by Melissa Smit | Nov 27, 2015 | Birds, General, Hyena, Jackal, Rhino, Special nature events, Wild encounters
Watching scavengers consume the remains of a rhino Not long ago, one of our mature rhino bulls injured a young female rhino to such an extent that she died of her injuries the next day. It was a very sad event, more so because the poaching of rhino in South Africa for...
by Eugene | Aug 21, 2015 | Jackal, Leopard, Special nature events, Wild encounters
Some cats just don’t like to share In Kapama, we’re lucky to have a couple of relaxed resident leopards that carry on about their business as if we’re not there. One such leopard, a female, was recently spotted enjoying a hard-earned impala kill with her two cubs,...
by Johan | Dec 21, 2010 | General, Jackal
One of the big advantages of our night drives, is that we often encounter creatures normally not seen or less seen during the day. Last night we were fortunate enough to came across a group of Black Backed Jackal. Two adults and 2 younger pups. We were not there for...
by Liezel | Oct 31, 2010 | General, Jackal
Whilst I was driving to find a perfect spot for a nice sundowner drink we stumbled upon an amazing sighting. My tracker switched on our spotlight and when we looked to the left we saw two little eyes peeping at us but at that stage we didn’t know what it was. Until we...
by Liezel | Oct 9, 2010 | General, Jackal
On our way back to the lodge after a wonderful morning game drive ,all the guests were tired and looked forward to have a decent breakfast, When we stumbled onto a black back jackal that were busy attacking a white back vulture He pinned it down by holding onto the...
by Tim | Nov 22, 2009 | General, Jackal
After the heavy rains we have just had, the winged termites known as Alates were abundantly found on Kapama’s Eastern section. We were driving past KK dam and came across a pair of Black-Backed Jackals who were feasting on these insects. My guests found it quite...
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