The Travel Butlers Blog
For those travelling to southern Mozambique, or between Kruger Park, Swaziland and Durban, Ghost Mountain Inn makes an excellent stopover or memorable getaway. A variety of guided tours can be arranged for guests during a stay here, including game drives, hikes, tiger fishing, and Zulu cultural trips. The area is also a bird watcher’s paradise, […] Read More
Mateya Safari Lodge is situated in the spectacular 76,000 hectare malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve. As well as elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo, the Reserve is also home to wild dog, cheetah, plains game including gemsbok, springbok, zebra and giraffe, and over 340 species of birds. Experienced game rangers and trackers will be on hand […] Read More
Did you know these 5 facts about giraffe ? A male giraffe has thicker horns, which are bald on the very top as they use their horns for fighting, and the hair gets rubbed off. A female giraffe has thinner horns with tufts of black hair on the very top of the horns. Giraffe sleep […] Read More
Following an unfortunate accidental fire in July of this year, which all but completely destroyed the prestigious Ivory Suite at Sabi Sabi Selati, in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, the suite has now been rebuilt, and is open again for business. If you thought the ‘old’ suite was the epitomy of luxury and opulence, well, […] Read More
5 things you may or may not know about zebra : 1. The way to tell whether a zebra is male or female from behind (aside from the obvious, of course) is to look under their tail – females have a broader black ‘stripe’ between their back thighs than males. 2. When males fight each […] Read More
AmaKhosi Safari Lodge is situated in the 12,000 hectare Amazulu Private Game Reserve, just over 3 hours north of Durban. The reserve is made up of a varied ecosystem which includes savanna, mountains and wetlands – making it the ideal home to the Big 5 as well as giraffe, warthog and hyena, hippopotamus and crocodile. […] Read More
If you have already been on a traditional ‘Big 5’ safari, maybe this time you are looking for something a little ‘different’ but which will still enable you to enjoy South Africa’s wildlife ? Riding amongst giraffe and impala on a pure bred Arabian horse is something that not many people can claim to have […] Read More
Families can stay any time between 1st December 2010 and 30th January 2011 at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club, along the Garden Route, for only R1,890 per room per night, including breakfast (subject to availability at the time of booking). The Garden Route is an ideal holiday destination for families. There is also plenty of […] Read More
Johannesburg, in the Gauteng Province (pronounced “How-Teng”), has some of the shops on the continent. So why not tag on a few days here at the end of your trip to South Africa if you are planning on travelling soon, to take advantage of all this? Especially when you can stay at Jewel on 32, […] Read More
Want to escape the onslaught of annoying Christmas songs being played endlessly over and over again in shops and on the radio? I know, why not take a trip to South Africa and go on safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve? Just as a thought … Maybe this will tempt you further …. Stay for […] Read More
