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Pondoro In USA Today
We are very proud to announce that we have been featured in an article by renowned journalist Katie Jackson for the "10 once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounters that you can safely experience". (USA Today) In an article she wrote for USA Today (the largest newpaper in the USA) on April 14 [...]
Pondoro is a Global Winner
The month of October is always a highlight on our calendar as it is known in the industry as award season. This is the time year when hotels and other travel experts get recognised for their contribution to the hospitality industry. Pondoro was nominated to compete in the Haute Grandeur Hotel [...]
LEOPARDS OF PONDORO
MEET THE LEOPARDS OF PONDORO. I thought it's about time we introduce you to the elusive rosette patterned cats that roam within our traversing in Balule Game Reserve. How do we identify each individual? Well apart from obvious signs like scars in their face, maybe a few nicks in the [...]
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE KUDYELA PRIDE
The past and future of the Kudyela Pride. Back in the beginning of 2017 when I joined the Pondoro guiding team the Kudyela pride was split in two groups;(1) the three older females together and (2) the four young lionesses together with their two brothers and one singwe male, all [...]
VALENTINE’S DAY 2019
What is the best way to spend Valentine’s Day - in the bush of course! Not only do you get to see amazing fauna and flora, but also here at Pondoro we go out of our way to treat and spoil our guests. We had hoped for a warm and [...]
PONDORO’S ROARING NEW YEAR’S EVE
As all of you know we love to entertain our guests on special days like Valentine’s, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. This year Robbie, Lize and the staff decided to do it in style by going back in time for New Year's Eve….. to the roaring 1920's. It all [...]
World’s Best Luxury Safari Retreat
November is award season in the hotel industry and it is with great pleasure that I can inform everyone that Pondoro enjoyed a fabulously successful month! We were nominated to compete in the World Luxury Hotel Awards, Haute Grandeur Hotel Awards and The Boutique Hotel Awards, each with different selection [...]
TOP 10 CONSERVATION EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA
We are very pleased and excited to announce that Pondoro has been chosen by Timbuktu as Number 1 in their list of Top 10 Conservation Experiences in South Africa. Please follow the link for more information Top 10 conservation experiences: South Africa, Safari with purpose. At Pondoro we do not [...]
HALLOWEEN 31 OCT ’18
The 31st of October is celebrated throughout the world as Halloween. Thus yesterday at Pondoro was no different. We started “trick or treating” our guests at our daily high tea but as it was a special occasion we went all out with Rest in Peace Cupcakes, pumpkin heads filled with [...]