Photographic Safari

photographers

The Kruger National Park is legendary, known throughout the world for its diversity of species and dramatic landscapes.

With easy access to the park and a vast selection of accommodations and regions to choose from the Kruger Park is a photographers dream.

The diversity of habitats in the park, from open savannas to lush riverine forests, allows photographers the benefit of selecting preferred landscapes for their photographs. The animals in the park have adapted to the presence of vehicles which gives photographers many opportunities to get that special shot.

Equipment:

The Kruger Park is the ideal place for amateur photographers and professionals alike and any size and makes of equipment will bring results. In fact, it is not uncommon to see people using their cellphones to take pictures, so close are the animals at times. For the person wanting the best all-around lens for the park then a 300mm lens is recommended to get those just out of reach images but the Kruger is truly the ultimate park for everyone when it comes to taking wildlife pictures.

Stunning Scenery

There are a number of dramatic places in the park to stop and take photographs, including somewhere alighting from the vehicle is allowed. This adds to the attraction of Kruger as a great photographic destination. A network of roads, known as drives, traverse the park and all provide something special for the photographer. Wooded savannahs open into grassland and scenic forest roads lead to rivers, with new delights at every turn.

On guided game drives, your safari guide will stop at scenic spots for you to take photos. You will also get a chance to take some amazing wildlife photos.

Do’s and Dont’s of Photography in Kruger

  • Respect the environment and wildlife
  • Respect other patrons in the park
  • Take only pictures and leave only memories
  • Only alight at designated places
  • Obey the Park rules – they are there for a reason

http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Kruger_Park_Travel_Advisory-travel/photography-kruger-national-park.html

 

Why good accommodation

For most of the people, the main purpose of holidays is to enjoy extravagant time with their family and friends.

The foremost advantage that you will get while accommodating at Karreekloof is the warm welcoming faces of the staff members.

Comfortable accommodation facilities play a very important role in popularizing any tourist destination. If a person, who is quite far away from home, gets to enjoy the same facilities and comforts as he enjoys at his home, then he is bound to become attached to the place.

The accommodation provides safety for all those travelers who are unaware of new places.

When booking holiday accommodation, almost every single person just wants the pleasure and relaxation he or she imagine they will have. Comfortable beds, good food and one hell of a good experience.  These are the reasons why unlimited stories must be told, memories must live on and coming back for more is a must on your new year’s list!

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise, it is not luxury.

If in any doubt, don’t be.  Put your mind at ease, Karreekloof has the luxury to let you feel more than comfortable. Come and kick your shoes off, make a toast, relax and gaze at the beautiful stars.

Karreekloof awaits you!

Comfort in the Upper Karoo

Driving for hours and hours is not easy. Especially when you arrive at your first destination and the accommodation is not up to standard at all. That’s when you realize that looks can be deceiving.

Any tired person just wants to feel comfortable when it comes to a good night’s rest. Even in far of places, it should feel as if you are sleeping in your own bed. Comfortable accommodation is the most important part at the end of the day.

The Karoo is not small, driving long distances, have fun, relax and at the end of the day, choose comfort. The bed you lay your head upon must take you away in the pursuit of relaxation. Take on the new day fresh and full of courage.

On the 35km dirt road on top of a hill, just before it feels like you have reached Kairo, you will discover Karreekloof. The small paradise with its white walls, renewed with brush and paint lay long days of relaxation and good accommodation.

Choosing the right Accommodation is always a trying task, and with the huge number of promotions, deals, and programs out there, it can be downright overwhelming.

Since every traveler has different needs when searching for accommodation, you’ll need to ask yourself what’s most important to you. Whether you’re looking for a great deal, a great location or a great B&B.

When people travel for any reason, their basic needs are the same: a clean room and comfortable bed in which to sleep, confidence in the safety of their accommodations, and helpful, friendly front desk staff.

Come and enjoy a comfortable sleepover with us here at Karreekloof.

Look after your staff and they’ll take care of the rest

Engaging employees involves a number of approaches, including trust, autonomy, receptiveness to ideas, communication, leadership and credit for good work.

While some of these elements may feel a little nebulous and hard to instill in an organization, there shouldn’t be anything difficult about recognizing and rewarding work well done.

Rewards don’t have to be lavish to be effective. Verbal recognition was cited widely by workers as one of the ways employers could show they cared about their staff.

Worse still, other research has found that more than four in five managers have stolen their colleagues’ ideas and passed them off as their own – hardly a practice geared to raising engagement.

Take Care of What’s Important: Look after your staff

Any business can get on the road to solving engagement issues. Look after your staff and they’ll look after everything else.

Your employees are right at the heart of your business. Without them, it’s pretty likely that the entire thing would fall apart. Of course, you are the head, the leader showing them the way, but they are the ones who are able to turn your decisions into action.

Employees who aren’t cared for and respected often find themselves becoming disenchanted with their roles and often come to dislike and resent the work that they are doing. Luckily, it’s not that difficult to look after your employees.

Employees always put in their best work when they feel that their work is valued.

If you shut yourself away and isolate yourself from them, employees are going to feel a genuine disconnect between you and, by extension, the business. Instead, make sure that they all know that you are open to listening to any suggestions and issues that they might have.

Not only will this create an environment of trust but it could actually improve the business as a whole. You might be able to see the big picture, but your employees can get a much closer idea of what’s happening on the ground level. By listening to them, you’ll be able to get some valuable insight into the day to day functions of your business.

Tell them that they are valued

You should always value your employees; they are your most precious resource. Make sure that when recognition is due to an excellent job, you show them that. If an employee feels valued then they are far more likely to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to make the business as successful as possible.

