by ecom | Jan 24, 2022 | Sightings
Painted dogs, wild dogs, painted wolves… No matter what you call them, it’s good to realise that these emblematic Limpopo-Lipadi animals are critically endangered in all of Africa. There are only 5 500—6000 dogs left due to snaring, sickness and being shot by (a.o.)...
by ecom | Jan 17, 2022 | Sightings
Limpopo-Lipadi has such a fantastic variety of birds that are often overlooked when searching for the bigger animals. They are beautiful in colour, hard to find at times, but it’s always so interesting to learn facts about their behaviour. Small or bigger, alone...
by ecom | Jan 9, 2022 | Sightings
Just look at this photo from Alison Nicholls! Here’s Nigel’s recollection of how Alison took this photo of him and the lions: “One of my friends saw this photo and thought I was sitting in a folding chair in front of the lions! In reality, I’m...
by ecom | Dec 14, 2021 | Reserve
Aaah, the bliss of spring and summer in the southern hemisphere! The first rains have fallen—pula pula (Setswana for blessed rain)—some animals are dropping their babies (like the impala and wildebeest), and fresh bursts of chewy, green leaves are decorating the trees...
by ecom | Dec 14, 2021 | Sightings
Take a close look at this elephant bull’s tusks and you’ll see that his left tusk is shorter and appears to be more damaged than his right tusk. Elephants usually have one tusk that they use more than the other (just as humans have one dominant hand) and it’s likely...
