Information tagged with ‘hluhluwe’
Anti-poaching Bateleurs: Preventing rhino and other poaching in Elephant Coast
February 9th, 2012
The Bateleurs provides an aviation service to environmentalists throughout Southern Africa.
The United Nations Millenium Goals lists ‘Ensuring Environmental Sustainability’ as one of its eight key initiatives for 2015. Two of these targets are directly related to The Bateleurs’ mission: integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes to reverse the loss of environmental resources; and achieving a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.
(Source: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals)
The UN Millenium Goals are a driving force for government policy in most countries. These initiatives have become part of most government policy in Southern Africa, and their targets are incorporated into each country’s own goals.
Yet, preserving the environment is more than just government policy. In the words of writer David Quammen of National Geographic, Africa Issue, September 2005:
‘But remember one thing: The survival of Africa’s wildlife hasn’t depended
on an absence of people. It has happened, to the contrary, amid constant
human presence. We ourselves are an African species, at least by origin . . .
The animals adjusted to our presence – to our slowly but radically increasing capabilities – even as we adapted to life among them . . .
Killing wildlife, extinguishing species, and destroying habitat are easy with
our current weapons and tools. Preserving the last of the great beasts in their landscapes, despite human needs and pressures roundabout, is more difficult.
But wait, here’s a thought, unabashedly hopeful and wild as an aardvark: Maybe modern Africa is where we can rediscover how its done.’
It is in the modern African context that The Bateleurs operates, measuring man’s impact on the earth, showing and educating those who can make a difference to preserving our habitat, and the diversity within it.
Support for The Bateleurs
Please would you help us to conserve and protect our environment by letting us know of environmental organisations or individuals who need our assistance, or by forwarding this newsletter to conservation or environmental agencies that could benefit from an aerial perspective. Vitit the Bateleurs website at http://www.bateleurs.co.za/strategic-context.html
Amorello – Golf in Hluhluwe
May 16th, 2011
Golf available close by to Leopard Walk Lodge
ENJOY A GAME OF GOLF AT A STUNNING GOLF VENUE CLOSE BY TO LEOPARD WALK LODGE
If you wish to enjoy a game of golf during your visit to Leopard walk Lodge, Amorello Bush Golf Course (5.6km - registered with the KZN Golf Union) is situated nearby.
It is a beautiful venue that offers a truly amazing bush Golf experience as it is set amongst breathtaking surroundings that every golfing enthusiast should enjoy at least once. There is also a Golf Pro Shop that caters for all your needs and at Amorello Goflfing activities provide the ideal opportunity to mix business with pleasure.
Do contact us for more information and to book your stay or golf holiday at Leopard Walk Lodge www.leopardwalklodge.co.za
Leopard Viewing
February 8th, 2010
This amazing photo was captured at the BIG FIVE Hluhluwe Game Reserve during one of our game drives which are available for our guests. Leopard often move their kill into a tree in order to keep their meal away from other hungry predators. In this photo, taken by Linda Gaulke, you can see the Hyena trying to steal the kill. Game drives to Hluhluwe Game Reserve are a popular tourism activity which you may reserve with us either before or during your stay at Leopard Walk Lodge.
Photo by: Linda Gaulke
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Tags: hluhluwe, Leopard, leopard walk lodge, umfolozi game reserve, viewing, visit
Be captivated by beauty at Leopard Walk Lodge
July 15th, 2009
One of the most enjoyable experiences the you will have when visiting Leopard Walk Lodge and your surrounding Hluhluwe environment is viewing the spectacular, vast and changing sky.
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Tags: guided walk, hluhluwe, honeymoon african safari, lodge, south africa, Wildlife, zululand
Enjoy Charter Air Flights – Hluhluwe.
June 29th, 2009
During your visit to Leopard Walk Lodge you may wish to enjoy an opportunity to experience a scenic flight over the 
stunning Maputoland and Elephant Coast area. Your flight will depart from Hluhluwe Air Port and 3 spectacular flight options are available. Charter flights transfers from Durban and Mapumalanga are also available.
