Falling in love with Ithala Game Reserve

By Roxanne Reid
Crack! It sounded like a gunshot but it was just a big bull elephant breaking branches for a mid-morning snack. I was standing just a few metres away and rapidly falling in love with Ithala Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. The elephant was ignoring the visitors and staff peering at him as he browsed on a tree right next to Ntshondwe camp’s restaurant deck. He’d stretch up, reaching into the tree with his head held high, trunk fully extended, setting up a rhythm of branch brea...