New Ostrich Chicks
A couple of months ago rangers Greg Pingo and Pete Thorpe made the wonderful discovery of an ostrich nest in the grasslands. It was a find completely by chance, as …
A couple of months ago rangers Greg Pingo and Pete Thorpe made the wonderful discovery of an ostrich nest in the grasslands. It was a find completely by chance, as …
As do most weeks in the bush, this one had its ups and downs. Unfortunately, the down was a really big one, and we are still a little bit in shock …
Ten out of ten. That’s literally all we should need to say for everyone to be able to walk away from this post smiling. And we’re not referring to the …
It’s getting tough to choose what to look for on drive these days. With an active wild dog den, at least two female leopards with cubs (that we know of), …
It was just around the time lockdown started that we suspected the Nkoveni female had given birth, but it wasn’t until a couple of days ago that we finally caught …
A pack of wild dogs were found in the morning, close to a pan. Hoping that they were still there resting while it was still hot, we set out that …
The rain last week might have dampened the reserve, but it in no way dampened spirits or the wildlife sightings. On the first proper rainy day, the Ximungwe female was …
There are some drives that stick with you for life… We expected quite a heavy storm to hit us one evening. It looked very much like we might get hail, …
It’s great to celebrate the small things, especially when you live amongst nature. So when Operations Manager Will Ford came to tell us about the tiny bushbuck that had just …
On a recent safari with guest Jackson Steele, his wife and friends, one sighting in particular stood out for us all. Jackson takes us through it below: Game Drive #5 …
Lions moving through water. The Money Shot. I don’t know what it is about a photo of a lion or lions wading across a river – no matter how shallow …
Sometimes things in the bush just seem to go your way. It was my guests’ last evening drive and we had been really lucky with what we had seen over …
It’s not what you think. The title, thankfully, is literal. The Tsalala lioness was found moving along the southern bank of the Sand River with her three small cubs, but …
There are many joys of being out in the wilderness and connecting to nature. The African bush can have an addictive effect on many people; as is evident in the …
A few months ago, my wife and I were on an afternoon safari with Grant Rodewijk and Jerry Hambama. It was getting dark and we were heading back when Jerry …