by Nicole Walker | Sep 11, 2019 | African rock python, Buffalo Camp, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Impala, Nature, 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. African Rock Pythons are currently listed in the South African Red Data Book as vulnerable. Large ones are often killed as they are a...
by Nicole Walker | Sep 4, 2019 | Big 5, Featured Articles, Hyena, Leopard, Nature, Wild encounters
We were ready to set out on our evening safari from River Lodge and everybody made sure they had a warm jacket packed in. Although we are officially in South African Spring, the evening air still packs a slight bite as the sun begins to drop. As we set out on our way...
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...
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