Leopard stroll towards dinner.

In the green season, it may take some effort to spot animals between the vibrant green bushes and tall grass. But sometimes it is just dumb luck to almost literally stumble across a beautiful lady leopard, who was about to make her moves towards her dinner. As we...

Go away, leave my chicks alone!

With the abundance of migratory and resident birdlife in these green months, there’s also a lot of nesting going on. Which in turn sadly also attracts raptors. On several occasions we bore witness to birds of prey raiding the nests of smaller birds like weavers,...

A memorable stay at Limpopo-Lipadi

A couple of months ago I visited Limpopo-Lipadi with shareholder Ian and during our one-week stay I was deeply impressed by the variety and beauty of the wildlife in the reserve. There was probably no wild African animal we did not see (well, except for the buffalo)....

Wild dogs on a mission

Sometimes the reserve is empty of cars and people, save the Anti-Poaching Unit of course. The ‘emptiness’ of people is one of the greatest privileges of being a shareholder: there are times that you have the place to yourself. The downside of this is that there may be...

Birds of a feather

Summer at its height means that it is birding galore at Limpopo-Lipadi, with so many migratory birds taking up residence at the Reserve in this period. Anton Kruger and family spent a couple of days at the Reserve recently and shared some of their ‘catches’ with us....