by ecom | Oct 21, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
A couple of years ago, Limpopo-Lipadi had a large pack of the endangered African wild dogs. What a delight it was to encounter them so regularly out on their hunts, or lazing around near a waterhole or in the shade. Wild dogs are highly social animals with a lot of...
by ecom | Oct 14, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
The driest period of the year is upon us and animals are trying to find the increasingly scarce water sources at the reserve, which makes this an excellent time to do game viewing. Although admittedly, there are some animals that you hardly ever find, even in this...
by ecom | Oct 7, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
Having a good number of lions in the reserve does not necessarily mean that you stumble over them in our 200-something square kilometres. And so, on some visits, you may start giving up on the idea of seeing lions. There may be tracks galore, but no living proof of,...
by ecom | Sep 23, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
Game viewing was calm, very calm. All the radios were quiet, apart from the guides chatting and updating each other in Setswana, as usual. So instead of trying to find the animals, we decided to let them find us while sitting safely sheltered in one of...
by ecom | Sep 16, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
Limpopo-Lipadi is proud to have 14 kilometres of beautiful Limpopo river frontage, with its precious ecosystem and riverine trees and bush. Due to dams more upstream and some years of less than expected rains, the river runs almost dry in the winter, but in summer the...
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...