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Rhulani Minute Safari - Suckling young white rhino
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Out here, we encounter a peaceful family of white rhinos, including a father, mother, and their young. We even witness the young one suckling from its mother before they continue on their journey acro...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Elephant peels and chews the bark
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
During the severe drought of winter, when elephants can hardly find anything to eat, the elephants develop a technique to peel and chew tree bark to still get to juicy food. Watch him do it!...
Life of a Ranger: The white ring of the waterbuck
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that waterbucks are easily identified by a white ring around their rump, which looks as if they've just sat on a wet toilet seat? Rhulani's ranger, Thato, shows us a few female waterbucks...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Roaming hyena
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
We were actually on our way to an area that early morning where we suspected lions, when, quite unexpectedly, a hyena wandering alone came towards us on the road. Certainly a highlight, and so close t...
Rhulani Insights 252 – A tortoise visit
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Anything can happen, and little surprises await you at any time, anywhere in the lodge, if you keep your eyes and ears open. Like today, when a leopard tortoise makes a tour of the lodge in the middle...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Staring kudu
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
If the kudu is well camouflaged in the thicket and at a safe distance from us, it doesn't immediately run away. On the contrary, it stands still and stares at us stubbornly, its large ears directed to...
Life of a Ranger: Howling hyenas
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that the howling, or "laughing," of hyenas is an important means of communication, both between hyenas within a clan and with other hyena clans? Rhulani's head guide Alasdair tells us tod...
Rhulani Minute Safari - A Herd of eland
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Today with an antelope that is rarely seen in the Madikwe Game Reserve, but is one of the most striking due to its size: the eland. Today we see a small herd, which then moves away....
Rhulani Insights 251 - An old elephant mother with her baby
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Idyllic sunset, vast savannah, and all alone out here, we come across a mother elephant with her baby, trying to chew some sap from the dry branches during the dry season. As field guide Alasdair tell...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Dagga boys at the puddle
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Here, somewhat hidden, we spot three rather large, strong, and old male buffalo, who have separated themselves from the herd and thus form a group that should not be crossed on foot. Don't they look i...
Life of a Ranger: Lion family life
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that lions typically live in prides, and that if they have little cubs, you can have fantastic sightings where you can witness lion family life? Rhulani's ranger Willem shows us one of hi...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Wildebeest grazing, calling, rolling
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
Let's take a look at what happens in a minute in the life of a wildebeest. They generally graze, but they also love to roll in the dirt, and then ... have you ever heard a wildebeest call? Watch this!...