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Tags: elephant coast, Flights, hluhluwe, hluhluwe airport, scenic flights
Elephant Interaction – Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park
June 11th, 2009
Guests seeking deeper meaning to their visit may wish to have close contact and interaction with wildlife. Although little can match the thrill of seeing wild elephants in Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve, guests are also afforded an opportunity of close contact with 2 mature elephant that were orphaned and hand reared but are now free to range in a private game reserve that is over 2 500 hectares. Read the rest »
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Tags: big 5, bush walk, elephant, hluhluwe, hluhluwe game reserve, south africa, umfolozi, Wildlife, zululand
Matilda – Hluhluwe’s most famous Black Rhino
May 22nd, 2009
Animal Celebrities: “Matilda” – Black Rhino Bull – (1870-1951) – Hluhluwe’s most famous Black Rhino fondly named “Waltzing Matilda”
The Tale of Matilda
Following in the footsteps of Huberta the Hippo’s epic 1928-1931 journey, which had created worldwide publicity for Zululand’s game reserves, the next animal celebrity to become a visitors favourite and make international headlines was the one-horned Black Rhino bull, fondly named “Waltzing Matilda”, because of his swaggering gait, by visiting Australian troops, on a stopover en route to the theatre of World War II in Europe. Read the rest »
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Tags: black rhino, elephant coast, hluhluwe, imfolozi, matilda, rhinocerous
Whale watching an experience of a life time
May 12th, 2009
During your visit to Leopard Walk Lodge you may wish to experience a
wonderful opportunity to view Whales during a sighting boat trip into the Isimangaliso Wetland Park World Natural Heritage Site ocean - You will be in the safe hands of the only legal and licenced whale watching permit holder in Kwa Zulu Natal. Read the rest »
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Tags: elephant coast, hluhluwe, sodwana, sodwana bay, Wedding, whale watching, Wildlife, zululand
Hluhluwe Game Reserve
April 21st, 2009
Enjoy one of the most popular activities in our region – a visit to the “Big Five” Hluluwe Game Reserve in an open game drive vehicle with your own well-experienced qualified tour guide who knows the terrain and also where to view the wildlife.
Or you can take along your OWN car and drive through the world-famous Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Wildlife Reserve yourself … the preferred choice for wildlife photographers and independent souls (see the video tips below).
Guided Bush Walk, Hluhluwe
April 21st, 2009
Your visit to Leopard Walk Lodge will bring you to one of South Africa’s most spectacular eco-tourism regions, The Elephant Coast of Zululand, on the North East Coast of South Africa. There are unique opportunities to observe and photograph a wide variety of wild animals and birds.
The Reserve is home to numerous bird species, red data mammal species and other wildlife. Read the rest »
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Tags: bush walk, guided walk, hluhluwe, leopard tortoise, Wildlife
Lodge Accommodation, South Africa
April 21st, 2009
Leopard Walk Lodge is situated in Hluhluwe, on one of South Africa’s most spectacular eco-tourism regions, The Elephant Coast of Zululand, on the North East Coast of South Africa.
Guests looking for somewhere to stay in Hluhluwe can find pristine and unique accommodation at Leopard Walk Lodge.
Enjoy the friendly atmosphere and leave relaxed, happy with your choice … Read the rest »
Honeymoon in South Africa
April 21st, 2009
Are you looking for a unique honeymoon destination in South Africa? How about a glass-walled suite set in the middle of a unique indigenous sand forest? Your special occassion will be romantic and memorable.
The (semi) see-through blinds that reveal the secrets of the forest, thus allowing the outdoors to pour in. You’ll love the unique ambience of being wonderfully close to nature with comfortable luxury. The natural bamboo blinds offer extra privacy, but don’t steal away your view. Read the rest »
South African Wedding Lodge
April 10th, 2009
What could be more romantic than saying “I Do!” with cicadees chirping in the background, and having grazing impalas and wildebeest witness this splendid event?
Or kissing your new spouse under African stars? Get married in Hluhluwe on the Elephant Coast.
Let your wedding guests remember the intimate ceremony that took place in a rare sand forest in Zululand, South Africa. Book at Leopard Walk Lodge! Read the rest »
Looking for a hotel in Hluhluwe?
April 10th, 2009
Like anywhere else in the world, hotels in Hluhluwe offer pretty much the same thing – a room that is tastefully decorated and a bathroom that is (hopefully) spotless. They’re normally quite impersonal but private. And it’s likely that you’ll be treated like a number or just another “bum in bed“. However … Read the rest »
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Tags: accommodation, buffalo thorn, hluhluwe, honeymoon suite, hotel rooms, hotels, kwazulu natal, room, zululand
