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Life of a Ranger: A monogamous pair of Steenbok
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that Steenbok are one of the smaller antelope species and that they remain faithful to their partner for life? Rhulani's Ranger Willem shows us a monogamous pair of pair in the tall grass...
Rhulani Minute Safari - The fall of the korhaan
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
The red crested korhaan is a remarkable bird. You can hear it from far away when you drive through the bush when it starts to whistle and then you have to keep an eye out. It often flies steeply up in...
Rhulani Insights 233 – Elephant in camp
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Rhulani Safari Lodge is an unfenced camp. This means that, in theory, you can see all kinds of animals here. We do have an electric fence around the lodge, which should at least keep the elephants awa...
«Ladies and gentlemen, that was better than a leopard»
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
You can see the excitement on Ranger William's face as he shines the yellow light of the spotlight into the bushes and spots something that is anything but an everyday occurrence, not even for him, wh...
Rhulani Minute Safari – A milkweed locust
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
The milkweed locust which we often found in our areas is a colourful African grasshopper and is about 7 cm long. It raises and rustles its wings when disturbed and may secrete a noxious fluid from its...
Life of a Ranger: Lioness flehmen grimace
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that when a lion encounters a scent of interest, particularly urine of another lion, it performs the Flehmen response to gather more detailed information? Rhulani’s Head Guide Alasdair sh...
How do we get this guy out as quickly as possible?
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
After an early wake-up call and a quick coffee, the guests and their rangers are already out in the bush. The sun is peeking out on the horizon. Night guard Michael is clearing away the coffee station...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Elephant baby feeding
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
We come across a small herd of female elephants with their babies. They stay very close to their mothers and get milk from their mothers with their short trunks. Typically, baby elephants nurse exclus...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Giraffe finds the right spot
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
The giraffe has discovered the watering hole right in front of the lounge at Rhulani. But as we all know, getting into the right position to drink is a pretty complex mission. Let's watch as the giraf...
Life of a Ranger: The importance of dung beetle's ball
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that only the male dung beetles form a nice ball out of a large pile of dung and then go in search of a female, by rolling the ball around? Rhulani's Ranger Willem tells us today more det...
Rhulani Minute Safari – Sundowners with rhinos
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Sometimes it happens that we get unexpected visitors during a sundowner. Like here, where two large but peaceful white rhinos join us. No reason to pack up straight away, we observe the unusual guests...
Life of a Ranger: Two old cheetahs
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that cheetahs only live for about eight to ten years, and that in Madikwe Game Reserve the two "Phinda Males" at nine years old belong to the older generation? Rhulani's head ranger Alasd...