we had an unusual visitor the pocupine in our kitchen accopanied by the african wildcat,they made a mess oucha. every 3rd nite a brown hyena visit our water hole.

I was very excited to see Ruckomechi. The last time I was there was in 1998 and stayed at the “old” camp. The new camp is fantastic and the views over the Zambezi are unbelievably wonderful. We had been told that the previous guests had seen Pangolin and I was very excited at the chance of seeing one. But, the bush will let you see what it wants when it wants and if you not in the right place at the right time, too bad! We did, however, have sundowners on a boat on the Zambezi and did our ‘game drive’ from the water’s edge. We also had the luck of seeing a herd of eland. Because of the timing of the season, they are only now habituating themselves to the area in order to access water so they were a bit skittish. We were able to walk up to them, but not close, just enough to get a glimpse of these magnificent animals.

As we started out one morning, we picked up cheetah tracks and missed the kill by probably ten minutes. He had entered the concession through the riverbed and we followed tracks until he brought down an impala ram. He had fed off his prey, but not enough to satisfy what I would imagine would keep him going for any length of time. The vultures came in and cleaned up very swiftly. We noticed a tagged vulture too and the number was clear to be seen. This information was fed through the Conservation Division at Wilderness Safaris.

We just returned from a month long trip to Africa. Little Mak stole our heart. the camp was beautiful, but the staff, Alex, Charmane, and Shane were amazing. we felt like we were at home with our family. they are to be commended for making us feel so at home and special. i hope someone from wilderness safaris contacts us, as we would like to tell them how wonderful the trip was and how great all of the people and camps were.

My sister and i just returned from an almost month long trip in Africa. Most of the camps we stayed in were Wilderness camps, including Little Kulala, Little Makalolo, Ongava, and Ruckomechi. While all of the camps were beautiful and had wonderful staff, Little Kulala stole our heart. The scenery was breathtaking, but the people, especially Tereza, our guide were beyond words. She was fun, kind, knowledgeable, and quite the personality. We cannot say enough about this wonderful camp, all of the staff, and especially......Tereza.
We will definitely plan other trips to Africa, returning to the camps we loved and going to see and experience new things.

I used to work as a guide at Pafuri. I started there in 2005 shortly after the camp opened and I remember how scarce the game was at that time. I recall spening an afternoon at a waterhole with some photographers who wanted to photograph an animal - any animal, but we had no luck! It is incredible to see the area now. I have been fortunate to travel to a number of lodges throughout southern Africa and the game viewing at Pafuri is comparable with any of them. You might not be able to follow a leopard for 2 hours as you can do in some reserves, but the general game and diversity of game on show easily makes up for that. I have yet to see a lodge in South Africa which has the same diversity and abundance of general game as Pafuri.

I recently spent 3 nights with a group at Pafuri Camp. We had a spectacular time. As far as game goes, we saw lots of the following: elephant, buffalo, zebra, impala, nyala, kudu, bushbuck, baboon, monkeys and warthog. We also saw waterbuck, common duiker, steenbok, eland, hippo, spotted hyaena as well as two separate lion sightings. In one of which they had just killed a nyala and were feeding on it (see pictures on the gallery). The birding was amazing as always and the sounds of birdsong in the riverine forest around camp never seems to end. Whilst sitting at the fire one night at camp we also watched a Pel's Fishing-owl perched above the river looking for his next meal. We also had a spectacular sighting of an African Crowned Eagle fly over our heads whilst we were watching the lions on the kill.

The area was alive with butterflies and interesting that a number of people remarked on the butterflies and how stunning they were whilst a herd of elephant drank from the Luvuvhu River in front of camp. We often forget the smaller things, but Pafuri has it all. It is an area that constantly surprises you. The group I was with could not stop raving about how much game they were seeing. "This area is teeming with game", they kept on saying. As you drive along the river roads, you hardly go a hundred metres without seeing something. This may come as a surprise to those of you who have been led to believe that the north of Kruger does not have game. You have to experience Pafuri to believe what I am talking about.

We also did a short walk in the middle of a day. Not the best time to do it, but nevertheless we had sightings of a number of antelope on the walk.

I used to be employed by Pafuri Camp and was paid to tell people how good the area is. I am no longer in their employ, but in my mind it is one of the finest wilderness areas in southern Africa and it would be a shame if people were not aware of it and just how amazing it really is.