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…
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Ranger News
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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 »
Jackals
Jackals are one of the most underrated animals in the bush. They are known for being highly vocal animals, usually communicating in the early evening. Once one call starts all the responses come in at once, creating a chorus-like song.…Read More »
Dagga Boys
We refer to solitary old buffalo bulls as Dagga Boys (dagga meaning mud) because the majority of the time that one sees them they are not far from water or even in the water! And this is not only for…Read More »
