On 20th August a lioness and her three cubs were relocated from Balule Private Game Reserve near Hoedspruit to the Pafuri region of Kruger National Park. The lioness had twice broken out of Balule into neighbouring farmlands in…

“IT’S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE PARK – YOU WON’T WANT TO LEAVE.” Limpopo locals kept uttering variations on this bold statement as we gradually made our way through…

The Makuleke Contractual Park area for the month of April & expectations for May and into the winter months. To start off with there has been a definite change in…

Your first-ever safari is for the Big 5, the second is for the Small 5, and you come to Northern Kruger for the Makuleke 5. I recently had the chance…

Have you ever been to the Pafuri region in the northern Kruger? If the answer is ‘no’, then it’s high time you gave this blog a read. It’s a very…

AS SOON AS I HEARD THE MAGICAL WORDS “LEVEL 2”, I PLANNED MY RETURN TO THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK After postponing a 30th birthday in March and being locked-down for nearly…

Whilst the nation continues to fight the COVID – 19 pandemic our Pafuri Luxury Tented Camp and Walking Trails camps, like all other tourist destinations in South Africa, remain locked…

THE BEST WAY TO DISCOVER HOW TO DRESS FOR EXPLORING THE BUSHVELD IS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE PROFESSIONALS WEAR, RIGHT? So you would think. Then what do we learn…

WHY DO WE NEVER SEE A SWEATY ELEPHANT? SCIENCE KEEPS DISCOVERING NEW REASONS. The swimming pool at Pafuri Camp is a life-saver on a summer day. After a dip, the feeling of…

In this South African borderland wilderness, you might think you are on the margin but, as far as nature is concerned, you are in the serene centre. Probably like most…