New team member: Savas, the sniffer dog

The newest addition to the anti-poaching team is a Belgian Shepherd called Savas. Originally trained in Scotland he joined Limpopo-Lipadi just a few months ago. As we are entering into the heat of summer in Botswana, Savas is acclimatising to the Botswana...

Morning traffic Limpopo-Lipadi style

While a good many of us probably spend quite some hours of the week commuting to work and cursing the traffic jams that are inevitably part of our rush hours, we at Limpopo-Lipadi have a different take on that morning traffic. While sitting in one of our hides with...

Dusty encounter at sunset

At the end of the dry season, the air and atmosphere at Limpopo-Lipadi is so full of dust from as far as the Kalahari that the African sunsets become as fiery orange and red as they get. On an afternoon drive, this zebra appeared right beside the game-drive vehicle...

Herald the first rains

On the Reserve we literally have hundreds of baobab trees that have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of years pass. The stories they could tell… As you drive around the Reserve during this time of the year, you slowly see the first green leaves appear on those...