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Rhulani Minute Safari - 4 Cheetahs on an Impala kill

  • February 14, 2024 | Rolf Steiner | Category: Wildlife

Four cheetahs are greedily eating the prey they recently took. They eat quickly and are always looking around for possible dangers. The recordings were taken by Rhulani’s Ranger Willem.

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Rhulani Minute Safari - Three Giraffes crossing

  • February 07, 2024 | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Category: Wildlife

A short stop on the way because three giraffes are about to cross the road, while they don’t miss the opportunity (as usual) to eat the leaves from the trees on the way.

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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 Minute Safari - Spotted Hyenas on the walk at night

  • January 31, 2024 | Rolf Steiner | Category: Wildlife

It is pitch black as we slowly make our way home on the road. It is also the time when the nocturnal animals come out of hiding and there is a good chance of seeing them. That’s what happens here, where two spotted hyenas cross our paths, very close to the vehicle and easy to observe!

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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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Rhulani Minute Safari - Lion gets to the best parts

  • January 24, 2024 | Rolf Steiner | Category: Wildlife

We meet the lion at exactly the right moment. Really hungry and passionate, he goes after his prey, which a short time ago was still a lively Blu Wildebeest. And as we see, the lion first of all penetrates the soft and very best parts.

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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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Rhulani Minute Safari – Elephant shakes sand from the grass

  • January 17, 2024 | Rolf Steiner | Category: Wildlife

Today the savannah couldn’t be drier for the elephant that wanders here and looks around for succulent food. He only finds dried grass, which he shakes well and removes dust and sand before he can finally eat.

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Rhulani Minute Safari - A mob of Dwarf Mongooses

  • January 10, 2024 | Rolf Steiner | Category: Wildlife

The mongooses are among the small and nimble park residents who can also hide very well. The Dwarf Mongoose is one of the smallest species… and yet our ranger Willem was successful and found a few of them, which is called a “mob”, which we were able to observe for a while.

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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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