Hippo Life

Hippos are living the life with the Limpopo River still flowing strong. The river will drop further in the coming weeks and with the receding water, the hippos will need to find other refuge somewhere downstream. For now, it’s a treat to drive down to...

Keeping an Eagle Eye

With the abundant rains of the summer, the grass is still standing tall, and bushes and trees are still full of leaves. Although it’s beautifully green, it does make it rather difficult to spot game. The cold of winter and the fact that wildlife have had quite a...

A rare enough encounter with the wild dogs

It was such a treat to bump into Limpopo-Lipadi’s pack of wild dogs. Operations manager Duane seems to be the lucky one, who sees them more often than anyone else. Luck was on his side when he came across the pack just before sunset. He saw the opportunity to take...

Elephants in the River

On the riverside, where most lodges are located, you will regularly bump into a group of five roaming elephant bulls. Their attitude is completely relaxed and you often see them making their rounds through River Camp and Island Lodge, unfazed by cars and people....

Morning Traffic

Mornings are cold this time of year, and the guinea fowl have taken to the habit of warming up on the sandy roads. Run, run, run… That is what they do before at long last they lift off and get out of our way.

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...