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Scary moments: charging to protect the breeding herd
If you ask one of our guides which animal they fear most, they unequivocally answer: elephant. Gentle giants usually, but oh so unpredictable if you unexpectedly bump into them where the bush is thick, when a bull is in musth or when the breeding herd is around. In...
The otherworldly looking brown hyena
The spotted or striped hyena takes the spotlight in movies like the Lion King, while the brown hyena usually takes more of the backseat. Although the numbers of brown hyena are rapidly declining in southern Africa, at Limpopo-Lipadi we seem to have quite a number of...
Hides – the places where your coffee gets cold
Happy memories of shareholder Martina, where she expected the unexpected: "During one of our visits, we decided to spend a couple of morning drives in the different hides of the Reserve. On the first morning, we went just out on a drive to have coffee in the middle of...
Cheeky, the naughty elephant in musth
For those of you who have yet to encounter him: meet Cheeky, the well-deserved nickname says it all for this elephant bull with crooked left tusk, who loves to challenge you upon an encounter with him. Should you run into him, don’t be fooled by his attitude of first...
Sometimes the earth trembles in the bush
During our two-yearly game counts it’s always striking to see some high numbers of animals that you hardly ever see or only in a far distance. We seem to have a striking number of bush pigs, but most of us have only seen them in a glimpse, let alone have a good shot...
Breath-taking: the exhilarating climb up Lipadi Hill
Located in the midst of the rather flat area of the Tuli Block we are lucky to have a few very nice ‘koppies’ that we all use as points of reference when driving around the Reserve. We have stunning views from Oppie Koppie, which you can reach by game drive vehicle....