by ecom | Sep 9, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
While on the look-out for a good viewing of the lion pride, shareholder Woody got a much better surprise during one of his evening drives: Limpopo-Lipadi’s two cheetahs. This is such a rare sight that there are enough shareholders who’ve never put eyes on them during...
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 | Aug 26, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
Sometimes you are woken during the night or in the early hours of the morning by a sound that can be so unsettling that your limbic system responds with shivers before your mind realises it is… a lion’s roar. Although it may sound like the lion is at your doorstep, he...
by ecom | Aug 19, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
If you ask one of our guides which animal they fear most, they unequivocally answer: elephant. Gentle giants usually, but oh so unpredictable if you unexpectedly bump into them where the bush is thick, when a bull is in musth or when the breeding herd is around. In...
by ecom | Aug 12, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
The spotted or striped hyena takes the spotlight in movies like the Lion King, while the brown hyena usually takes more of the backseat. Although the numbers of brown hyena are rapidly declining in southern Africa, at Limpopo-Lipadi we seem to have quite a number of...
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...
