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Life of a Ranger: Lion family life
Life of a Ranger: Lion family life
| 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...
Life of a Ranger: Hornbill breeding habits
Life of a Ranger: Hornbill breeding habits
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that the hornbills nest in the cavity of a large tree, where the female lays one or two eggs on the nest and the male on the outside of the tree, and the female will work together to seal...
Life of a Ranger: Female antelopes with horns
Life of a Ranger: Female antelopes with horns
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that in nature, it sometimes happens that female antelopes develop horns like the males due to a genetic misprogramming? Rhulani's head ranger, Alasdair, shows us examples of a female imp...
Life of a Ranger: Community nest spider
Life of a Ranger: Community nest spider
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that the so-called "community nest spider" forms a real tangle of spider webs in a bush in order to catch as many insects as possible that fly past? Rhulani's ranger Thato introduces us t...
Rhulani bush stories: Cheetah hunting lessons
Rhulani bush stories: Cheetah hunting lessons
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
"I've never seen anything like this before," says Willem, who set off at 5:00 a.m. and didn't return to Rhulani until after 2:00 p.m. What initially seemed like a pleasant sighting of a mother cheetah...
Life of a Ranger: Cheetah climbing a termite mound
Life of a Ranger: Cheetah climbing a termite mound
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that cheetahs love to climb termite mounds and mark their territory there? Rhulani's ranger Willem shows us this kind of behavior from two cheetah brothers today, and yes, it is once agai...
Rhulani bush stories: Two cheetahs, two kills
Rhulani bush stories: Two cheetahs, two kills
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
"That was absolutely insane," says our head ranger Captain Redbeard Alasdair about this sighting from the end of last week. There were two cheetahs we found, clearly on a mission, and we followed them...
Life of a Ranger: Elephant self-healer
Life of a Ranger: Elephant self-healer
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that an elephant's foot has a very soft padding like a cushion which allows it to walk quietly through the savannah? Rhulani's head guide Alasdair tells us today about an elephant that he...
Life of a Ranger: Nightjar
Life of a Ranger: Nightjar
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that the nightjar is a common and nocturnal bird which usually nests on the ground, with a habit of resting and roosting on roads? Rhulani's ranger Theo tells us more about this special b...
Life of a Ranger: The horn of a dagga boy
Life of a Ranger: The horn of a dagga boy
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that the old buffalo separate from the herd in the last phase of their lives and are sent into retirement? Rhulani's ranger Dean tells us more about these so-called "Dagga Boys", who are ...
Rhulani Insights 243 – Wet roads
Rhulani Insights 243 – Wet roads
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
We are currently in the rainy season and - fortunately - we had very good rain around the turn of the year. It can happen that the dirt roads have puddles and are difficult to drive on. Not so with ou...
Life of a Ranger: Springboks
Life of a Ranger: Springboks
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that you can find springboks in the Madikwe Game Reserve, especially in the north-western corner of the reserve? Rhulani's ranger Thato tells us some details about this antelope species t...