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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 was....
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...
At last the lion pride made an appearance…
As shareholders we are so privileged to be able to come back to Limpopo-Lipadi on a regular basis and call the place our home away from home. There is less of a need to ‘chase’ and see the big predators every day of our visit. Although there is always that lingering...
The cheeky warthog
Motse volunteer, Helen, shares a story of one of her favourite animals, the cheeky warthog! “I love sitting in the hides at the waterholes, because you never know which animals are going to show up. One of my favourite animals is a warthog because they always have...
Rhino greeting ceremony: happy to see you!
Rhinos are fiercely territorial which doesn’t make them Mother Nature’s most social animals. Especially once they reach adulthood they mainly travel solo. Adolescents show somewhat different behaviour which is why we see our youngsters in the reserve stick together....