by Nicole Walker | Aug 23, 2019 | Big 5, Featured Articles, Leopard, Lion, Nature, Pangolin, Wild encounters
The day started with the usual morning coffee and meeting my guests before our game drive at Southern Camp. I set out on drive hoping to see maybe some Lions or even the gentle giants of the bush veld. Not even 5 minutes from Kapama Southern Camp, we encounter one of...
by Nicole Walker | Aug 8, 2019 | Featured Articles, Game Drive, Giraffe, Kapama River Lodge, Nature, Wild encounters
Coming across two male giraffe in a clearing, on a game drive with my guests from River Lodge,started off to be quite relaxed or seen as a normal sighting of two “long necks”. As we approached, we discovered that there was more to this meeting than we thought. These...
by Nicole Walker | Aug 1, 2019 | Featured Articles, Game Drive, Hyena, hyena, Nature, southern camp, Wild encounters
The one animal that has fascinated me the most, is the Spotted Hyena. They are a well-known animal as they have featured in a few TV shows and movies, with probably one of the most famous being The Lion King, housing a reputation and a bad one at that. One early...
by Nicole Walker | Jul 26, 2019 | Big 5, Buffalo Camp, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Nature, Rhino, Wild encounters
Most of us are aware of the situation we are currently facing with the huge rhino poaching crisis in Southern Africa. This makes every sighting that we get of rhinos even more special than ever before because we don’t how long we will still have them roaming the...
by Nicole Walker | Jul 18, 2019 | Cheetah, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Kapama River Lodge, Leopard, Lion, Nature, Wild encounters
Now that the bush has undergone its transition from its lush, green summer look to the various shades of winter browns, the cats that live out here gain the ultimate advantage. Camouflage! Cheetah’s with their tan coats and black spots makes them almost invisible in...
by Nicole Walker | Jul 11, 2019 | Big 5, Buffalo Camp, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Leopard, Nature, Wild encounters
On a morning game drive a few days ago, we were lucky enough to find a young male Leopard that was lying in a beautiful large Knobthorn tree. My Buffalo Camp guests were ecstatic as Leopard, being one of the Big Five and very elusive, was high up on their bucket list....
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