From 7 to 9 May Rhulani Safari Lodge participated at the 2016 INDABA in Durban. It was an excellent opportunity to present our beautiful product and promote a fantastic safari in the African bush.

The month of April is over. For Rhulani, this means the end of the high season. But not for the bush! Madikwe with its wonderful wildlife has actually high season all the time, which is confirmed by the high quality of wildlife observations. A review of the figures from April.

Call us and book your room with us under the exciting “Mother’s Day Special” valid for May and June 2016: Stay 3 and pay 2 nights .

The next step in the cheetah project is concluded. A young female has successfully arrived at Madikwe and is now getting habituated to the new environment in a protective boma. At Rhulani Safari Lodge, sponsor of the “cheetah female project”, we are very excited about this news!

Rhulani Safari Lodge is extremely pleased to announce that we have been successful in winning the award for “Luxury Lodge of the Year”.

It was a very urgent conservation activity sponsored by Rhulani. A baby elephant was found in the reserve with a plastic piece around its trunk, which the little animal had picked up somewhere and which had to be removed. The operation went very quick and without any friction. Now, the baby is happy again and joined its mother right after the intervention.

Animal observations in March were as successful as in the previous month. The chance to see the famous ‘Big 5’ is very high, even for visitors who come to us just for one or two nights. But there was much more to see.

Exciting news for Madikwe safari visitors and Rhulani’s guests. Times with dry, colorless winters are definitely over. The zebras of the reserve will be painted and thus will give the park a beautiful splash of color. Are you interested in a sponsorship?

On the Easter week-end, with a short delay, two more male cheetahs were released into freedom. The two boys had become familiar with the new environment during months in a protective boma. Now they will try fortune in the 75,000 hecatres of Madikwe Reserve.

On 16 and 17 March 2016, Madikwe Game Reserve that suffers from permanent drought, witnessed a rainfall that broke all records. While the balance in the long run will be beneficial for all, the precipitations caused huge challenges, and in some places a disaster.