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Rhulani bush stories: An enchanting toad concert
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“I've never seen anything like this up close before”, says Rhulani’s head guide Alasdair. The toad in the photo is a male calling to attract a mate. His inflated throat sac acts as a resonator, amplif...

Rhulani Minute Safari - Grazing red hartebeest
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The red hartebeest is a large African antelope well adapted to open grasslands and savannas and it is easy to recognize because of its imposing size, its slightly too long snout and its heart-shaped h...

Guest Conservation Contribution: 10% adjustment from 1 March 2026
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Rhulani Safari Lodge
We would like to inform you that the Guest Conservation Contribution (GCC) for wildlife conservation measures in the Madikwe Game Reserve will be adjusted by 10% for new bookings from 1 March 2026....

Rhulani Insights 265 – A stripe bellied sand snake in camp
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In today's blog, we welcome a very special guest to Rhulani Safari Lodge: a stripe-bellied sand snake, which has made itself comfortable somewhere among the sun-warmed stones near the lounge. Together...

Rhulani Minute Safari - Wildebeest road walk
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Here on our road toward the lodge, we encounter a fairly large herd of blue wildebeest, leisurely using the same road and we slowly follow behind....

Life of a Ranger: The lion takes the shady spot
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Did you know that our lions have become so accustomed to us that on sunny days they even take up residence in the shade of our vehicle to rest? Rhulani's head guide Alasdair tells us today the story o...

Rhulani Minute Safari - Cheetah on its way to a viewpoint
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Here it is, a typical sighting of a cheetah, which prefers flat, open plains for roaming, and often looks for a vantage point (like this termite mound) from which it can scan the area for prey and mar...

Rhulani bush stories: Young hyenas with a snake
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When have you ever seen that before? Two young hyenas without their mother, all alone – okay, that can happen – but then the two of them find a snake somewhere in the bushes, a real treat for them. "Y...

Rhulani Minute Safari - Community nest spiders
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A community web spider, also known as a social spider, lives in colonies and cooperates to build large, communal webs for shelter and prey capture. These spiders exhibit communal behavior, sharing tas...

Life of a Ranger: Territorial ground squirrel
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Did you know that even these small, inconspicuous, and timid ground squirrels have a territory and defend it? Rhulani's ranger Willem will tell us more today about these adorable inhabitants of Madikw...

Rhulani Minute Safari - Hyena clan in the thicket
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From a distance, we could already hear the laughter and howling, and we suspected that a clan of hyenas was up to something in the dense thicket. And indeed, that's exactly what we found: an entire cl...

Rhulani bush stories: Lion cubs with their mighty father
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"That was one of those sightings I'll remember for the rest of my life," says Rhulani's ranger Willem in today's bush story. It's very rare to see so many tiny lion cubs at their mighty father's side,...