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Tembe Elephant Park Safaris South Africa
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Male avatar icon Lawson's Safaris South Africa flag ZA       Visited: May 2015 Reviewed: Jun 1, 2015

Email Lawson's Safaris  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Another great stay with the Tembe Tribe.

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Tembe is a favorite destination on our Birding and Wildlife safaris to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It's a community partnership park, where the local people derive great benefits from the lodge and park, and it's great to support these types of operations. Tembe is a great birding destination, the only place in South Africa where one can see Plain-backed Sunbird. The Sand Forest habitat holds many other special birds, including a host of species endemic to South-eastern Africa. Thus, considering that Tembe is a full-board lodge with guided activities, it provides an 'easier' alternative for birders than does Ndumo or Mkuze Game Reserves, two of the top birding destinations in the province. Plus there's the thrill of big game encounters, and Elephants in particular of course. In terms of game viewing, I think it pays to look at reserves with a 'comparative advantage' mentality, in other words seeing what a particular reserve is good for and vising it for
Read more that reason. On a 'big five' comparison Tembe doesn't compare with reserves in the Greater Kruger region such as the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. Yes, they do have Lion and Leopard (the guides seemed to suggest to us on this visit that the Wild Dog pack had broken out of the reserve recently), but if your aim is to see and photograph big cats, then the Sabi Sand / Timbavati is the way to go. If you want to have great Elephant encounters and experience the Maputaland (as the northern tip of the province is called) ecosystems and associated fauna and flora, enjoy the hospitality of the Tembe people and experience something a bit different, then Tembe Elephant Park is a great place to stay. I've always enjoyed my time there...
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Male avatar icon Ine en Jos schouten Netherlands flag NL       Visited: May 2013 Reviewed: Apr 19, 2015

Email Ine en Jos schouten  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

live experiment

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it was a live experiment to see this animals in the wild and so near bij.
het was een ervaring om deze dieren van zo dichtbij te zien, het is niet makkelijk om dit om te zetten in het engels, het maakt nog elke dag als ik er aan denk wat in mij los.

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Avatar icon jepi482 Visited: August 2007 Reviewed: Jan 6, 2012

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stuning meetings with elephant herds or solitary big specimens

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Male avatar icon architectkzn South Africa flag ZA       Visited: September 2009 Reviewed: Dec 23, 2011

Email architectkzn  |  35-50 years of age

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The biggest and most spectacular "tuskers" I have photographed in Southern Africa come from this park. It is a bit off the beaten track and on a gravel path to get there but once there you do definetly get the bush vibe.

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