When visiting Ithala Game Reserve, it pays to spend some time strolling through Ntshondwe, the reserve’s award-winning main camp.
Ntshondwe’s excellent amenities all blend beautifully into the environment and despite offering all modern conveniences, one never feels cut-off from the natural beauty that surrounds you.
Take one of the shady pathways that lead through the camp’s lush indigenous vegetation.
Stop and have a closer look at the variety of moss, toad stools and mushrooms that thrive in the dampness of the forest floor.
All around you you’ll notice little animals quietly going about their daily lives in the undergrowth – insects, spiders, frogs, toads, lizards and birds
Even bigger animals – especially dassies, monkeys and bushbuck – are quite at home around Ntshondwe’s human visitors.
And then, to end your walk on a high, why not head onto one of the surrounding hills – easily accomplished along the well marked trails – for a breathtaking view over Ntshondwe and the reserve?
We hope you enjoyed this closer look at life inside Ntshondwe? Have a look here to read more about our December 2013 trip to Ithala Game Reserve
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What a treat to see this beautiful hills, pathways, flowers, animals… Thank you so, so much!
You’re always so kind Amy. Thank you for being a friend of de Wets Wild, we reaaalllly appreciate it!
I’m so honored to be a friend of de Wets Wild! Can’t thank you enough!
Thank you for the splendid tour. What a lovely place.
Thanks for joining us Tish 😉
Ag pa… my hoet is te klein!! 😛
Klein Joubert is mal oor sy groot cowboy-hoed AJ ;-)!
What a beautiful place. Thanks for introducing us to it. Makes me want to go for a visit!
If you ever have the opportunity to visit Ntshondwe and Ithala, we’d definitely advise you grab it with both hands 😉
Thank you for joining us here at de Wets Wild!
Whoops….have a great weekend dear friends 🙂
And to you as well dear Culvers!
Another super post from our dear friends, De Wets!! Sorry we’ve been MIA for so long. Sometimes life gets in the way as much as we don’t want it to. I could really use a few weeks in one of the lovely places you visit to recoup, regroup and get away from constant technology 😉
So nice to “host” you again at de Wets Wild dear Joey and Marks!
I entirely understand what you’re saying about recouping in nature Joey! We’re hardly back two weeks and already city life is threatening to drive us insane!
Beautiful post with such a wide variety of images… enjoyed 🙂
Glad to have you visit us again Sreejith, and thank you for the kind comment!
Never ever tire of your Blog and the quiet special lives that the animals lead without expectation and hopefully with out extinction before I can get my ass there!
There’s many people working very hard to ensure that these beautiful creatures are around for many generations to come Kathryn. Let’s hope they’ll prevail against the tide of human greed. And we’re very grateful to have you support us, you are always welcome here!
Thank you so much! How about a job there? : )))
Just as soon as some magnate sponsors us to travel from reserve to reserve and leave behind the daily grind Kathryn ;-).
In all seriousness though, there’s many “working holiday” opportunities available in conservation down here in South Africa – have a look at http://www.wildlifeact.com/ for instance.
I surely will ! Thanks : )))))
AMAZING! I bet the list is 100000 people long !
I love the thatched roofs! Very cool and also warm!
Fits in so beautifully in the surroundings, and excellent insulation against the weather outside, as you say!
I love the last photo of your son in particular.
Thanks Rosemarie! He loves being out-and-about probably even more than his parents 😉
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