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Sunday Tribune Competition at Umkhumbi Lodge

Win a weekend for two at Umkhumbi Lodge! Your prize includes dinner, bed and breakfast, a half day game drive in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve and a 2.5 hour guided kayak on the St Lucia Estuary.

See below for more information!

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February Facebook Gallery

A round up of all the fantastic pictures that have made it onto the facebook page of our lodge in South Africa.

The year so far: In Pictures

Every day we put a new photo on our Facebook page, we’ve put a selection of them here!

Family Special at Umkhumbi Lodge!

small child holds african butterfly on family safari

When you are little, even the little things are big!

Family holidays are special but don’t have to cost the Earth!

In our spacious Umkhumbi two room family units you can stay for less than ever before!

Kids 11 yrs and under FREE (1 child per adult)
Young adults: 12 yrs to 16 yrs stay half price!

Our family units book up quickly! So before you miss the chance to stay in the bush in one of our ensuite (one bathroom for you and one for the kids!) free standing and private family units enquire now – you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Offer ends 2014 – only 351 days left!!

New Family Memories! A Holiday with a Difference!

Our NEW family holidays are available with 2by2holidays.

Dad wants action, mum wants beach, the kids want something new and there is always one who doesn’t think they want to go on Safari…

Problem?

Not at all!

There is something for everyone on our family Environmental Awareness holiday.

Relax at the soft, clean sandy beach of Kosi Bay – with *amazing* snorkelling and the nice calm, warm waters of the estuary to paddle in (so, whether your children are 4 or 14 there are no tides to worry about!)

Kosi bay, snorkelling, estuary

Spend an afternoon cruising with the Hippos and Crocs in St Lucia and then visit the croc centre to learn more about the ‘dinosaurs’ of the St Lucia Estuary. For more adventure, family members over 12 years can Kayak on the St Lucia Estuary and see the hippos and crocs at eye-level!


We even cater for the hands-on animal lovers! Stroke a cheetah, cuddle it, or, feed an elephant and even touch its tongue!! Learn about these fascinating creatures, see how they jump and run and learn how they think!

Meet our scaley snake friends and get to hold fluffy the Red-tailed Boa! She is over 2.5m in length now and loves cuddles – don’t worry she is non-venomous, in fact, boas don’t even have fangs!

Red-tailed boa, hold snake, stroke snake, south africa, child friendly, family holiday

But there is much much more to do in KZN and Umkhumbi Lodge is perfectly based to see and do as many different things as possible!

For example, I haven’t even mentioned one of the oldest game reserves in South Africa, which is just a 40 minutes drive from us, the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve.

Big 5 safari at Hluhlwe-Imfolozi and a little safari with us as we take you on a night walk through our bush in search of scorpions, spiders, chameleons and bush babies. There are usually lots of glow worms too, to get small imaginations running… so keep your eyes peeled for the ‘fairies’!

 

Day 8 – Spearfishing! (and a Sandy Beach)

Kosi Bay – Historic Fish Traps and Beach

After breakfast at our Kosi Bay accommodation we all walked down to the historic fish traps where we were introduced to Elmon a local fisherman. Elmon took us into the water and gave us a tour of the traps and showed us how they worked. Unfortunately the tide was too high in the morning to catch fish so we went to the beach for an hour or so.

At the beach we split into three groups – sunbathers, paddlers and ball gamers.

When we returned to the fish traps in the afternoon, Elmon took a few of us back out to the fish traps and Beth, Glyn, Alicia, Lottie, Becky and Adam went into the fish traps to try and spear fish. Three fish were caught, one each by Glyn, Lottie (stabbing it multiple times and getting covered in fish guts/blood) and Adam. The fish were carried to shore and given to Elmon to take home to his family.

Glyn

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Glyn told to spear fish.
Glyn spear fish.
Glyn happy.

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Kelly College – some highlights!

More bushbabies!

It seems that these little primates are becoming big fans of the night vision camera!

 

 

I was standing right in the window with a normal video camera for this one! They’re getting brave!