Discovery of new lion cubs
Great News – our conservation team had the privilege of being the first to spot the five new, healthy looking lion cubs! The team was out in the field on the 1st of March when the newborn Kalahari lion cubs made their appearance with their mother in the main section of ...
Melvin the giraffe turns 2!
Melvin the Giraffe will be celebrating his second birthday on the 11th of April this year! Wow – what a joyous occasion and a truly a significant highlight for those who had put a lot of effort and care into raising Melvin. Melvin, who was abandoned at birth by his inexperienced ...
What’s on the menu at Msenge
CARROT AND WALNUT CAKE WITH A CREAM CHEESE ICING 10ml Dry Bread crumbs 300g Cake flour 10ml Baking powder 7.5ml Bicarbonate of soda 15ml Mixed spice 5ml Salt 315ml Oil 4 Eggs, at room temperature 500ml Grated carrots ICING: 500g Icing sugar 5ml Vanilla essence 250g Cream cheese METHOD: Preheat oven to 180c and butter a loose bottomed spring form cake tin and ...
Our latest newcomers – Sheba, Jack & Jill
Pumba Game Reserve is nursing three orphaned wild cat cubs – a lioness and two caracals! Baby lioness Sheba arrived at her new home after her heavily pregnant mother was inadvertently captured by a game relocation team performing an operation in the Eastern Cape. The lioness gave birth to 3 ...
What’s on the Menu at Msenge?
CARROT SOUFLE CAKE WITH A WHITE CHOCOLATE CENTER INGREDIENTS: 100ml Cream 30g White Chocolate 50g Butter 75g White Chocolate 190g Carrot Puree 5 Egg Yolks 65g Ground Almonds 50g Self Raising Flour 30g Walnuts 120g Egg Whites 30g Castor Sugar METHOD Melt the white chocolate and cream, allow to cool then roll in a sausage shape and Freeze ...
The White Lions Of Pumba Private Game Reserve
Pumba Private Game Reserve has been home to a flourishing pride of free ranging White Lion since 2006. The pride has already produced three sets of free ranging cubs. As part of the Conservation management plan is to manage the predator species to ensure that there is no inbreeding. To ...
Pumba Bush Telegraph – Spring 2009
As always the coming of spring brings with it new life to Pumba. In the first two weeks of September Pumba welcomed two Giraffe calves to the reserve; who are doing well to date. One of the Hippopotamus cows is showing signs of being very heavily pregnant so it won’t be ...
“A step ahead” – The Citizen August 2009
Keeping it green makes good business sense for private reserve The note, usually placed somewhere near the complimentary shampoo, reminds one that water is precious and washing towels unnecessarily is wasteful. So you pick up your towels, feeling satisfied you have helped in some way. But in a time when more ...
“Our Weekend at Pumba was tops” – Le Femme Fathers Day competition winners
We would like to take the opportunity in thanking each and everyone for the most amazing weekend ever! The treatment that we received was out of this world! The staff was so efficient and friendly. We really felt at home. Thank you to Lin-Marie that arranged this weekend so quickly. A ...
Tracking in the Eastern Cape – Woman & Home Magazine
Where: This reserve is an hour’s drive from Port Elizabeth, and 25km from cultural hotspot Grahamstown. It boasts the Big Five and should be on your ...
