Pafuri Camp Blog

Ask a trails guide which close animal encounter will get their heart beating fastest, and you might be surprised at the reply.

At 22 degrees from the equator, time behaves in strange ways. But everyone agrees on the finest hour.

At RETURNAfrica we welcome guests from all over the world, excited to share this beautiful part of South Africa in the north of the Kruger with them. We pride ourselves with what we have on offer. Including our luxury designer accommodation, Pafuri Camp, our rustic accommodation for the more adventurous wishing to see nature on foot, the Pafuri Walking Trails, our flexible option, Baobab Hill Bush House, the landscape, activity and views!

I thought I knew the sound of owls.
That’s until encountering the giants of the family in the Kruger.

December is a time of change here in Pafuri, as the seasonal fly camp is returned to nature.

The Hutwini trails camp is our forward base for walkers throughout the dry months. But nature likes to remind us that the place is not really ours, just a space we share for a time. Nyala are permanent residents, browsing the understorey all day. Elephants love the fruit pods from the ana tree branches that arc over the tents. Even leopards like to assert their natural right of way from time to time, by day and night.