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.
Summer in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 27 December 2014
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Summer in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 26 December 2014
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.
Christmas in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 25 December 2014
The sunrise over Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park on Christmas morning was particularly beautiful 😀
We hope all our friends here at de Wets Wild had a lovely Christmas Day.
Summer in the bush: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, 24 December 2014
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!
We also would like to wish all our friends here at de Wets Wild a blessed and merry Christmas!
Family
Several families (or sounders) of warthogs have made themselves at home inside Mpila Camp, in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park. The antics of the energetic piglets and the relative sedateness of the adults is very entertaining to watch and, being as accustomed to the human presence as they are, Mpila’s warthogs make excellent photographic subjects (we’ve already published two other posts about them as well: have a look here and here).
Daddy Warthog showing off his impressive weaponry
Mommy’s responsible for lunch
There’s always one kid that can’t sit still at the table!
The theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is “Family“
Beginning
On our recent visit to Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park the babies of a wide variety of animals and birds were much in evidence.
Many of the new arrivals were enjoying newly made friendships, like this warthog piglet and nyala lamb in Mpila camp:
Nyala and warthog playing in Mpila
Nyala and warthog playing in Mpila
Nyala and warthog playing in Mpila
The African bush is not by any means a child-friendly environment however, as this little Egyptian gosling’s experience illustrates. Newly hatched, it was following its parents to a pond somewhere in the wilds and was obviously struggling to keep up in the extreme December heat. Not off to an easy start…
Tough beginning for an Egyptian gosling
Tough beginning for an Egyptian gosling
Tough beginning for an Egyptian gosling
You can click on the images above for a clearer view. This week’s photo challenge theme from WordPress is “Beginning“
Our 2013 in pictures
As the year is rushing to its end, we’re looking back at all the wonderful places we stayed at in South Africa’s wild places during 2013:
Olifants Wilderness Trail (Kruger), June 2013
Golden Gate Hotel and Chalets, July-August-September 2013
Ithala, December 2013
Pretoriuskop (Kruger), April 2013
Bakgatla (Pilanesberg), November 2013
Punda Maria (Kruger), September 2013
Chelmsford, March 2013
Midmar, August 2013
Tembe Elephant Park, May 2013
Glen Reenen (Golden Gate), December 2013
Letaba (Kruger), September 2013
Blyde Canyon, March 2013
Mpila (Hluhluwe-Imfolozi), December 2013
Satara (Kruger), June 2013
Crocodile Bridge (Kruger), April 2013
Imfolozi, 18 December 2013
We arrived at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park today and checked into our accommodation at Mpila Camp. Shortly afterwards, the neighbours’ kids came to welcome us 😉
Point of view
Our little wildlife photographer working hard for a warthog portrait at Mpila, in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
“An unusual point of view” is this week’s photo challenge from WordPress
Our 2012 in Pictures
For the final challenge of 2012, we decided to submit a selection of photographs of the various accommodation units we stayed in while exploring South Africa’s wild places this year (you can click on the images for a clearer view).
Have a look here for more submissions in this week’s challenge.
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