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I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine
A troop of baboons can be a noisy bunch, screeching, fighting, playing, climbing up and down their favourite trees, using our solar panels as a slide... And usually, when they hear a game drive vehicle approaching, they show a mix of curiosity and upheaval. Not this...
After the dehorning: unique research project on rhino stress level
With the dehorning of rhinos becoming more and more the way to prevent the poaching of horns across Africa, it seems logical to look at what the dehorning does to the rhinos. Are there any effects of the procedure, in the aftermath or on the longer term in their...
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...