by ecom | Mar 6, 2024 | Reserve
The (not so) secret life of dung beetles By: Limpopo-Lipadi | Date: March 6, 2024 | Reserve In the Reserve our guides make a big effort not to drive over elephant and rhino dung but rather go around it, especially during the ‘green’ season. The reason is that in this...
by ecom | Feb 23, 2024 | Reserve
Lions at last! By: Limpopo-Lipadi | Date: Feb 23, 2024 | Reserve A fenced Wildlife and Wilderness Reserve like Limpopo-Lipadi has to carefully manage the delicate ecosystem with all flora and fauna involved. This means that if one species thrives to the detriment of...
by ecom | Feb 9, 2024 | Reserve
The Garbage Collectors By: Limpopo-Lipadi | Date: Feb 9, 2024 | Reserve Botswana is home to five of the eleven vulture species found in Africa. Common vulture species found in the reserve include the Cape vulture, White-backed vultures, Hooded, Lappet-faced and the...
by ecom | Jan 29, 2024 | Reserve
Elephant and rhino side by side By: Limpopo-Lipadi | Date: Jan 29, 2024 | Reserve A couple of years ago Limpopo-Lipadi faced the sad loss of a rhino female which had gotten into a fight with an elephant. This happened at a waterhole that was consequently named after...
by ecom | Jan 23, 2024 | Reserve
Caught in the act By: Limpopo-Lipadi | Date: Jan 23, 2024 | Reserve Having camera traps around the Reserve has turned out to be a great way to ‘sneak up’ on animals and learn about their behaviour, without disturbing them in their daily life. Every time Research...
by ecom | Jan 16, 2024 | Reserve
The Big Guy By: Limpopo-Lipadi | Date: Jan 16, 2024 | Reserve To get up close with the biggest elephant bull in the Reserve is always a humbling affair… Co-owners Alison and Nigel share their story of running in to this – as it turned out – gentle giant: “We arrived...
