A Beautiful Nyala Family

Wouldn't you just love to wake up one morning, walk out your house and see a beautiful Nyala family? We are so blessed to witness such greatness of nature and wildlife here at Ubizane most days of the week. Our guests absolutely love the feeling of being in the ‘wild’ with our animals roaming freely around the two Lodges.

Did you know the Nyala lambs are all born looking like the female and they transition into males as they grow into teenagers?

This lamb is making the transition into a male. You can tell by his face and back; his mane is starting to grow black on his back and his nose is much darker. His horns will also start to grow now.

The Nyala male has a dark grey coloured head and body with indistinct stripes along the torso. Their lower legs are tan in colour and they have a fringe of hair along the underside and a thin mane on their back. They have horns that measure up to 70cms in length and a white “V” between their eyes.

The Nyala female and lamb is brown/red in colour and they have distinctive, vertical white stripes along their body. They don’t have horns but they also have a white “V” between their eyes.

They spend most of the day, particularly the hottest part, under the shade and they tend to feed during the evening and early in the morning. They have an alarm call that is a “dog-like” bark.

Let us know what animal would you like to learn more about?