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,...
by ecom | Jan 13, 2020 | Conservation, Sightings
Let’s face it, vultures may not be the prettiest of birds. They are often reviled for their looks and have a completely unfounded reputation for being repulsive—even naturalist Charles Darwin describes them as “disgusting”. But these misunderstood birds...
by ecom | Sep 2, 2019 | Conservation, Reserve
Being an enclosed reserve means that we have to keep track of the number of animals, and particularly the balance so that the animals and, in fact the whole ecosystem stays healthy. A game count is performed every other year and this year’s event was slightly...
by ecom | Jul 29, 2019 | Conservation, Sightings
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...
by ecom | Jul 22, 2019 | Conservation, Reserve, Sightings
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...
