It was an amazing experience being in this raw, expansive environment and combining it with the yoga. The richness of the land and all the amazing animals that we saw, together with the yoga made Djuma Private Game Reserve the perfect place for our retreat. The facilites were exceptional, the service was great. We couldn’t have asked for [...]

What a royal welcome!
Xivambalana giving a royal walk by! Hi everyone! Many of you might have heard I was visiting Djuma for a couple of days from the 24th until the 26th and I must admit I was so excited to see our favourite lady and her family, they must have sensed how much I needed to [...]

Enquire as to our Introductory Special at the new Vuyatela!
Enquire as to our Introductory Special @ Vuyatela! For the month of May and June Djuma Game Reserve is offering an Introductory Special at the new Vuyatela self-catering. Click the link above for a brochure. Email reservations@djuma.co.za for more

A guide to identifying some of the leopards of Djuma
Here is a gallery of some of the leopards of Djuma and how to identify them. This incredible guide was created by Lyn, long-time supporter of Djuma and its live cameras. Lyn very kindly agreed that I could post these here. Thank you Lyn!

How to make a lodge in two months – the new Galago is open!
Today, 2nd of April 2012, Galago Camp has re-opened on our own land, right alongside Vuyatela! This has been no small accomplishment as the builders only moved onto site at the end of January, and have worked tirelessly with only one weekend off since then. Jurie and I imagined what our new lodge would look like, [...]

The dam wall has been fixed!
We were very saddened when we lost our dam wall during the floods and so are ecstatic to have had an opportunity to have it fixed. Thanks to Willem Botha and the guys at Mashova who in four days transformed the battered and damaged dam wall into a proper wall with spillways that should allow it to survive the [...]

Visit from a friend
Hi Everybody Things are progressing very well hear at Djuma and everybody is excited, because we will officially open the lodge again at the end of March to share our piece of paradise with our visitor. I had a friend(Eugene) come and visit the lodge and was great showing him all the changes and the renovations. Think he was [...]

Work in Progress
Preparations for the re-opening of Vuyatela and a fresh new start to the new Galago Camp are well underway. We are so excited with the developments that we could not hold back and just had to show you some sneak preview pics. Now, you may have to use a little (actually, more like a lot [...]

New Beginnings
Dear Djuma Fans and new readers This will be my first official blog for Djuma. So hope it will be enjoyed by all the readers. A lot has been happening at Djuma Private Game Reserve. To name a few, we have been upgrading buildings for Galago, building a pool overlooking the waterhole and putting up fences. So [...]

The dogs have been visiting!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to pass on the wonderful news about the wild dogs that were seen on the 4th! I ended up staying in the sands for one night at another lodge and was able to jump aboard the morning drive! One of the main animals everyone wanted to see was giraffe and [...]
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Yoga at Vuyatela
May 8, 2012
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What a royal welcome!
May 7, 2012
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Enquire as to our Introductory Special at the new Vuyatela!
April 17, 2012
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A guide to identifying some of the leopards of Djuma
April 13, 2012
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How to make a lodge in two months – the new Galago is open!
April 2, 2012
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Saving the Safari Cam
July 27, 2011
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Safari Cam will end this month
November 14, 2011
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Floods
January 18, 2012
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New Beginnings
February 10, 2012
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Djuma- 1 month on!
January 8, 2012
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Gator Mom: Tara, thank you so much for the pictures and stori...
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Claire-M. Lepage: Good to read such a lively report from you Tara. ...
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Karen: Ditto to all comments above. Thanks for the pic...
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Dianne Herber: Tara, it was wonderful that you got to take a driv...
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Penny Corcoran: Like the others, your e-mail is the first opened a...






