Tag Archive: South Africa

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2018

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our guests and friends around the world! As the year 2017 comes to a close we thought we send you a ‘Thanda picture present’. Each of these… Continue reading

A month in pictures!

Christian Sperka, Thanda Safari’s Resident Wildlife Photographer, put together his October collection of great shots. Enjoy this visual record of Thanda’s beauty. … and have a good weekend! Click here to read more… Continue reading

World Rhino Day 2017

Conservation is one of Thanda’s core passions. Amidst other projects, Thanda is one of the founding members of the Project Rhino KZN which is motivated by the dream of white and black rhino… Continue reading

Hold them by the tail!

Bheki Ngubane, one of Thanda Safari’s experienced trackers, often shows our guests a scorpion during the morning drink stop. As everyone enjoy their coffee, tea or hot chocolate Bheki has a look around… Continue reading

Listen to the young voices!

On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March, as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. Thanda Safari and… Continue reading

You’re on Camera

After installing a number of camera traps on the reserve the Thanda Safari wildlife management team waited anxiously for weeks for a Honey Badger to show up on a camera and then all… Continue reading

Water, finally …

For the last few weeks we had proper rainfalls (over 125 mm) and most of the waterholes at Thanda Safari are now filling up nicely! The small picture shows a herd of Buffalo… Continue reading

A Rough Meal

When food is plentiful and the kill is large a pride of Lions will feed without a lot of fuss. But if the carcass is small and there are many Lions it can… Continue reading

No interest!

One would imagine that the appearance of carnivores like Cheetahs would lead to the flight of any herbivores, which are usually on the menu list of big cats. But the Thanda Safari guests enjoyed… Continue reading

Happy New Year

What a sighting for New Year’s day! Thanda Safari’s Elephants showed themselves from their best – and well behaved – side during the game drive on New Years morning. First, one of Thanda’s… Continue reading