Maphosa
In the wild, survival hangs on the thinnest of threads. One minor injury can become infected quickly or hamper an animal enough to land it in the jaws of a hungry predator. A dulled sense can slow reaction time ever…
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Ranger News
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The Golden Orb Weaver
What is a spider without a web? And the golden orb weaver has the most impressive of all webs. Not only is it the biggest of all spider webs in the world, it is also the strongest. In fact, the…Read More »
Lion Dynamics
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in Thornybush, particularly with regards to the lions that call the reserve home. Our resident Northern Pride has lost 1 youngster leaving a total of 8 young, 5 adult females and the majestic…Read More »
Everything needs to eat
It was quite a sight spotting a rather large western side-striped sand snake busy sunning himself at the lodge. The cameras were going and the snake was posing for us. And then out of nowhere BAM!!! it shot off at…Read More »
Zebra Kill
A while back while on an early morning game drive, we were treated to what some might refer to as a ‘once in a lifetime’ sighting, and what made this sighting even more exceptional was that fact that it was…Read More »
Welcome back
I had just driven back to KwaMbili after my leave and, as soon as I was settled in, made my way to the hide to immerse in nature again. From the hide we heard vocalisation of leopards mating and were…Read More »
Return of the Wild…
It’s been a great past couple of weeks out here in the bush, with exciting news that the pack of wild dogs has moved back into the northern half of Thornybush. It’s with great joy we welcome the pack back.…Read More »
Chaos in the bush
This morning we set out on drive, not aware of what was about to take place in the next hour. It was a very cold and windy morning, with a slight drizzle. My tracker and I decided to head south…Read More »
Danger on the horizon
One early spring morning we headed out with our guests on game drive with the goal of finding either a lion or a leopard. This having been said, both are quite hard to locate if you have no evidence to…Read More »
A game of hide…
It was an incredible misty spring morning and, after grabbing an early coffee, my guests and I decided to set out for the quiet northern region of the reserve to see what we could find. Whilst making our way north…Read More »
