One of Thanda’s largest Elephant bulls was standing still for a few seconds – for his close-up pictures 🙂 – before he moved on down the hill. This gentle giant was trailing the breeding herd which had crossed the road in front of the vehicle on the way to a nearby waterhole. What an experience for the Thanda guests!
Hurray! The insurance company paid out yesterday and I got my new Toyota Fortuner today 🙂
After my incident with the cow (http://wp.me/P1rzfb-1js) my old car was written off and I drove a small rental VW Polo for the last month. The little car served me well but I could not go all places I wanted to go or needed to go.
That’s over now. I am back in a Fortuner and ready for the rough roads and the rain-season-weather ahead.
But NO cows please 🙂
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Well, as more and more of you are using mobile devices (touch-pads and smart-phones) I have decided to change my website/blog and my picture-galleries-site to more modern – mobile-device-enabled – formats.
Have a look at both sites and let me know what you think!
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The new Thanda Wedding Brochure!
We worked hard on this new brochure, and I think it turned out very well – have a look!
PS: And it even has a few of my own wedding and wildlife pics in it 🙂
Please have a browse of our beautiful new Thanda Wedding flipbook which is available to view online.
There’s nothing more magical or more memorable than a new life started in the African wilderness. We have hosted many a magical wedding at Thanda, with each celebration as individual as the bridal couple themselves. In Zulu culture, marriage is seen as a way to build ubuntu – a shared belief in the importance of compassion, humanity and community. It’s for this reason that weddings at Thanda are celebrated with such great spirit and collective passion.
To view the flipbook online (low resolution), please click on the following link: http://www.edvc.com/Thanda/TW-V16/TW-V16.html
To view the flipbook online (high resolution), please click on the following link: http://www.edvc.com/Thanda/TW-V16HR/TW-V16HR.html
Thinking of exchanging your wedding vows in the bush? If so please send an email to weddings@thanda.co.za and we can tell you more about what we offer and our…
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The main job of Thanda’s expert trackers is to find and interpret the signs which animals leave when they move through the bush. Foot imprints, droppings/dung , broken branches, depressed grass and cut leaves lying around the ground are only a few of these marks. Thanda guests are always fascinated to see how our Zulu trackers are able to pick up these signs.
This collage shows one of Thanda’s beautiful Leopard males and very visible Leopard footprints. Unfortunately most of the time the tracks are not that clear and obvious 🙂
I do not often take scenery images which I really like. But the simplicity of this tree makes the pictures 🙂
… it would recount the many beautifully romantic wedding ceremonies that have been held underneath it on our game reserve.
The Marula tree is often the spiritual centre for rituals and also regarded by the Zulu’s as the ‘fertility tree’ or ‘marriage tree’.
Our Marula tree can be found on a plateau on top of a hill in the heart of the reserve, with the rolling hills of Zululand in the background. This year alone it has witnessed five happy couples tie the knot – some had chosen to travel from within South Africa whilst others had journeyed from much further afield (USA, UK and even Australia) to celebrate their special occasion in this unique setting. Marriage ceremonies have varied between smaller, more private weddings whilst others have been lively celebrations for over 80 guests lasting several days!
For more information about weddings on Thanda go to http://www.thanda.com/experience/weddings-honeymoons.htm or contact bronwyn@thanda.co.za
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Baboons have a lot of arguments. Especially the young ones are constantly busy with playful fighting.
I enjoy watching them as long as they stay out of my room 🙂
Five of my images were featured on Pakamisa’s new blog!
Start ins Abenteuer – Sieben zufriedene Reiter aus Europa starten ihre Südafrika für Geniesser Reise.
Adventure pure! – Seven excited riders start their evening excursion.
Hautnah am Wildlife im Südafrikanischen Busch!
Getting close to African Wildlife!
Im Galopp durch die Afrikanische Wildnis!
A fast canter through the African Bush.
Beim Anblick dieser Baby-Giraffe schlagen Herzen höher!
Cuteness pure – a baby Giraffe!
Entspannter Ritt nach Hause am Ende eines gelungenen Tages!
Coming home after an exciting day!
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Pictures by Christian Sperka Photography
Isabella took a picture of me while I was setting up for some evening/night time images of the the Pakamisa Lodge. Unfortunately the moon was very bright that night and the wind picked up a lot once daylight was gone, so the twilight images come out well, but the night time shots did not work so well.
These are some of the images I took that evening.
I like this image because it show not only the lodge but its lofty location on top of the Pakamisa hills.
Just the right amount of light from the buildings to show the lodge well at twilight.
Colors on the hill – a night time shot!
What a surprise when I arrived at Pakamisa Private Game Reserve this afternoon!
These little Ostrich chicks were on a walk-about with their parents when I got to take these pictures.
The Ostrich mom and dad were very alert to ensure that nothing would harm there young ones. I used a long lens and kept my distance 🙂
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