Happy Birthday Baby Rhino

We always recommend our guests to visit the Rehabilitation Centre Moholoholo near Hoedspruit, about 90 km from Dreamfields Guesthouse because it is a very special and educational experience. The rescued rhino which was found last year is celebrating its first birthday today. We had the chance to meet her yesterday and even though she is only 1 year old, she is very impressive and powerful when she walks up to you! We wish her a Happy Birthday!

Mpumalanga

This video of Mpumalanga gives you a good idea about all the attractions you can reach with ease close to Dreamfields Guesthouse and shows you all the main attractions of this beautiful province:

Valentines at Dreamfields

Spoil your Love with a romantic and fun filled Valentine`s Weekend. Stay at Dreamfields Guesthouse Hazyview, enjoy a scenic balloon flight and get pampered at the local SPA. For the more adventurous – try some of the 14 different activities of Induna Adventures! And it is always worth to go on a Safari in the nearby Kruger National Park. To book your special Valentine`s weekend click here or send us an email to find out more.

Kruger National Park Day Tours

We thought we might share a few pictures we received from guests staying at Dreamfields Guesthouse last week. Through us they booked a Kruger Park Full Day Safari with Frank Watts, the guide of “The Battle at Kruger”, one of the most popular videos on YouTube, and had some amazing sightings (not everyone is as lucky!)!
Thanks to Vicki & Sean

Rhino poaching: A bleak start to 2011 after a dark year

The Chief Executive Officer of South African National Parks (SANParks) announced that in 2010 South Africa lost 333 rhino with 162 suspected poachers having been arrested in relation to the crime.
“The year 2010 will always be remembered as being one of the worst years for conservation in the Republic of South Africa because of the ruthless assault on our rhino populations by merciless criminals”. The worst hit area was the Kruger National Park, only 10 km from Dreamfields Guesthouse, with 146 rhino lost.
In the first 10 days of 2011 the country has lost five rhino already! The same amount of poachers have died when Rangers acted in self-defence after poachers opened fire on them at Crocodile Bridge and Pretoriuskop. The country would have preferred these suspected criminals to have their day in court and explain to the nation why they would commit such an unforgivable crime.

Another day in the Kruger National Park

The peak season is over and after all the guests of Dreamfields Guesthouse checked out we took the chance and went for the whole day to the Kruger National Park. Unfortunately we have not been lucky with cats but we saw the rare Black Rhino!














And we had to wait until a small herd of elephants left the road, they were taking their time but we love watching these amazing creatures. Watch out for the little one that is protected by the older ones!

Not rainy at all!

Good that the weather forecast is not always right:
The guests of Dreamfields Guesthouse woke up this morning having blue sky and sunshine and no clouds at all!

Rain, Rain, Rain

The weather forecast for the next few days is not looking great. Even though it usually clears up during the day, we have to expect some rainy days. There are flood warnings for Mpumalanga but we are positive that it will not rise to the level of the present floods in Kwazulu-Natal.
And bear in mind, it is worth visiting the Kruger Park in bad weather, where the animals are more active, one often sees nocturnal animals on dull days.
Dreamfields Guesthouse wishes all their guests a safe journey.

Kruger National Park History

Obviously the Kruger National Park is the main attraction for the guests of Dreamfields Guesthouse. A good reason to find out a few facts about the history of the finest Game Parks in the World:
The Park was first proclaimed in 1898 as the Sabie Game Reserve by the then president of the Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger, to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld. He first proposed the need to protect the animals of the Lowveld in 1884, but his revolutionary vision took another 12 years to be realised when the area between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers was set aside for restricted hunting. This area remains at the core of today's Kruger National Park.
After the Anglo-Boer war Scottish born James Stevenson-Hamilton was appointed the park’s first warden on 1 July 1902. In 1903, Stevenson-Hamilton oversaw an extension of the Sabi Reserve twenty kilometres or so back towards the Drakensberg Escarpment. He was also put in charge of a new Reserve established that year, the Shingwedzi, comprising an additional half a million hectares of land to the north of the Sabie. On 31 May 1926 the National Parks Act was proclaimed and with it the merging of the Sabie and Shingwedzi Game Reserves into the Kruger National Park.

In 1927 three cars entered the Park. Two years later there were 850 cars visiting. Over the next 50 years some 150 000 people visited the Kruger National Park annually. Today there are 700 000 wildlife enthusiasts who visit the Park every year!

Picture and more information: Kruger2canyons.com