Each time one visits these wilderness, each experience is never the same. With only days remaining, and the work upon Gratis completed it was time for a last excursion. No words this time, just enjoy the pics.   Check our You Tube page for the videos of the hawk and Rhino  

  Only a half hour or so from Richards Bay, Imfolozie (www.nature-reserve.co.za/hluhluwe-imfolozi-wildlife-preserve.html) was the park we left until last. Every park and every day was different in its own indefinable way. Birds…… Warthog Deer ….. We just loved how the animals interacted with one another. Wildebeest grazing…. One of our favourites, the elephants: a heard crossed the road in front […]

Our journey took us to St Lucia this particular morning:. Our agenda was the local butterfly house where we would discover the indigenous butterflies followed by the Isimangaliso Wetland Park in hope of sighting hippos. Within the Isiphapalazi Butterfly House, the delicate beauties fluttered in the heat of the morning, only resting for a millisecond of time.  Once upon the […]

In one word, the Hluhluwe animal park is ‘AWESOME’!!!!!!!   Up with the larks – the park opened at 5am , we returned for further exploration in the hope of sighting elephants and more…. Out came the 800mm. This is a fantastic reference book to purchase for multiple park exploration, or a free individual map that has both […]

An early rise, and on this rain cloud morning we departed for Hluhluwe and our accommodation, Hluhluwe River Lodge, just an hour and a half north of Richards Bay. The red marks our trip to our accommodation, the blue the unexpected exploration we had on the Saturday. Eucalyptus plantations – the trees originally brought in from […]