Welcome to Nkurru

Nkurru is a private safari lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve.

Waterhole Scene

Shot this while working on the deck yesterday afternoon.  Liked it.  Posted it.

Waterhole still getting some great action!

More soon.

Gerry, Adele & the Nkurru Team

Reed Bed Update

A quick update on the ‘beautification’ of the reed bed. If you have been to the lodge during the last few weeks you would have seen the completed reed bed.  The bird life is already moving in and we have had Grey Herons, Hamerkop and Comb Ducks paying us a visit during the last [...]

Two Days. Two Mambas.

Black Mamba close to Inkwe Pan

Have been seeing a lot of these guys around lately.  Saw this one close to Inkwe Pan thiss morning.  After rearing up slightly and giving us a good look he even sat very still for a few moments to allow us to get a few shots of him before [...]

Update

Hi,

Quick update on updates.  On the left of the screen you will see a section called ‘Nkurru News’.  This is our new Twitter feed.  If you have no idea as to what Twitter is no, it’s nothing to do with birding. 

All you need to know is that is just another way in which we will [...]

Cuckoos, Grass and Brakes

The cuckoos have arrived.

Yesterday morning a Jacobin Cuckoo stopped in for a drink at the reed bed and during the last few days we could hear the repetitive ‘huee-jee’ or ‘mei-tjie’ of the Klass’s Cuckoo.  Even the Red Chested Cuckoo with it’s famous ‘piet-my-vrou’ call is being heard all over the place.  Yeah, summer is [...]

Did You Know?

If a 50cm human baby should copy the Nile Crocodile’s growth pattern, it would eventually shoot up to become a 9,5 meter adult.

More soon.

Gerry, Adele & the Nkurru Team

Buttons

We named him 'Buttons'

With mom relaxing a little way off, this little guy, along with three more like him, have been giving us some great sightings.  Even though it has been overcast every time we sat watching the jackal den we were able to get a few decent images.  After sitting with [...]

Rain!

It seems that the rainy season is pretty much here. 

Here is what we have had thus far:

September 25 – 1.5mm
September 29 – 9.5mm
October 4 – 24mm
October 5 – 7mm
October 11 – 10mm

Already over 50mm and the bush is loving it!  Everything is turning green and with the dust being cleaned out of the sky Madikwe [...]

Slow Down and Enjoy

Sometimes it’s better to just sit and wait.

A few days ago we drove around in the South.  Great scenery but pretty quiet from a game point of view.  Stopped in at Tau Dam and yeah… pretty quiet.   We sat and watched as the sun set over the dam and suddenly there they were.

Spotted Hyena [...]

Tshola Mateya Update

Hi,

Shot this image this morning.

Mateya doing well up North.

Oct 6 2009 @ 08:30

Since the Tshola Mateya coalition started featuring in the lodge newsletters many people have asked about them and they seem to have developed quite a following.  Here is the latest update.

They went off the grid for a few days but this [...]