Euphorbia Mashatu

The people at Euphorbia Mashatu really care about how guests are doing, and the facilities feel new and comfortable. We had filtered water, fresh ice each day, and quiet nights with all the sounds of Africa around us. The beds were comfortable too. We took malaria medication, though the one reported case from 5-7 years ago wasn't confirmed to have come from the Tuli area, so there may have been no cases there. I saw bats one morning, which carry a rabies risk, but we face the same risk at home. Most drives were in the Land Cruiser early in the morning and late afternoon, when we had the best chance of seeing animals. We also went biking and took a short hike. Those outings involved lots of detours to avoid a breeding herd of elephants, which added some excitement. We spent most of our time in the vehicle, where the animals seemed unbothered by us. We were right beside lions, sometimes uncomfortably close, but they paid us no mind. You'd have to stand up or leave the truck to provoke a reaction, and you'd have to be pretty dumb to do that. We saw plenty of adult and baby elephants, giraffes, elands, kudu, jackals, chacma baboons, bat-eared foxes, wildebeest, impala, hyenas and mongoose. Bird sightings included a woodland kingfisher, fishing eagles, giant eagle owls, hornbills and saddle-billed storks, along with far too many other species to list. We also found adult lions, leopards and cheetahs, as well as cubs. The predators take more work to find, but other groups I spoke with had seen them up close too. Drivers and locals outside camp said they'd never heard complaints from Mashatu visitors, especially people staying at Euphorbia. Locals choose this safari too, as the best one around in southern Africa.