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…
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Ranger News
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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 »
Leopard kill at close…
Leopards are one of the animals every guest wants to see but not one of the easier animals to find! They live alone and have good camouflage, blending into their habitat. I was once told that you don’t find a…Read More »
Winter is Coming
It’s winter time and it’s starting to get cold in the mornings and evenings. We depart on our safaris at 6:00am before the sun is up and head into the bush to see what nature has to offer. Everyone has…Read More »
Wild Dog Woes
We had discovered a wild dog den site near the road and were eagerly awaiting the first sighting of the new pups. We saw the adults on every game drive, running around looking for food and protecting the den site…Read More »
Elephants in the water
While out on game drive one afternoon we stopped at a herd of elephants. The young bulls were playing and the rest of the herd were grazing and breaking branches or swimming in a dam. Suddenly one young elephant calf…Read More »
