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 | Jan 22, 2020 | Environment, Featured Articles, Hyena, Nature, Wild encounters
A Mothers Love When you think of a Hyena, what comes to mind? A scavenger, the creepy laugh that fills the bush after the sun has set? Or the bad guy from the Lion King? But, they are not the lazy creatures that documentaries and animated stories make them out to be....
by Nicole Walker | Jan 14, 2020 | Environment, Featured Articles, Insects, Nature, scorpion, Wild encounters
Scorpions… Scary things nightmares are made of…Or just very misunderstood? Ever since we were young (for some of us that’s a far more recent memory than for others), there have been certain creatures which have topped the charts in competing for “The stuff...
by Nicole Walker | Jan 5, 2020 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Leopard, Nature, Wild encounters
Three is not a crowd Leopards are solitary animals and very rarely seen together. The only times we will see them together is a female with her cubs or perhaps males fighting for territory or even mating leopards, but usually only the male and one female. On one of...
by Nicole Walker | Dec 19, 2019 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Lion, Nature, Warthog, Wild encounters
Tug of War It was the last morning drive for my Kapama Buffalo Camp guests before they departed the greater Kruger area, to continue with their next South African adventure. They wanted to see the Lions one last time so we set off to see if we can go track them down. ...
by Nicole Walker | Dec 11, 2019 | Environment, Featured Articles, Hyena, Nature, snake, Snakes, Wild encounters
Un Unexpected Sighting It was about two months ago, on a beautiful spring morning when we set out on our safari. The morning started just as I liked it – with a stunning sunrise lighting up the sky in a series of breathtaking colours. We set out to look for Hyena’s...
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