Have you ever watched the spectacle of a large herd of elephants at the waterhole? Rhulani Safari Lodge’s Ranger Alasdair tells us tells us about his fascination with elephants and how beautiful it is to watch them for hours playing and having fun in the mud.

This time it is not an elephant, to whom we would have to clear the way. It is a single blue wildebeest that takes the road ahead of us.

Winter time means for us a bit of tranquility in Madikwe Reserve, shorter days, cool nights, but lots of sunshine. Visitors are impressed by the beauty of nature and the fascinating wildlife during this time. For example, we suddenly met about 20 jackals in the open field. Here is our summary from last month.

The youngest Field Guide in our five-member ranger’s team, Martin, is a well-known animal lover. In addition to his passion to learn about these rare animals, he helps injured or threatened snakes to recover until he releases them back into the wild nature.

As usual, a lot of elephants hang around at the waterhole on a warm, dry day. However, we focus our attention on a very small baby elephant, which is curiously walking in in the mud, but is always staying close to its mother. Cute!

Have you ever heard a cheetah calling? Rhulani Safari Lodge’s Head Ranger Sean tells us about a recent Game Drive, where we found a male cheetah calling for his brother. Learn more about the cheetahs in Madikwe and Sean’s passion for this beautiful animal.

Today we see two different herds of antelope together, grazing peacefully. On the one hand, the very common blue wildebeest, on the other hand, the red hartebeest, which is more challenging to find in Madikwe.

A mix between eating and cuddling. A giraffe has found a nice tree with green leaves, and we are watching this beautiful animal up close.

Madikwe Game Reserve announces exciting news from the Cheetah Project. The coalition of the two Cheetah brothers has stumbled on one of the straying females. Afterwards we were able to observe the female with one of the males on honeymoon for a short time.

We are near a pan and find an elephant herd. They splash with the water, drink, wade through the pond, cover themselves with the mud…. These animals love the water above all else!