New Kid on the…
Over the past few months we have started noticing that we have not seen our dominant male leopard Insako as frequently as we used to. In fact we at Kwambili haven’t seen him for over a month now. Instead we…
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Ranger News
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Wild dog puppies
We’ve been extremely lucky recently being treated to a sight we have not seen in a couple of years – wild dog puppies! A couple of months ago there was a den site established and we eagerly awaited seeing the…Read More »
Mighty lion
Having a lion next to the vehicle is quite something but when he is above you looking down on you, it really makes him live up to his name of “King of the Jungle”. We were extremely lucky to have…Read More »
Spekboom
The Spekboom is an interesting plant. It is considered a small-leafed plant, but those leaves are actually quite thick and filled with a watery liquid. Although the plants look small and frail, they are estimated to live up to 200…Read More »
Season’s changing
The past few days have been windy and cold with the first rains of the season falling, only 6mm but enough for the plants to start producing flowers and bring on the whole pollination process. Soon we will witness the…Read More »
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills are quite a common bird in the savanna bushland and indeed around camp at KwaMbili. Many people know of them as Zazoo from the movie The Lion King. These birds are omnivorous, eating anything from seeds in…Read More »
Gone fishing
It’s getting to the time of year when we start seeing the small dams and mud pans slowly drying up, leading to lots of activity around them. With the shallow water it’s difficult for the frogs and fish to escape…Read More »
Winter flower
The Impala Lily is a beautiful flower that lights up the bush during the middle of winter when everything else is “dead”. It is also known by the names Sabi Star or The Desert Rose. This beautiful flower has a…Read More »
The return of the…
We were most lucky to see a yellow-billed oxpecker. This bird is rare, although its counterpart the red-billed oxpecker is quite common and is mostly seen clinging to mammals such as antelope “doing its duty” cleaning off the ticks and…Read More »
Saddle-billed storks
The saddle-billed stork is a large beautiful bird, actually the tallest stork in the world, standing at around 5 feet. It is black with a white patch on the underside but the real beauty is in the bill which is…Read More »
