Rare Sightings Archives – Kwambili Safari Lodge

KwaMbili Game Lodge - Hoedspruit - Greater Kruger Park - Big 5 Reserve - South Africa

The return of the…

Posted on 29th July 2019 by liek@outinafrica.com

We were most lucky to see a yellow-billed oxpecker. This bird is rare, although its counterpart the red-billed oxpecker is quite common and is mostly seen clinging to mammals such as antelope “doing its duty” cleaning off the ticks and…
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Leopard kill at close…

Posted on 15th July 201922nd July 2019 by liek@outinafrica.com

Leopards are one of the animals every guest wants to see but not one of the easier animals to find! They live alone and have good camouflage, blending into their habitat. I was once told that you don’t find a…
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Wild Dog Woes

Posted on 4th July 201922nd July 2019 by liek@outinafrica.com

We had discovered a wild dog den site near the road and were eagerly awaiting the first sighting of the new pups. We saw the adults on every game drive, running around looking for food and protecting the den site…
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Rare sighting

Posted on 23rd April 201923rd April 2019 by liek@outinafrica.com

This week our guests were lucky enough to experience the very rare sighting of a Pangolin. The term Pangolin comes from the Malay language for the roller. It is the most trafficked animal in the world, being taken out of…
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Deformed tusks

Posted on 15th April 2019 by liek@outinafrica.com

Consider how important an elephants’ tusks are to them. They allow them to tear bark off trees to eat, reach down and dig up small bulbs that may be just under the ground and break big branches off to get…
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The amazing Wild Dog

Posted on 25th March 2019 by liek@outinafrica.com

The African Wild Dog is one of the most amazing animals to see on game drive. When compared to the Big Five, for most people it does not seem very interesting due to the fact it looks very similar to…
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New leopard in town

Posted on 11th February 201911th February 2019 by liek@outinafrica.com

Fairly recently a new male leopard moved into Thornybush and we were lucky enough to see him quite well. He is originally from the Sabi Sand area and has made his way right up here. At the moment he controls…
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The African Wild Dog

Posted on 24th October 201824th October 2018 by liek@outinafrica.com

In a wild dog pack urinating is used for multiple reasons. Apart from relieving themselves they also urinate to mark their territory, although this is usually done only by the alpha male and female – the rest of the pack…
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Leopard kill

Posted on 15th October 201824th October 2018 by liek@outinafrica.com

We’ve recently seen a lot more of the younger female leopard (known as the Makeppies female) and her cubs – it seems that she has taken over the territory around KwaMbili which used to belong to our old resident female…
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African Rock Python

Posted on 10th September 201811th September 2018 by liek@outinafrica.com

The African Rock Python is one of the largest species of snakes in the world, some even getting up to about 7m in length! Despite being non-venomous, these snakes still cause fatalities amongst humans. Attacks on humans are limited mainly…
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