by Nicole Walker | Feb 6, 2020 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Leopard, Lion, Nature, Vulture, Wild encounters
Tree Climbing Lion One thing I love about being a ranger is that you never know what kind of Big Five sighting you might come across while on a Kapama game drive. My guests and I began our morning safari with a sense of excitement and intrigue as we made our way out...
by Nicole Walker | May 10, 2019 | Big 5, Birds of prey, Buffalo Camp, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Hyena, Jackal, Nature, ranger, Tracker, Tracking, Vulture, Wild encounters
Recently an old male Buffalo died in the middle of a muddy waterhole. The cause of death was difficult to determine as there could have been numerous reasons. But one thing we could be certain of was that the carcass of the Buffalo would not go to waste. In nature,...
by Nicole Walker | Dec 11, 2018 | Birds of prey, Featured Articles, General, Giraffe, Jackal, Kapama River Lodge, Seasons, Vulture
As a ranger, one of the things that I love about the bushveld is that that you never know what nature has in store for you on any given day. It might be a lilac breasted roller that you spot with its beautiful rainbow of colours brightening up a tree it’s...
by Melissa Smit | Nov 4, 2016 | Birds, Featured Articles, Special nature events, Vulture, Wild encounters
Working in the bush offers the opportunity to witness incredible wildlife interaction every day, but a few days ago, I saw something almost unbelievable. It was a beautiful sunny morning as I made my way back to my living quarters after the morning game drive. I saw...
by Melissa Smit | Sep 16, 2016 | Aardvark, African rock python, Birds, Creepy Crawlies, Crocodile, General, Impala, Mongoose, Pangolin, Snakes, Vulture, Wild encounters
Kapama Game Reserve is renowned for the rich variety of animals which guests are able to view on an average game drive – and no wonder – as the reserve forms part of a region that has an extremely high biodiversity of animals great and small. This area, called the...
by Melissa Smit | Mar 18, 2016 | Jackal, Special nature events, Vulture, Wildebeest
The circle of life A few days ago, on a calm and sunny morning, one of Mother Nature’s spectacles unfolded and my guests and I were fortunate to be allowed to witness it. We were heading towards the southern plains, where I’d heard rhinos had been spotted, when...
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