 

Why good accommodation is important

Accommodation is a necessary aspect for all the tourists and travelers who are traveling far away from their homes.

The accommodation provides safety for all those travelers who are unaware of the new places. It also helps the tourists to explore their desired city in a better way. It is essential to find a good place of accommodation for enjoying your vacations in an advanced manner.

The advantage that you will get while accommodating at Karreekloof is the warm hospitality and welcoming faces of the staff members. The love for the Karoo nature will make you come to Karreekloof again and again.

After settling in, our luxurious rooms will take your breath away. With each room being unique in its own way and with all the necessities you need.

We have our own little shop with some unique stuff to buy and enjoy. Sunsets sceneries that will make you come back for more. Endless night skies that will make you addicted by looking up, time and again.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the stay!

A true safari experience at Karreekloof Lodge

Karreekloof is an incredible place, the only one of its kind.

On the road to Karreekloof with the big star country surrounding him, and wide-open spaces where the sun is so slow that the colors slowly change from yellow to deep orange and pink. Here you literally feel the goosebumps on your skin, it’s like magic.

In Swahili, the word safari means ‘journey’. Take the ‘journey’ to Karreekloof Lodge with its natural beauty and its breathtaking wildlife with endless wilderness plateau and warm hospitality.

Karreekloof is a family-friendly destination, its sheer size, clear skies, elaborate sunsets, dazzling starry nights and incredible silence, is mesmerizing.

Come and experience the endless landscapes, feel the heat of the sun on your shoulders as you explore the upper Karoo with its wide-open spaces.

Relax, enjoy a sundowner in a peaceful evening, take in so much fresh air that your toes will turn around. A must-see destination rich in history. Sit back and relax at our own trading store, shake it up with a milkshake and take a look through our own little shop.

The Karoo has a rich human record. People have continuously inhabited the area, so as I would say:  The Upper Karoo is a cool place, you just got to love it!

Nature gives in so many ways – we just need to tune in.

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing” – Helen Keller

SAFARI WITH SOUL AWAITS YOU AT WAG ‘N BIETJIE LODGE

AUTHENTICAL MEMORIES

Is not something we have or don’t have!  It’s a practice, a conscious choice of how we want to live.  It is a collection of choices that we have to make every day.  It’s about the choice to be real and honest.  Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

SAFARI WITH SOUL AWAITS YOU AT WAG ‘N BIETJIE LODGE

The vast and arid Northern Cape is a breathtaking landscape that is characterized by its plains with outcroppings of haphazard rock piles. Building your own authentical safari with our extraordinary landscape, hosting some of the most beautiful camel thorn trees and wide open fields.

We offer an unbeatable combination of game drives, walks with skilled trackers and exclusive accommodation in pristine natural surroundings.  Wag ‘n Bietjie is an excellent lodge to experience Africa’s earthy design.  We have a committed relationship to social responsibility programs like supporting injured and orphaned animals, building a school for parents less fortunate to send their kids to local schools and providing of meat to workers and their families.

Nature and its surroundings

For the nature lover, we have beautiful wide open semi-arid savanna fields where you will get lost in with its thorn bushveld, koppies, extraordinary sunsets that only you can describe and relive.  To walk along this landscape and taking a gorgeous panoramic photo of the wildlife and its surroundings.  The more authentic the safari, the more you will enjoy it.

Wag ‘n Bietjie is situated in the Northern Cape and with our known hospitality, we will indulge you with our breathtaking cuisines and traditional desserts.   Taking a seat on the comfortable porch enjoying the silence of the bushveld and a cocktail after a long day looking out on a water hole where waterbuck, nyala, warthog and kudu’s drink is always a special treat.

Wild at heart

While building authentically memories, visit the Wild Heart Rehab center where orphaned and injured animals are treated from all around the country and released into their native habit.
 

Memorable accommodation

 

No matter which season, a lounge with nice fireplace telling endless stories of the day or the need to cool off in the swimming pool, we will help you to keep building on the authentic memories.

“Only the curious have, if they live, a tale worth telling at all” (Alistair Reid)

 

Come and enjoy the freedom of the Northern Cape and its pristine moments and picturesque landscape. Make your journey an authentic one…here at Wag ‘n Bietjie lodge. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time for self-reflection

The time for self-reflection has once again arrived.  Where one stands still long enough to ask important questions and more importantly, to answer those important questions.

Self-reflection is a way to dig deeper into your feelings and to find out why you were doing something specific.  Most importantly, self-reflection must guide us to new paths for the coming year.

“A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . . It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, ‘Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?’ . . . If one is not careful, one allows diversions to take up one’s time—the stuff of life.”
― Carl Sandburg

Remembering the past

This year has been both an exciting year and a difficult year for everyone at Wag n Bietjie Lodge.  It is with sadness that we remember the serious accident of the owner of Wag ‘n Bietjie Lodge in May 2016 that left him seriously injured and hospitalized for weeks.  We are grateful to report that Wiaan has made a remarkable recovery that reflects the fighting spirit of his nature.  Emotions also ran high in May 2016 after a rhino poaching incident on the farm.

Functions and trends

Wag n Bietjie Lodge also experienced some great times with the hosting of the VIP Wintershoek Auction function at the lodge, as well as other functions.  Guests from all over the world visited the lodge.  This coming year Wag n Bietjie Lodge would like to follow the food and wine trends for 2017, so please watch this space!

New Years wishes

As the New Year approaches us with hopes anew, from everyone here at Wag n Bietjie Lodge, we wish you and your family a wonderful year ahead. Happy New Year!