Category Archives: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park

Our 2014 in pictures

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Looking back at the fantastic places we stayed at while exploring South Africa’s wild places in 2014…

Pafuri River Camp, February 2014
Letaba, Kruger National Park, February 2014
Swadini, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, February 2014
Glen Reenen, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, March 2014
Giant’s Castle Game Reserve, April 2014
Shingwedzi, Kruger National Park, April 2014
Orpen, Kruger National Park, April 2014
Berg-en-Dal, Kruger National Park, May 2014
Skukuza, Kruger National Park, August 2014
Satara, Kruger National Park, August 2014
Shipandani Hide, Kruger National Park, September 2014
Shingwedzi, Kruger National Park, September 2014
Glen Reenen, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, November 2014
Skukuza, Kruger National Park, November 2014
Chelmsford Nature Reserve, December 2014
Ntshondwe, Ithala, December 2014
Mantuma, uMkhuze, December 2014
Chane Cheese Farm, December 2014
Mpila, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, December 2014
Midmar, December 2014
Glen Reenen, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, December 2014

Summer in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 28 December 2014

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We spent a considerable amount of time on our last full day at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park stuck behind wide and heavy loads… The Park’s elephant population is obviously booming!

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Summer in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 27 December 2014

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What an awesome experience, witnessing one of Hluhluwe-Imfolozi’s wild dog packs hunt and kill! We’ll share more photos in an upcoming post.

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Summer in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 26 December 2014

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We were astounded by the prolific tree-climbing skills of Imfolozi’s lions, and how well such big cats can camouflage themselves in the tops of even rather small trees.

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Christmas in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 25 December 2014

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The sunrise over Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park on Christmas morning was particularly beautiful 😀

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We hope all our friends here at de Wets Wild had a lovely Christmas Day.

 

Summer in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 24 December 2014

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Today we moved “camp” again, to Mpila in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, our country’s oldest reserve and one of our firm favourites. This little white rhinoceros seemed particularly pleased that Christmas eve has finally arrived!

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We also would like to wish all our friends here at de Wets Wild a blessed and merry Christmas!

Endurance

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The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus, also known as the Cape Hunting Dog or Painted Wolf) must be the African mammal with the most stamina – they’ll easily cover distances of over 40km in a day, trotting along at speeds of around 10km/h, and when hunting can maintain speeds of 48km/h for distances of up to 5km (though they seldom need to chase prey that far before taking down their quarry). At full speed, they’ll easily reach 64km/h!

We witnessed these wild dogs chasing after a herd of impala in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park during a visit in 2008.

On the hunt
On the hunt
On the hunt

“Endurance” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge. Information from “The Behavior Guide to African Mammals”, by Richard Despard Estes.

Dialogue

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Two photos, two photographers, telling the same story from different angles…

My photo, of Joubert eyeing the elephant through the back window of our vehicle

My photo, of Joubert eyeing the elephant through the back window of our vehicle

Joubert's photo of the same elephant :-)

Joubert’s photo of the same elephant 🙂

“Dialogue“

Containers

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Safely (well, relatively) packed into their tin cans, humans can explore the wild places of South Africa to their hearts content…

Tembe Elephant Park
Kruger National Park
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park
Lion, Kruger National Park

“Containers” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge

Extra!

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Sometimes, you’re forced to get out of the car in big-five territory, for a little extra (unplanned) adventure, like I had to here in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 😀

Extra

“Extra, Extra” is the theme for this week’s WordPress photo challenge