Happy To Be Back

Shareholder Eric was delighted to finally be able to return to the reserve after 1,5 years. This is his story: “The sun was low in the sky as we headed out on our first game drive in almost a year and a half. Two trips to the reserve had been cancelled in the...

The Lions of the Southern Pride

The Limpopo-Lipadi reserve encompasses about 21 000 hectares of African bush, where lions are the main predators. With guidance from our experienced rangers, you can follow the footprints, find the pride and see how different individuals interact with one another. The...

Autumn

To some people autumn, or as our American friends call it, “fall”, signifies the end of a year of life, as winter with all its deprivations lies waiting around the corner. It is hard to believe that within fifteen minutes of the sun setting on a hot and sweaty day,...

Working on our beloved wild dogs

For Gabriella Postiglione, working with animals has always been a part of her plan. As a young girl living in Italy, she realised that she was destined to work with wild animals. Her journey has taken her from Italy to America, Tunisia, South Africa and Botswana,...

Cute and noisy: bush baby

During your evening drives in the reserve, you may spot their shining eyes bouncing around in your torch beam, or they may wake you up in the early hours of the morning to their ear-splitting shrieks: the elusive and incredibly cute bush baby. Bush babies, also called...

After the Big Five check out the Small Five

On the list of wildlife spotters is always the ‘Big Five’ (rhino, lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo). But did you know, there’s a complimentary ‘Small Five’? They are the leopard tortoise, rhino beetle, elephant shrew, ant lion and buffalo weaver. Clearly, the...