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Life of a Ranger: Giraffe eating habits

  • March 17, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Did you know that giraffes are browsers and therefore have very long lips with which they can grab the leaves, chew them and then transport them to their first stomach? Today #Rhulani’s Ranger Thato tells us more about the eating habits of giraffes, and we hear about a myth saying that these animals always eat downwind.

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The dangerous playmates of Willem’s dog Emily

  • March 15, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: News, Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Willem, Rhulani’s 26-year-old ranger, has a beautiful black dog named Emily. Emily accompanies his master everywhere and also lives with him, in the middle of the African bush, when Willem is at work and shows our guests around the Madikwe Reserve. Then, Emily also goes on a journey of discovery and always comes across his favorite toys - the snakes.

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Life of a Ranger: Bullying Blue Wildebeest

  • March 03, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Did you know that in a herd of Blue Wildebeest there are always fights between the male animals, and they sometimes run wildly around the herd to show who is the strongest and most dominant male? Today Rhulani’s Ranger Alasdair shows us a wildebeest herd where there is a lot of action!

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Life of a Ranger: an injured zebra

  • February 18, 2024 | Rolf Steiner | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Did you know that despite our desire for all animals to be well, in Madikwe Game Reserve we do not interfere with the natural course of nature and leave the animals to their fate? Rhulani’s Ranger Dean recently saw a small, injured zebra, which we don’t know if it will recover on its own or become easy prey for predators.

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Kori Bustard: how they bring their massive bodies into the sky

  • February 14, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

It rises slowly, almost like an airplane, and given its size, weight and slow wing beats, you get the impression that it is struggling to stay aloft. We’re talking about the Kori Bustard, a real eye-catcher when you watch this large bird all alone on its way through the savannah. And then this thing also flies, and that’s what we’re talking about today.

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Life of a Ranger: Klipspringers with their son

  • February 04, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Did you know that the Klipspringers stay together as a couple for their entire lives, but that it can happen that their own son returns to his parents’ territory and drives his father away? Rhulani’s ranger Willem tells us more about this in an unusual sighting where he spotted three Klipspringers together.

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Rhulani Insights 217 – Black Rhino or White Rhino Midden?

  • January 28, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Rhulani insights, Wildlife

We welcome you to the first blog with our ranger Thato, where we meet out in the bush and discover a so-called “Rhino Midden”. That means it’s a kind of toilet that rhinos use. Why do they do that?

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Life of a Ranger: Two-spotted Ground Beetle

  • January 21, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Did you know that the Two-spotted Ground Beetle is a very common beetle found in the Lodge that can cause blindness to birds and other animals that eat it? Today Rhulani’s ranger Thato tells us interesting things about this striking beetle, which is also a carnivore.

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Life of a Ranger: The feathers of an Ostrich

  • January 07, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Did you know that male ostriches have black feathers because they sit on their eggs at night and are therefore better camouflaged? Today, Rhulani’s Ranger Dean tells us exciting stories about ostrich feathers and explains why this bird often deflects its wings outwards when walking during the day.

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“This vulture was massive … massive!”

  • December 26, 2023 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Ranger's Blog, Wildlife

Vultures don’t have the best reputation and belong to the so-called “Ugly Five” of the African bush. “We don’t see the vultures very often on safari, so they are still a highlight,” says Captain Redbeard Ranger Alasdair. Today he’s talking about a very special species of vulture he has seen a few days ago that brought him into ecstasy.

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