Talamati means “Lots of Water” in the Tsonga language, or more precisely Changana and is a southern African Bantu language spoken by the Tsonga people.
I’m not sure why, because it always seems dry when I visit
I find the area to be quiet with regards to general game, but it often produces rare sightings like serval, caracal, wild dogs, sable, etc.
My boet, Supernova is a regular and as far as he could tell all units have been upgraded and have new furniture, etc, but I’m in the area in a few weeks and will post an update when I return.
There are 3 x 4 sleeper units (CO4) and 12 x 6 sleeper units (GC6, GC6D and GC6E). The 4 sleepers have 2x single beds in the bedroom and bench beds in the lounge. The GC6 units have 2 bedrooms with single beds and bench beds in the lounge.
The GC6D is unit 13 and was rebuilt in 2001 due to a fire and seems to have a different setup. It has 2 x double bedrooms with a large open plan kitchen/living area in the middle, but an open veranda.
The GC6E seems to be a renovated CO4 (as there were 4 x CO4’s), but has the same interior as the standard GC6.
None of the units have a clear view of the dry riverbed from the veranda and I never understood why they have been built this way.
The camp has 2 hides and a “boma area”
Unit 11 is considered the best for privacy, unit 15 is close to the staff accommodation, unit 1 is close to reception and the local boon gang. I personally prefer the units as one enters with the exception of unit 1 as they are closer to the main hide.
Main Entrance
Unit Pics
Cruising around camp
Main hide as you enter the camp
Gang viewed from the hide area
My boet and I have also seen an ellie and rhino having a scrap from the hide which was amazing to watch.
Boma with 2nd hide in the background
One of the Camp Residents
An ellie trying to reverse into camp
I will update pics in April
