“I've never seen anything like this up close before”, says Rhulani’s head guide Alasdair. The toad in the photo is a male calling to attract a mate. His inflated throat sac acts as a resonator, amplif...

The red hartebeest is a large African antelope well adapted to open grasslands and savannas and it is easy to recognize because of its imposing size, its slightly too long snout and its heart-shaped h...

We would like to inform you that the Guest Conservation Contribution (GCC) for wildlife conservation measures in the Madikwe Game Reserve will be adjusted by 10% for new bookings from 1 March 2026....

In today's blog, we welcome a very special guest to Rhulani Safari Lodge: a stripe-bellied sand snake, which has made itself comfortable somewhere among the sun-warmed stones near the lounge. Together...

Here on our road toward the lodge, we encounter a fairly large herd of blue wildebeest, leisurely using the same road and we slowly follow behind....

Did you know that our lions have become so accustomed to us that on sunny days they even take up residence in the shade of our vehicle to rest? Rhulani's head guide Alasdair tells us today the story o...

Here it is, a typical sighting of a cheetah, which prefers flat, open plains for roaming, and often looks for a vantage point (like this termite mound) from which it can scan the area for prey and mar...

When have you ever seen that before? Two young hyenas without their mother, all alone – okay, that can happen – but then the two of them find a snake somewhere in the bushes, a real treat for them. "Y...

In today's blog post, which is a little more technical than usual, we visit Rhulani’s new reverse osmosis system located in the backyard of the lodge. This system allows us to produce clean drinking w...

A community web spider, also known as a social spider, lives in colonies and cooperates to build large, communal webs for shelter and prey capture. These spiders exhibit communal behavior, sharing tas...

Did you know that even these small, inconspicuous, and timid ground squirrels have a territory and defend it? Rhulani's ranger Willem will tell us more today about these adorable inhabitants of Madikw...

Madikwe Game Reserve, November 2025 – Rhulani Safari Lodge is proud to announce that it has once again been awarded the coveted 5-Star Grading by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA), r...