by ecom | Apr 18, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
As can happen on safari, we came round a bend in the road to be confronted by a large bull elephant. He was not happy about this and quite soon nor were we. Waving his trunk and flapping his ears to make him appear even larger he started coming for us. Fortunately,...
by ecom | Apr 15, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
It was a stormy evening drive, with electric storms in the far. As bush lovers know: most animals make sure they stay in hiding with this kind of weather, as it is hard to hear or smell a predator sneaking up on you. Which doesn’t make for the perfect game viewing,...
by ecom | Apr 4, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
The first story: “As we drove up on the Middle Plains last week we were struck by a strange sighting in the far: loads of white dots that were densely sprinkled. What was it? We drove a bit closer, but not too close as we didn’t want to disturb whatever it...
by ecom | Apr 1, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
After a long hot day, while we are happily snoring away at our lodges, many animals take advantage of the cooler night to replenish. In this time-lapse video footage (which is also called ‘snapshotting’) at one of the waterholes we caught the breeding herd of...
by ecom | Mar 28, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings, Volunteers
As shareholders we are so privileged to be able to come back to Limpopo-Lipadi on a regular basis and call the place our home away from home. There is less of a need to ‘chase’ and see the big predators every day of our visit. Although there is always that lingering...
by ecom | Mar 25, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings, Volunteers
Motse volunteer, Helen, shares a story of one of her favourite animals, the cheeky warthog! “I love sitting in the hides at the waterholes, because you never know which animals are going to show up. One of my favourite animals is a warthog because they always have...
