Skip to main content
Southern & East African Tourism Update - Home Page
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Search

User Account Menu

  • Subscribe
  • Subscribe
  • News
  • Features
  • Columns
  • Useful Info
    • Useful Information
    • Business Travel
    • Children
    • Food
    • Hidden Gems
    • Job
    • Marketing
    • Visas
    • Webinars
  • Destinations
    • Destinations
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • East Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Rwanda
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Eswatini
    • Indian Ocean Islands
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Mayotte
      • Reunion
      • Seychelles
    • Lesotho
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • South Africa
      • Garden Route
      • Gauteng
      • Kruger Park area
      • KwaZulu Natal
      • Western Cape
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
      • Victoria Falls
  • Interests
    • Interests
    • #LetsGrowTourism
    • #RevivalShowcase
    • Accommodation
    • Adventure and activities
    • Air services
    • Attractions
    • Comment of the week
    • Conservation
    • Culture and Heritage
    • Experiential travel
    • Luxury
    • Meetings and Incentives
    • People On The Move
    • Pic of the week
    • Safari
    • Tech
    • Wellness
  • Markets
    • Markets
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • Russia and East Europe
    • South America
    • United Kingdom
  • Jobs
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • Advertise
    • Features
    • Send Us News
    • Editorial Guidelines

Baboon cannonball!

2 Feb 2023
Comments | 0
  • Share to Facebook
  • Share to LinkedIn
  • Share to X
  • Share to E-mail
  • Print this page

You know it’s hot in the African bush when even the wildlife decide to take a dip.

This is exactly what happened at Thornybush’s Saseka Tented Camp in the Greater Kruger Park area, when a troop of baboons decided to take over the swimming pool.

One baboon even did a perfect cannonball!

Click here to watch the video on Instagram.

Sign up to our mailing list and get daily news headlines and weekly features directly to your inbox free.
  • Southern Africa must diversify tourism investment

    23 Apr 2026
    Comments | 0
  • UNWTO/AFCAC sign MoU to push airlift agenda

    10 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • Global economy set for growth slump

    10 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • Luxury ‘Winery Suites’ open in Franschhoek

    10 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • Bots hotel boosts capacity

    10 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • Endemic bird rediscovered on the Cape Peninsula

    10 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • ‘So, a visa?’ Kenya’s eTA system ‘anything but free’

    9 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • SAA finally says g’day to Down Under

    9 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • UNWTO Brand Africa conference heads to Zambia

    9 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • Major expansion for Botswana hotel

    9 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • Strategic management appointments announced

    9 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • Global group launches new AI division

    9 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0
  • TAAG implements new baggage policy

    9 Jan 2024
    Comments | 0

Pagination

Load More

Feature Click to view

Namibia April 2026

View PDF

Safari Lodges April 2026

View PDF

Poll

Are your clients delaying or deferring travel plans because of high airfares?

Choices

Latest Columns

  • Who will be sitting in your game vehicles by 2030? - Quinten Vivier

  • The safari industry has a ‘Boomer’ problem - Stefano Marra

  • The supply-side blind spot in tourism recovery - Sisa Ntshona

  • Hotels are paying a hidden infrastructure tax - Anton Gillis

  • Why Africa is the new Japan - Julie Graham

More

Featured Jobs

New

Tourplan Rates & Product/Contract Specialist (Hybrid)

Career Dynamics Global
Cape town
22 Apr 2026
New

Leisure Groups Team Leader – Inbound Tourism

Career Dynamics Global
Cape town
22 Apr 2026
New

Intermediate Inbound Tour Consultant

Career Dynamics Global
Cape town
22 Apr 2026
More

Footer

  • © Now Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • Tourism Update on Facebook
  • Tourism Update on Twitter
  • Tourism Update RSS
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Send Us News