A night under the stars

Some people ask why on earth anyone would trade a comfy bed in our lodges for a sleep out in the Reserve. The answer is simple: for the incredible (and comfortable) experience of being out there in the open space, tents with great beds set out, ‘braai’ dinner prepared...

A European moving to Botswana…

As a reserve we are happy and proud to have – since almost two years – a full time researcher, veterinarian and volunteer coordinator on the team, Gabriella from Italy. She takes us back to the moment that she made her first acquaintance with...

Under the Baobab Trees

Shareholder Karoly and company had a nice surprise when they stopped for sundowners: “One of our favourite places in the reserve for a good sundowner is underneath the giant Baobab on the Middle Plains, in which buffalo weavers build their large nests. While unpacking...

Doing our bit to help

Realistic and responsible conservation involves some difficult choices, and when we negotiated the permit to protect lions on Limpopo-Lipadi Game Reserve, the permit included the tacit agreement that breeding by females would be slowed as much as humanly possible. In...

4 Day Shareholder’s Guiding Course

As a shareholder of Limpopo-Lipadi you have the perks of ‘sitting’ front row with our special activities like bush and rhino walks. Or as in this instance: a four-day guiding course. Ian, one of the lucky shareholders, shares his account of this amazing experience....

Feeling so privileged: bush walk with our rhinos

Just imagine: early morning, somewhere in the Reserve, lots of talking in Setswana on the radio, the anti-poaching team busy trying to locate the whereabouts of our white rhinos… And then: tracks that were found, meaning that there may be some rhinos in the vicinity....