by ecom | Sep 14, 2020 | Conservation, Reserve
Botswana’s national bird is the kgori (Setswana) or kori bustard and we are proud that a number of these birds call Limpopo-Lipadi their home. The kgori is the largest (and heaviest) flying bird native to Africa, weighing up to 12,5kg. While they are found throughout...
by ecom | Aug 7, 2020 | Anti Poaching, Conservation
Over the last couple of weeks, a Herculean operation has been taking place at Limpopo-Lipadi: 20 bull elephants are being captured to be relocated to Makgadikgadi National Park, located 650 kilometres from the Reserve. Please read our post of 13 July 2020 to...
by ecom | Jun 15, 2020 | Conservation, Reserve
The world is in different stages of lockdown and while we’re not sure when we can visit our beloved Limpopo-Lipadi again, the conservation and maintenance work in the reserve continues with more fervour than ever. Lately, the maintenance team has been hard at work...
by ecom | Jun 8, 2020 | Conservation, Reserve
In the last days before the Botswana lockdown, Graham Morgan visited the reserve with some Australian friends, who had heard about the marvels of Limpopo-Lipadi and couldn’t wait to check things out for themselves. Here is Graham’s account of four blissful days: “The...
by ecom | Apr 14, 2020 | Conservation, Reserve
While we as shareholders will not be able to visit the reserve in the coming months, the ‘normal’ work of maintenance, anti-poaching and welfare of the animal population continues as planned. Herewith the story of how our vet and our reserve manager have...
by ecom | Mar 16, 2020 | Conservation, Sightings
With the abundance of migratory and resident birdlife in these green months, there’s also a lot of nesting going on. Which in turn sadly also attracts raptors. On several occasions we bore witness to birds of prey raiding the nests of smaller birds like weavers,...