Shortly before the end of the year, Rhulani Safari Lodge won another prestigious award. At the “2015 Hotel of the Year Awards” we received the predicate ” Best Safari Villa Resort Worldwide”.

A lion may perform the flehmen response when investigating sites of particular interest, or perhaps odors or tastes. It often gives the appearance that the animal is “grimacing”, “smirking” or “laughing”.

On the west side of Madikwe, where Rhulani is located, there is no water dam, no pipeline, and rainwater is missing most of the time. So where does Rhulani get the water from?

Enjoy a new series of pictures of Rhulani Safari Lodge. The panoramic view gives a better idea of the vastness of nature, the size of the private chalet and the lodge facilities.

On dry winter days different animals often come together at the few watering holes and fight for supremacy. This can even come to a meeting of the dangerous “Big 5”. Today, a herd of buffalos tries to pass a few elephants to get to the water.

The whole attention is given currently to the two cheetahs males which were introduced a few days ago in Madikwe Game Reserve. Why is the monitoring of their first movements so important?

November was an exciting month. At Rhulani, we had our first rain. Highlights in the bush are the 3 young lion cubs, and we also saw some very rare antelopes.

The head is always down, and as with a vacuum cleaner, this big white rhino traverses the savannah, eating the grass from the ground, with the wide lips. Interesting to see how the rhino produces saliva with the tannin binding proteins.

The ambitious new cheeath project of Madikwe reached another milestone this week. On Monday, 30 November 2015, two cheetah males were successfully introduced into the reserve.

In today’s episode of Rhulani Insights we meet a peacefully grazing white rhino. Our ranger tells us more about the rhino situation in Madikwe and the bitter struggle to protect it. Visit us in Rhulani and become an ambassador for this beautiful animal!