And again, a year comes to an end. Time for reflection, time for rest, but above all, time to say “thank you”. Rolf uses his blog today for a Christmas greeting.

As we know, every day something new happens in the African bush. Even our experienced sometimes get amazed. Today, on the morning safari, our youngest ranger Martin found a big Southern African Python. Listen to this story.

Time for sundowners! This is a solitary warthog male that visits the waterhole for an afternoon drink. Let’s watch him for a minute.

We have used the silent time of pre-Christmas for further renovations at the lodge. The work focused on our conference room, the dining room and the public restrooms, and we think that our guests will be excited about the reforms. This is in line with our ambition to provide a flawless and beautiful safari lodge for our guests.

Funny everyday life stories from the bush: Rhulani’s ranger Alasdair tells us today about what happened after he took a bath in the nasty mud in sight of all his guests.

They eat their leaves and branches and, as we observe today, they like to scratch them at the trunk of the tree after a mud batch. Let’s watch this male elephant as he scratches his butt.

Rhulani is actually a very calm and safe place. But safety is still our top priority. In today’s blog, Rolf shows us how you, as our guest, are warned about a fire in your chalet. He introduces the “smoke detector” to you.

Funny everyday life stories from the bush: Rhulani’s owner Rolf tells how we were surprised after a guest complained about a gecko in the bathtub.

Moving forward the two right legs, then the two left legs. This is the special way how giraffes are walking, just like crocodiles or camels. Today we observe this beautiful giraffe of Madikwe Game Reserve, as it is crossing the road in front of us.

The exciting wildlife in Madikwe caused many surprises and highlights last month. We found predators at rather unusual kills, and we discovered some of the rare animals, by which even our experienced rangers were amazed. Welcome to our monthly report from November.