Embarrassed Elephant

As can happen on safari, we came round a bend in the road to be confronted by a large bull elephant. He was not happy about this and quite soon nor were we. Waving his trunk and flapping his ears to make him appear even larger he started coming for us. Fortunately,...

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...