This week we’ve delved into the archives to showcase a few of our favourite images through the ages. The old adage of history repeating itself certainly rings true with our sightings – lions are still ambushing unsuspecting impala, leopards are still aloof, bush babies still look Bambi in the headlights and lone dagga boys are still sulking in the shrubbery. For today’s week in pictures we’ve incorporated historically classic images with a splattering of new images, just to shake things up and create the ultimate melting pot of wildlife images for your viewing pleasure.
Ezulwini River Lodge and Ezulwini Billy’s Lodge
The elephants herds have enjoyed a party at both lodges and have literally littered the area with their presence! It’s that time of year when the temperatures begin to rise, which means there are plenty of elephant mud baths happening. Elephants cover themselves in mud because it serves as protection from the sun and cools their body temperature. With scorching heat, a mud bath seems to be a fantastic idea. Just the other day a huge herd approached the walkway at Ezulwini River Lodge and put on quite a show for guests.
The York Pride, Olifants West Pride and River Pride of lions have all been out on the prowl. Every couple of days the team spots a pride of lazy lions cooling off under a canopy of trees somewhere. We hope you enjoy the Ezulwini pictures from this week – just another average day in the Balule Nature Reserve!
This week the Umkumbe team have had a brief sighting of Mxabene, the dominant male leopard of the area. He seems to be patrolling regions in both the north and south of the reserve; and was last seen with newcomer Tatowa on an impala kill. White Dam and her cub made a quick appearance for guests but darted away before you could shout “Panthera Pardus”. The male cub wasn’t present but could have been hiding in a drainage line somewhere.
This week, to celebrate the beauty of game viewing at Umkumbe Safari Lodge, we’ve tucked into our archives. Below are a few of our classic and memorable moments from the past couple of months!
nThambo Tree Camp and Africa on Foot
Over the past few days, Africa on Foot has had an abundance of mammals, critters and plains game. Jacques managed to photograph a tower of giraffe drinking from the pan. It’s always a rare sighting – drinking puts plenty of strain on a giraffe’s body and they don’t need to drink often. They gain most of their moisture from their diet of succulent leaves.
We’ve also included a few of our favourite sightings through the ages to highlight the incredible game viewing opportunities at both Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp! And the honey badger? Well yes, they’re approaching camp territory yet again!
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