Now and then I have guests email in some of their best shots that they took during their stay with us. And I am happy to admit, it always makes me smile how amazing many of these sightings are. I myself don’t get to go out there nearly as often as I would love to, so it is a huge reward to see at last what our guests see … and boy, do they see things … wow!!!

Hilary had a great time here, and she has sent me the following shots, her favourite photos. And I can see why! Stunning, simply stunning.

Many thanks for allowing us to share them with our fans and future guests, that’s really kind. And many thanks for sharing these wonderful memories with us!

August is the peak of the dry season … but this year, things are particularly dry. This year’s rainy season wasn’t much to write home about, and that means tough times for wildlife in the dry season. Most of the animals have moved west nearer the mountain for feeding purpose – we are lucky in the sense that our reserve goes all the way to the foot of teh Drakensberg, so compared to other reserves, we are doing ok.

Nonetheless, we saw loads of amazing game … and visibility is superb, which most certainly is an advantage of the dry season. Very crisp photos too!

We saw Giraffe, Vervet Monkeys, Grey Turaco, Kudu, White Backed Vulture & Nyala.

We tracked and found the cheetahs on the Khaya Ndlovu line, they flopped down and started to groom each other, a bit of brotherly love in tough times 😉

We also saw a crash of White Rhino … amazing!

We tracked and found the young lions on Muruti in a dry river bed – we snapped some great photos.

They were quite active and the young male’s mane has really started to “blossom”. I wonder how long daddy will tolerate him being around … I reckon not too much longer. He’s on his way to becoming competition, step by step. And dads don’t like competition, don’t we know that all? 😉

Leopard spotted last night on Safari on the “Leopard’s Bent” portion of the reserve! An unusually outstanding sighting. We stayed with him for about 15 minutes … this is the sort of sightings that make a trip to South Africa worth it on its own. I wish I had been there myself … lucky guests! 🙂