The News We Have Been Waiting For | Virtual Safari #332
This week I have some news. Those of you who have been following the Nkoveni Female’s story over the last few weeks will want to read on. I’m not going …
This week I have some news. Those of you who have been following the Nkoveni Female’s story over the last few weeks will want to read on. I’m not going …
There are few moments in the wild more difficult to earn than finding evidence of a leopard den. Not because leopards are rare, nor because cubs are impossible to see, …
This week the Nkoveni story continued — and tested my patience in ways I probably deserved. If you watched last week’s episode, you’ll know where we left off. She’d finished …
There are moments out here that feel as though the bush lets you in on a secret, fleeting and fragile. This was one of those mornings. We set out early …
There’s a recurring joke in my household, usually delivered with a weary look from my darling Samantha after a long afternoon wrangling our two epic (read: chaotic) kids, that the …
Lionesses 2, Sean 0. That was the situation by the end of our second attempt to find the Kambula Females, and I am not too proud to admit that the …
There are episodes that entertain, episodes that educate, and then there are episodes that stop you dead in your tracks and remind you just why the African bush is unlike …
What a weekend this turned out to be. It started with something I never thought I’d see in my lifetime. An albino zebra foal. . From there we turned our …
For the past few months, the Ximungwe Female has kept us all guessing. After returning from leave earlier in the year, I was fortunate to see her on a couple …
Some discoveries in the bush happen by pure instinct. Others… happen 17 days later. This week’s Virtual Safari comes with a confession. While searching for the Ximungwe Female’s den a …
This week’s Virtual Safari is a gentle reminder that some stories in the bush unfold on their own terms — and that patience is often part of the privilege. Following …
The final hours of the year are upon us. Here at the lodge, the team is gearing up for those long-awaited New Year festivities, and this one more so than …
This week’s Virtual Safari begins with one of those incredible moments that sticks with you forever. After a call came in from Melvin and Milton about a newly discovered lion …
There’s a subtle kind of magic that comes with late afternoons in the bush. Just before the sun dips below the horizon, the air becomes cool and still—the world is …
Following on from last week’s Virtual Safari—where we left the Kambula Lioness with her four cubs feeding on a carcass in the den—we were curious to know what had unfolded …