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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2010
The Lodge has had a week of extremely cold weather – typical winters day starts with chilly mornings followed by afternoons with temperatures reaching the mid twenties Celsius.The Lodge has had regular sightings of four bat-eared foxes. The best time of day for spotting these creatures is in the mid afternoon as they forage for [...]
Posted in Namibia Safari, Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2010
The winter weather patterns in the Skeleton National Coast Park have been highly irregular over the month of July with blisteringly hot winds blasting sand into the camp for days. The only relief has been the odd cold breezes which have blown in from the coast, bringing the Atlantic fog. Towards the end of the [...]
Posted in Namibia Safari, Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2010
Whilst driving towards the Skeleton Coast Camp guides spotted a lion and lioness in the Palmwag Concession. The lions seemed to be very relaxed which made for some excellent photographic opportunities. They sent some of the photographs to Dr Flip Stander – who has been researching these desert lions for years.
He recognised the male [...]
Posted in Botswana Safari, Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2010
As with the other Wilderness camps in the Okavango Delta, Jacana has had its own share of flood water stories and with the waters reaching the main deck, guests have been enjoying some fishing along with their pre-dinner drinks – some managing to catch a few catfish.The daily temperatures have been pleasant with day time [...]
Posted in Tanzania Safari, Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2010
The Rubondo Island National Park is situated in the south western corner of Lake Victoria in Tanzania. It is Tanzania’s only park on Lake Victoria and attracts only a small number of visitors – mainly bird enthusiasts and fisherman.
The island measures 28km in length and 4 km in width and consists of a partially submerged [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, africa safari on Jun 14th, 2010
TANZANIA:
Swala Camp
Swala Camp is located in a remote and beautiful setting of majestic acacia trees in the southern Tarangire National Park. During the main dry season between June and October this is one of the most exciting places to be in Tanzania and the waterhole within sight of Swala Camp is one of the few [...]
Posted in Kenya safari, Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2010
Shaba is incredibly beautiful with its rugged hills, undulating plains and striking red soil offering a stark contrast to the picturesque ribbon of green riverine woodland that borders the life giving Ewaso Nyiro River in Kenya. This terrain with great rocky kopjes (small hills) and lots of springs supports an amazing abundance of wildlife as [...]
Posted in Namibia Safari, Uncategorized on Apr 13th, 2010
The Skeleton Coast is named after the skeletal shipwrecks and whale bones that line the shores from the days of the whaling industry. More than 1000 wrecks line the shores creating an eerie, desolate atmosphere. The Bushmen of Namibia called the region the “The land God made in anger” and the Portuguese mariners referred to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, Wildlife news, Zimbabwe Safari on Apr 7th, 2010
There have been plenty of good rains of recent which has been good for propagating the green grass and replenishing the pans and water table. The rains have made the atmosphere fresh and the veld looks wonderful with green leaves and high grass. It continues to get even better as the good weather continues. The [...]
Posted in Tanzania Safari, Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2010
The crescent shaped Lake Manyara National Park adjoins the lake and supports an extraordinarily dense and varied population of wildlife. With its 315kms², the park is relatively small but the scenery is wonderful. In front of the steep wall of the Rift Valley open grassland turns into a landscape scattered with mahogany and fig trees [...]