It was with heavy hearts that we departed from Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park this morning, and the beautiful sunrise over the Black Mfolozi River did not make the parting any easier…

It was with heavy hearts that we departed from Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park this morning, and the beautiful sunrise over the Black Mfolozi River did not make the parting any easier…

Our last full day here at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi turned out to be “elephant day” – it seemed that every road we took was occupied by either a breeding herd or big old bull, like this one. Tomorrow morning we’ll take a final drive through the reserve before heading back to Pretoria…

This is a picture of just one of the twelve lions (in three groups) that we spotted here at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park today.
“One” is the theme for this week’s wordpress photo challenge.

This afternoon, here in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, we found our way blocked temporarily by a very irritated whito rhino bull! That was just after we had to turn around because a very irritated elephant bull was blocking the road… Our day started with a leopard-sighting at the Mfolozi River bridge and in the end we saw a total of 19 big game species on the 19th of December!

We arrived at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park today and checked into our accommodation at Mpila Camp. Shortly afterwards, the neighbours’ kids came to welcome us 😉

Our last full day to enjoy Ithala, and on our drive this morning we encountered this pair of magnificent black rhinoceros!

A cool, drizzly morning here at Ithala Game Reserve dished up this fantastic leopard sighting!

Following last night’s thunderstorm, today turned out to be a beautiful summer’s day here at Ithala Game Reserve

It’s not only humans that are pre-occupied with grooming!



This week, “habit” is the theme for WordPress’ photo challenge
A spotted hyena heading for home at first light in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, and carrying with him a sizable chunk of wildebeest…

WordPress’ new theme for their weekly photo challenge is “Eerie“