by Nicole Walker | Sep 22, 2019 | Big 5, endangered, Environment, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Nature, Rhino, Wild Dogs, Wild encounters
Today, the 22nd of September is labelled as, ‘World Rhino Day.’ A day that is dedicated to raising awareness in the plight of such an iconic animal. The Rhinoceros, which means ‘nose horn’ is often shortened to just rhino. Currently there are five species...
by Nicole Walker | Sep 18, 2019 | endangered, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Nature, Wild Dogs, Wild encounters
Recently we have been extremely lucky to have a pack of wild dogs join us on Kapama Private Game Reserve. The African Wild Dog, or “painted dog” is listed as endangered on the IUCN RED LIST and is the second most endangered mammal in Africa. With home ranges of up to...
by Nicole Walker | Sep 11, 2019 | Buffalo Camp, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Impala, Nature, python, ranger, Snakes, Wild encounters
Most people are normally not very big fans of snakes, but you have to appreciate them for the incredible animals that they are. Southern African Rock Pythons are currently listed in the South African Red Data Book as vulnerable. Large ones are often killed as they...
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...
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