Pondoro Game Lodge

Attention to detail

duffman — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:32:28 +0000

“Attention to detail”
These are the 3 words which best describe our Pondoro experience last month (July 2010).

On behalf of “The Binnie Wedding Crew”, I would like to thank Robbie, Lize, Senty and all the wonderful staff who made our Pondoro experience a trip to remember. Special thanks must go out to Lize, who worked tirelessly to ensure the wedding ceremony and dinner was the perfect day and our stay was pure luxury. The quality of the cuisine and presentation deserves a Chef Hat award! We still talk about all that wonderful food!

We had heaps of fun and laughs out on Safari with Rul and Eric (Red Eye). They were a wealth of knowledge and I would like to thank them both for the effort and also introducing us to “Big Boy”. We may have missed the lion kill on the Wedding day, but we never missed out the abundance of wildlife we managed to experience. What better way to finish a safari than with a hot towel and a glass of sherry.

For those seeking a mixture of luxury, fine cuisine, relaxation and wildlife… Pondoro is the place!

Regards,
Graeme

The Binnie Wedding Crew – Perth, Australia
(Anne-Marie, Simon, Peta, Alan, Anita and Graeme)

The Jackal

maxzambon — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:19:27 +0000

..eating a wildbeast carcass. May 25th, during morning drive at Pondoro game lodge. A wildbeast was killled by lions the day before. In the evening, we’ve met 2 vultures eating the rests, and the morning after this jackal.

You can find some other pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxzambon/

Lions kill a zebra at Pondoro Game Lodge

chrisan — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:06:02 +0000

Hello Robbie, we are back now from our South Africa trip and linked this movie – a great experience you made possible for us. Maybe we will upload some photos later. Thanks for all, Sandra & Christian

Lion kills – Kruger Park Safari Lodge

Robbie — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:44:40 +0000

The month of July was one of our most exciting ever. Lion sightings have been out of this world with guests witnessing 4 lion kills. The 1st kill was seen on the 7th of July when lions killed a waterbuck close to Xinzele road. The waterbuck, in panic when spotting the lions, ran straight into a tree right next to the vehicle. He got up in a daze and a lioness was upon him before he could recover. The whole pride arrived and a feeding frenzy started. The dominant male saw his 3 young sons arriving to join in the feast as well. They are now 3 1/2 years old and reaching the age where they are chased away from the pride by their fathers. He immediately attacked and incredable scenes followed with him chasing and fighting with them while roaring at full voice.

On the 15th we saw the Mohlabetsi pride chasing some warthogs right past the cars catching and killing 2 of them.

As the sun was setting on the 27th we saw the York pride stalking, chasing and catching a zebra and thereafter we sat in silence as the whole pride fight of 19 lions fed and fought over the kill less than 2 meters away from the car.

Rul found 6 young lions close to Nyari dam on the 31st of July. They were going in the direction of a group of impala and I stopped not to far away. They then chased the impala stright to the car catching one only 20 meters away. Barely 10 minutes later a tiny splash of blood was the only evidence left at the gruesome scene.

Wild dogs at Pondoro in Greater Kruger Park

Robbie — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:11:54 +0000

A pack of 8 wild dogs were seen on the 17th of July. They split into 2 smaller groups after this and we had another 3 sightings of this rare and endangered predator but only 4 dogs at each sighting. The amount of area that they cover during their hunts never stops to amaze me. During one game drive they covered approximately 5 km in 10 minutes. They remain one of my favourate animals and there colours just jumps to life by the current late winter canvas.