kingdom certainly has a voice of its own ! We celebrated World Wildlife Day yesterday and made quite a noise on our social media channels in an effort to create awareness about our planet’s endangered species. Little did we know that our wildlife have also been quite vocal about their presence. Our rangers […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/UmkumbeSouthernPride-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics : Feisty & Wide-mouthed Wildlife !")
![Our gentle pachyderms make for incredible photographic subjects. Marius Zeilinga, a ranger at Umkumbe Safari Lodge, decided to use his creative streak and photograph various parts of an elephant’s anatomy. He’s captured close-ups of ears, tusks, skin, trunk and tail. We’re loving his black and white photos of these emotional jumbos! Here are a few […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ElephantTail-370x275.jpg "Marius Gets Crazy with Photos of Elephant Anatomy")
![Constantly alive, constantly moving, even when all seems quiet; the bush is a place of paradise where man is the alien invader. The dance of the wild is evident in every whisper of the wind, every desperate leap to freedom, every flick of the tail, or toss of an armoured head. The bush is a place […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DSC_9524-370x275.jpg "Week in Pictures: The Dance of the Wild")
![Last week we shared Marius’s photographs of Umkumbe Safari Lodge’s leopard sightings. This week, Mauritz compiled a selection of leopard photographs from his encounters with Kigelia, Tatowa and White Dam. There have been plenty of leopardess sightings but only the occasional sighting of dominant male, Mxabene. Seems like the females are stealing the show and […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WhiteDam-370x275.jpg "Mauritz Photographs a Trio of Leopards at Umkumbe")
![Nature is an eccentric place where wildlife often breaks free from the documented textbook behaviour and leaves us feeling somewhat bewildered. Just when we think we understand a species, its physical markings and behaviour; you stumble across an anomaly. Marius Zeilinga, a game ranger from Umkumbe Safari Lodge, stumbled across a zebra with unusual markings […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/UmkumbeZebra-370x275.jpg "Sabi Sand : The Eccentricity of Nature")
![This week we’re bringing you an early edition of “Week in Pics”. The festive season is in full swing and we’ll be taking a few days break to recover from an abundant year of wildlife sightings. Our wildlife will carry on as per usual and we have little doubt we’ll be reigning in the new […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/EZWIP3-370x275.jpg "Week in Pics: It’s a Wildlife Wrap ! Goodbye 2015.")