http://www.thesafariguide.net The Guide to Visiting and Working in the African Bush Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:18:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did a magnificent and unexpected game drive in Mkhuzi Game Reserve yesterday. The guests arrived early and asked to go out. They thought 14h30 was too early but I managed to convince them otherwise – I like early afternoon in the heat as you often get great stuff at ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2010/of-leopards-tyres-and-karma Here are two stories about guests expectations that somehow have no relation to ours.   Bheki did a game drive in Mkhuze Game Reserve yesterday evening with a family of eight. I met him when he came home and he was wide eyed about a Leopard sighting that they had witnessed. ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2010/guest-expectations I was in Mkhuze Game Reserve yesterday and was privileged to witness one of the best sightings of black rhino I have ever had in that park – surpassed only by one a few years ago where a female and calf crossed the road within a few meters of my ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2010/black-rhinos Saw the saddest thing but found the associated behavior very interesting a baby ele drowned on the dam. I arrived on the scene to late to know what happened but it looks as if the herd came into the water and something frightened them (possibly a fast moving speedboat) and ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2009/sad-day-on-the-dam Had a wondrful sighting from the boat today but it did leave me a little redfaced - my only excuse is that it is overcast/drizzely and windy so in low light with a bouncing boat and rain drops on my glasses I suppose I can excuse myself. It went something ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2009/hippobuffalorhino-cant-this-guide-make-up-her-mind Hluhluwe is looking magical at the moment. There were extensive fires this year leaving the place looking a bit like a war zone for a short while however since the rains has fallen all those rolling hills are are covered with short emerald green grass. All the game stands out ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2009/the-green-green-grass-of-home I started a scenic tour through the Lebombo Mountains with a visit to a rural Zulu homestead yesterday. It was one of those beautiful sunny early summer days when we left but two and a half hours later when we reached the t-junction overlooking Jozini dam I ended up giving ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2009/culture-and-an-african-thunder-storm I started a scenic tour through the Lebombo Mountains with a visit to a rural Zulu homestead yesterday. It was one of those beautiful sunny early summer days when we left but two and a half hours later when we reached the t-junction overlooking Jozini dam I ended up giving ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2009/culture-and-african-thunder-storms I started a scenic tour through the Lebombo Mountains with a visit to a rural Zulu homestead yesterday. It was one of those beautiful sunny early summer days when we left but two and a half hours later when we reached the t-junction overlooking Jozini dam I ended up giving ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2009/708 I started a scenic tour through the Lebombo Mountains with a visit to a rural Zulu homestead yesterday. It was one of those beautiful sunny early summer days when we left but two and a half hours later when we reached the t-junction overlooking Jozini dam I ended up giving ... http://www.thesafariguide.net/2009/culture-tours-and-african-thunderstorms