Vulture Safe Zone at Limpopo-Lipadi

Vulture Safe Zone at Limpopo-Lipadi

It is often the case in modern day Nature Conservation that iconic animals, especially the cute and cuddly, or majestic ones, get the lion’s share of attention (pardon the pun). What a lot of people don’t seem to understand is that ecosystems will still function if...
Rainy Season’s Finale

Rainy Season’s Finale

On his first trip in three years, shareholder Ian took his 85-year old father with him, so this was a big trip in waiting. On one of their last nights, they were treated to the grand finale of the summer rains, with some incredible lightning. With the summer rains...
The elusive Leopard

The elusive Leopard

As it happens, Limpopo-Lipadi has quite an impressive leopard population, but even the regularly visiting shareholder sometimes finds it hard to come across a leopard. It can be multiple visits that you don’t see any sign of this magnificent big cat, but sometimes you...
The incident with the crocodile and the waterbuck

The incident with the crocodile and the waterbuck

More adventures of Martina and Jost during their stay at the Reserve. “In front of our lodge we saw a dead animal swimming against stream. Strange? Finally we discovered the secret engine: a huge crocodile! But a second croc disputed that this is his prey. And so they...
Birders best season

Birders best season

The green summer season is sometimes viewed by some as less exciting, as it can be very hard to see wildlife through the leafy and dense bush. But for bird lovers it doesn’t get better than this. This is the season of plenty also for birds. Not only the ‘local’ birds...