Greater Addo Park sunset

We recently visited Kuzuko Lodge in the northern section of the Addo Elephant National Park about two hours outside Port Elizabeth for our anniversary. I've been posting about the visit in The Firefly Photo Files if you would like to have a peek. On the afternoon game drive we encountered the lions and afterwards headed up to a … Continue reading Greater Addo Park sunset →

Black Rhino

After spotting lion on our evening game drive at Kuzuko Lodge, the next member of the Big 5 that we encountered was a Black Rhino about 15 minutes into our drive the next morning. I haven't seen a black rhino for ages, the last one being years ago in Addo Elephant National Park. What a … Continue reading Black Rhino →

Sunset at Kuzuko

After watching the lions at Kuzuko Lodge for a while we headed up to a lookout spot to enjoy a drink while the sun sets. We met up with the other vehicle out on the game drive and everybody were showing off their lion photos to each other... ... while waiting for the sun to go down

Kalahari the Lion

Kalahari was one of the original lions brought to the Addo Elephant National Park from the Northern Cape in 2003 to reintruduce lions into Addo. At the time Kalahari was one of the two younger males in the group of six that were brought to the park as got his name from the area from where … Continue reading Kalahari the Lion →

Biiiiigggggg Yawn

Out of all the animals in the animal kingdom the king of the jungle, or in this case the Karoo veld, must be the one with the most impressive yawn. The lion in question is Matt, one of the two male lions at Kuzuko Lodge in the Greater Addo Elephant National Park.

Kuzuko’s lions

Our first game drive at Kuzuko Lodge was a "hunt" for lions. The rest of the guests on our vehicle were all staying for two nights and had seen most of the other animals the evening before, so the ranger indicated that we were going out specifically to look for Kuzuko's two big male lions. About … Continue reading Kuzuko’s lions →

Kuzuko Lodge dinner

Today's post is a follow-up on yesterday's one featuring Kuzuko Lodge. After returning from our evening game drive we just had enough time to put our things down and change before dinner time up in the restaurant.The Damselfly contemplating what to have for dinnerDinner was a la carte and my choice was a starter of … Continue reading Kuzuko Lodge dinner →

Kuzuko Lodge

Port Elizabeth is surrounded by some of the most awesome game reserves in South Africa with Addo Elephant National Park on the city's doorstep and award winning Big 5 private game reserves like Shamwari, Pumba, Amakhala and Kariega within an hour's drive. The Greater Addo Elephant National Park is the third largest National Park in … Continue reading Kuzuko Lodge →

Game Reserve tracks

Over the last two years or so the veld in the Eastern Cape has been very bare and brown due to a long drought, but after some very good rain during the winter the drought seems to be broken in most areas and the vegetation has returned with a vengeance. Visiting Bucklands Game Reserve during … Continue reading Game Reserve tracks →

Giraffe tracking on foot… and breakfast after

The Mini vs Maxi trip was starting to draw to an end and we were just about done with our morning game drive at Bucklands Game Reserve. We had one thing left to do and that we to find some giraffe to walk. We got as close to them as it was possible with the … Continue reading Giraffe tracking on foot… and breakfast after →