A Stormy Night

It was a stormy evening drive, with electric storms in the far. As bush lovers know: most animals make sure they stay in hiding with this kind of weather, as it is hard to hear or smell a predator sneaking up on you. Which doesn’t make for the perfect game viewing,...

Tsetsebwje’s school kids in the bush

For three consecutive days, we welcomed three-game drive vehicles full of local school children, enjoying a day in the Reserve, tracking the animals. 28 lively 9 & 10-year-olds with their teachers were expertly shown around by Limpopo-Lipadi’s guides. Neatly...

Yawning and Stretching

Some of our lions seem to have a particular liking to make themselves comfortable right in the middle of Limpopo-Lipadi’s gravel roads. Like here: one of the River Boys, who was rather unfazed by the arrival of the game drive vehicle. He stretched and yawned...

White Storks gather for a meet-up at Limpopo-Lipadi

The first story: “As we drove up on the Middle Plains last week we were struck by a strange sighting in the far: loads of white dots that were densely sprinkled. What was it? We drove a bit closer, but not too close as we didn’t want to disturb whatever it...

Snapshotting through the night

After a long hot day, while we are happily snoring away at our lodges, many animals take advantage of the cooler night to replenish. In this time-lapse video footage (which is also called ‘snapshotting’) at one of the waterholes we caught the breeding herd of...