When you make a booking at Rhulani Safari Lodge, the rate includes two daily game drives of 3 to 3.5 hours with a qualified ranger. These take place in an open landcruiser, which provides space for a maximum of ten guests. Is there a way to be totally alone in the bush, not mix up with other guests and reserve a private vehicle? The answer is “yes and no”.

Today Rolf presents the new Assistant Manager couple at Rhulani: Carla and Riaan. Carla works in the front of house and Riaan is a qualified field guide. We want to know more about how it is to live as a couple in the bush.

The first month of the year is already over. The quality of wildlife viewing on our game drives remains at the highest level, and our guests enjoyed unforgettable moments in the bush. The frequency of leopard sightings is increasing.

With the beautifully curved horns this Male Kudu is peeping out from behind a bush, and he looks at us anxiously and curiously. Behind him the vast plain of Madikwe in the evening sun, with a view towards Botswana.

Richard is an indispensable member of Rhulani’s maintenance team since nine years. We accompany Richard at work and learn more about a very reliable, quiet and modest employee.

It is one of the saddest topics that South Africa has to deal with, and it does not stop at Madikwe’s fence. From the nation’s enormous number of poached rhinos in 2015, a few of them occurred in our reserve. Thanks to rigorous measures and an excellent park management the number of incidence has thankfully been reduced in the last years.

Elephants eat actually all day. But sometimes that’s not so easy. A rotten branch is a real challenge for this elephant mother, but with her bendable trunk she solves the problem.

Two male Cheetah are still in the habituation process to the new environment of Madikwe. We have visited them in their protective boma, observed how they are fed, and verified that they are doing well.

Do you want to take a look in Rhulani’s boma? In today’s episode, the tables are set up around the campfire, our guests are enjoying dinner, and our staff is singing under the African sky.

Immagine you have a booking at Rhulani. But your plans change, you have an agenda conflict, or there is another reason why you can not or do not want to go on the journey. However, there will be a penalty in case of a cancellation. Why is that, and what can you do to protect yourself?