Week in Pictures : An Ode to the Safari Lifestyle

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 a ranger who thinks he’s a comedian; you realise the importance of just being. To be encompassed in nature and have all the creature comforts of home around you is nothing short of spectacular. Going on safari certainly is addictive!

Here’s our ode to the safari lifestyle.

Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp

Leopards, cheetah, rogue male lions and the Ross Pride Breakaway lionesses framed by deep orange sunsets and protected by pristine night skies. These are the breathtaking moments which will leave you with lasting memories.

Cheetah nThambo Tree Camp nThambo Klaserie Sunset

Plains Game nThambo Sunset nThambo Tree Camp

Lioness Africa on Foot Kudu Africa on Foot

Africa on Foot Elephant Woodland Kingfisher

Ezulwini River Lodge and Ezulwini Billy’s Lodge

Prolific lion sightings, curious jumbos, world-weary owls and lone leopards decided this was the week to come close to the game viewer. After a successful week of game viewing guests became involved in the spirit of Africa and danced the night away under the stark black skies lit up by the occasional hungry flame from the fire in the boma.

Balule Elephant Herds Vulture Building Nest Dinner on Deck - Ezulwini Olifants West Pride Lioness

Umkumbe Safari Lodge

Traversing one of South Africa’s most pristine reserves renown for leopard sightings is by far the experience of a lifetime. Leopards on logs with shocking pink skies as the backdrop, hippos dwelling in the dam and elephants trundling across the river in front of the lodge – welcome to the safari life at Umkumbe.

Umkumbe Jackal Umkumbe Buffalo Herd Bicycle Crossing Male Leopard Umkumbe Sunset Sabi Sand

John Chase Safaris in Botswana

The land of giants to some, but to us it’s the land of abundance.  Papyrus lined waterways of the Okavango Delta, the endless landscape of the Moremi Game Reserve, the mighty Chobe River and diverse landscape create an incredible bio-diversity for an array of wildlife. Sunsets are always mind-blowing and the landscape is enough to inspire even those who’ve become a little jaded.

Hippos in the Delta Botswana Wildebeest Elephants in Okavango Delta Saddle-billed Stork