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Joe comes to visit

25
Jan

In August last year our dominant male elephant Joe, decided to leave home. Click here to read more about his incredible integration into the herd of wild elephants on Kapama Nature Reserve. He has since come back a couple of times to spend time with his old family. Fortunately when he returned to visit at the beginning of January, we were armed ...more»

Tags: African Elephant-back Safari, camp jabulani

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Camp Jabulani visits Singapore for World Savers Awards

1
Nov

Camp Jabulani was recently honoured with a highly coveted Conde Nast Traveler World Savers Award. Click here to read more. Ms Adine Roode (Camp Jabulani’s Managing Director) attended Conde Nast Traveler’s 4th annual World Savers Congress to receive this prestigious award. We asked her to share her experience with us. What were your impressions of Singapore? Have you been before? Was it ...more»

The herd bands together

13
Oct

Part of the herd Kumbura's ordeal (with a happy ending) We are ecstatic to announce to that Kumbura is now a bona fide member of the Camp Jabulani herd. We experienced this firsthand last week, when the elephants banded together in her defense. Kumbura had a small, round nodule growing from the left side of her trunk for the past few months, which was ...more»

Tags: camp jabulani, Dr Rogers, jabulani, kumbura, munyati, zindoga

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Spotlight on Isaac Clive Shiburi

11
Oct

Isaac Clive Shiburi - Head Butler at Camp Jabulani Clive was born in Acornhoek on the 12th of January 1979. He spent his pre-school years on the Kapama Game Reserve, where both is parents worked. At the age of six young Isaac started school, going first to Timbavati Primary and then to Magwagwaza High School in Acornhoek. He proved to be a ...more»

Tags: Acornhoek, Assitant Camp Manager, camp jabulani, Head Butler, Isaac Clive Shiburi, Kaizer Chiefs, Kapama Game Reserve, Magwagwaza High School, Nelson Mandela, Timbavati Primary

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Joe flies the coop

22
Sep

We have recently witnessed a rather unusual turn of events here at Camp Jabulani. As visitors to both the Camp and HESC will know, it was never our intention to offer Elephant Back Safaris as a purely commercial venture. The idea grew out of necessity. First we had to find a way to take care of Jabulani, the baby elephant we rescued ...more»

Tags: adine roode, camp jabulani, elephant back safaris, HESC, iain crichton, jabulani, joe, trained elephants, wild herd of elephants

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A welcome surprise

10
Sep

We had a late check-in earlier this week, and our guests not only got a warm welcome from us, but a nice surprise as well. While the manager was plying the new arrivals with the requisite welcome drinks, we heard monkeys calling from the riverbed right next to the camp. Something had clearly upset them, so we migrated en masse to ...more»

Tags: big 5, camp jabulani, late check-in, lion, lion cubs, lioness

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Limpopo and Klaserie meet some warthogs

16
Jul

Our early morning walks are always met with a mixture of excitement and apathy. And I'm not just talking about myself or the grooms when I say this. The elephants are equally distinct when it comes to displaying their character traits, with some being 'morning people' and others very clearly not. It took a few minutes and a fair amount of ...more»

Tags: aardvark, ant-bear, camp jabulani, early morning walk, elephant herd, grooms, klaserie, limpopo, termite mound, tokwe, warthogs

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FIFA World Cup 2010 kick-off at Camp Jabulani

11
Jun

Footage Courtesy of Univision 34 (MontCommunication) In honour of the start of the FIFA World Cup 2010, Camp Jabulani held its own kick-off at its lodge on the Kapama Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga. All who attended were blown away by the herd's incredible ball skills. The game between the elephants and their grooms was fairly evenly matched, with each team having scored ...more»

Tags: ball skillls, camp jabulani, elephants, FIFA world cup, final score, grooms, kapama nature reserve, kick-off, lodge, mpumalanga

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Camp Jabulani Blog

Tag archives for camp jabulani

Joe comes to visit

Camp Jabulani visits Singapore for World Savers Awards

The herd bands together

Spotlight on Isaac Clive Shiburi

Joe flies the coop

A welcome surprise

Limpopo and Klaserie meet some warthogs

FIFA World Cup 2010 kick-off at Camp Jabulani

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