by ecom | May 13, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
A slow morning, not much happening, it was heating up quickly, so we decided to head back to the lodge. Passing the ‘leopard tree’ where we sometimes see the occasional leopard up on a branch, one of the passengers in the car said, more out of habit than that she was...
by ecom | May 6, 2019 | Conservation, Reserve, Sightings
All endemic creatures great and small are well represented in the Reserve, but where many people’s interest is often focused on seeing the Big Five we also like to put some light on those smaller creatures with their interesting social lives and habits. Like for...
by ecom | Apr 18, 2019 | Reserve, Sightings
Sitting in the hide at Mogorosi one morning it was quite a calm affair: guinea fowls quarrelling, doves bathing, impala carefully coming for drinks, accompanied by a large herd of zebra. It was one of those moments where your thoughts wander off and the hours slowly...
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 8, 2019 | Community, Sightings
Some of our lions seem to have a particular liking to make themselves comfortable right in the middle of Limpopo-Lipadi’s gravel roads. Like here: one of the River Boys, who was rather unfazed by the arrival of the game drive vehicle. He stretched and yawned...
