After your evening safari in Madikwe, the entrance at Rhulani Lodge is beautifully lit with lanterns and you are greeted with a Welcome-back drink – before you enjoy your dinner.

It is known that the lions eat their prey completely, leaving as little meat as possible to other predators, such as hyenas, jackals, or vultures. This lioness here is gnawing on a foot of an antelope. This piece of bone does not have have much more to eat, but the lioness still enjoys it.

After 3 months at Rhulani Safari Lodge I could finally see the famous Wild Dogs of Madikwe. Alasdair drove us all the way to the North-Eastern fence line of the reserve – and there they were, hiding in the long grass.

This is a meeting of two of the big ones: elephant and buffalo. The two dangerous kind of mammals from the group of the “Big 5” meet close to the dam and seem to get along well today. Both herds are very large, a really special sighting!

Enjoy birding in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. There are over 350 bird species - ranging from the colourful Lilac-breasted Roller to Owls, Storks, Eagles, Guinea Fowls or the largest flying bird in the world: the Kori Bustard.

In today’s blog we are taking part in the “free yoga class”, which takes place every day just after breakfast, and which is one of our current complimentary offers. Every guest can join. Are you also going to take part?

Slowly slowly the summer months are coming to an end. The balance of this period is as follows: Constantly very good animal observations, many happy guests, and quantities of rain which were just incredible for Madikwe. Here is our monthly update for February.

I have seen my first Baby Giraffe on my very first Game Drive with Rhulani Lodge in November 2016. On a sunny afternoon in Madikwe Game Reserve - in the warm sunlight - a Giraffe and her young one crossed the road right in front of us –to join some of their friends that were standing around a bush on the left side of the road.

The red-billed quelas are always found in big swarms, flying and sitting close together, or occupying a whole tree, like we see here.

Part IV of our Baby Animals in Madikwe Series: Baby Zebras. During the last weeks, I have seen lots of pregnant Zebras and little Baby Zebras – sadly, some of the Babies fell prey to Lions or Leopards.