The Big 5 Archives – Page 7 of 11 – Kwambili Safari Lodge

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

Lion cubs!

Posted on 16th June 201612th June 2017 by s2

These last weeks at KwaMbili have seen a lot of wildlife activity in and around camp. Our resident female leopard, Twinspot, and her cub have been visiting regularly as well as a breeding herd of buffalo with a one month…
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Three of the Big…

Posted on 25th May 201612th June 2017 by s2

Very occasionally it is difficult for the ranger out on game drive to compete with the sightings right in camp.
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Big Cats Galore

Posted on 3rd May 201612th June 2017 by s2

We had a great sighting of the three lionesses from the southern pride attempting to make a kill by stalking a buffalo but they were unfortunately unsuccessful as they were spotted by the buffalo herd.
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Sad giraffe and leopards…

Posted on 11th April 201612th June 2017 by s2

Blankets are coming out and many a fire has been lit. The animals are enjoying the respite from the heat we endured in March. We had a group with us over the last week who were spoilt with good sightings.
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Leopard sniffing Edde’s boot

Posted on 3rd April 201612th June 2017 by s2

The week at KwaMbili has been fantastic and our guests have left with happy hearts and great stories to tell their families back home. We received a report that a leopard had been located on a kill not far from…
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Bull elephant in musth

Posted on 3rd March 201612th June 2017 by s2

Recently we have been seeing a local elephant bull following the elephant cows and quite obviously in musth (wet patches down his face). His testorone levels are running at 60 times the normal and he wants to mate.
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From the eyes of…

Posted on 21st February 201612th June 2017 by s2

KwaMbili is proud to welcome our new manager Candice. Here is her first impression entitled From the Eyes of a Newbie:
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Finally, the rains have…

Posted on 20th November 201512th June 2017 by s2

The rains have finally come after an extremely hot El Nino that has ravished the entire country over the past months and the bush has already started to transform.
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Won the bet: Big…

Posted on 13th November 201512th June 2017 by s2

The guests had been having very good drives and sightings had been incredible and we wondered what we could do to top it all. On the last afternoon game drive we asked the guests what they really wanted and the…
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A flexible bushwalk

Posted on 2nd November 201512th June 2017 by s2

An early morning bush walk with four of our guests focussing on the small things (as one does on a bush walk) turned out to be a walk with a bit of extra excitement.
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