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Rhulani Minute Safari - Oryx race
Rhulani Minute Safari - Oryx race
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Today we're in the far south, where there's a large, flat plain with tall grass, and where one of the rarely seen antelopes can sometimes be found: the oryx, also known as the gemsbok. Today we'll enc...
Mother's Day SPECIAL: Last Minute Rates in May 2025
Mother's Day SPECIAL: Last Minute Rates in May 2025
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Mother's Day is just around the corner - so surprise the ladies in your life with a wonderful excursion into the natural beauty of the Madikwe Game Reserve! We offer the 40% Last Minute discount to al...
Life of a Ranger: Female antelopes with horns
Life of a Ranger: Female antelopes with horns
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that in nature, it sometimes happens that female antelopes develop horns like the males due to a genetic misprogramming? Rhulani's head ranger, Alasdair, shows us examples of a female imp...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Juvenile spotted eagle owl
Rhulani Minute Safari - Juvenile spotted eagle owl
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Let's watch a juvenile spotted-eagle owl on our night safari drive. This species of owl, which is very typical for South Africa, is nocturnal and prefers rocky areas, favouring to roost in open areas ...
Rhulani Insights 248 – Africa Safe-T's ambulance
Rhulani Insights 248 – Africa Safe-T's ambulance
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Today is a training day in Rhulani and we are falling into the annual first aid training that all our employees complete and which is run by our partner Africa Safe-T. But today we will also show you ...
VAT increase in South Africa: Rhulani's rates remain unchanged
VAT increase in South Africa: Rhulani's rates remain unchanged
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
On the 12 March 2025 the South African Minister of Finance announced the increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) from 15.0% to 15.5%, valid from 1 May 2025. Rhulani Safari Lodge has decided not to pass on t...
Nosa and Willem: Two long-standing employees promoted to Assistant Manager
Nosa and Willem: Two long-standing employees promoted to Assistant Manager
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Rhulani Safari Lodge announces that two long-standing and highly qualified employees have been promoted to Assistant Manager. These are Valencia Nokane, former bar lady and front of house employee, al...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Elephants around the water pipe
Rhulani Minute Safari - Elephants around the water pipe
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
This video is from one of the worst dry periods in the Madikwe Game Reserve, where the elephants gathered around the pan to get the last, scarce drops of water at the point of fresh water supply....
All Big 5 gathered: Rhulani enters the Guinness Book of Records
All Big 5 gathered: Rhulani enters the Guinness Book of Records
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
This has never happened before on an African safari: all of the dangerous Big 5 – elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, and leopard – gathered at the same watering hole at the same time and captured by an a...
Life of a Ranger: Community nest spider
Life of a Ranger: Community nest spider
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
Did you know that the so-called "community nest spider" forms a real tangle of spider webs in a bush in order to catch as many insects as possible that fly past? Rhulani's ranger Thato introduces us t...
Rhulani bush stories: Cheetah hunting lessons
Rhulani bush stories: Cheetah hunting lessons
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
"I've never seen anything like this before," says Willem, who set off at 5:00 a.m. and didn't return to Rhulani until after 2:00 p.m. What initially seemed like a pleasant sighting of a mother cheetah...
Rhulani Minute Safari - Sunset animals
Rhulani Minute Safari - Sunset animals
| Rhulani Safari Lodge
One of the most impressive places in Madikwe at sunset is the northern plains. Simply the endless expanse of nature, the savannah landscape, and in the tranquility of the sunset a few animals roaming ...