The day of the mouse!
You don’t have to spend very long in a game reserve or park to realize that it a very treacherous environment for the four-legged, two-legged and even the legless inhabitants. With very few exceptions,...
Category: Nature
A visit to Porcupine Camp in Namibia
One of the highlights of a recent trip was a visit to Porcupine Camp situated about 8 kilometers out of Kamanjab on the C40. It’s not uncommon for farms to specialize in certain animals,...
Mating Lions
The photographs of animals and birds that are posted on our web site are invariably taken “in the wild” and not in zoos or other places where the animals or birds are confined in...
The Hippopotamus or River Horse
Picture this … Two tourists climb into a boat with a guide and as they glide upstream the guide tells them that if they are confronted by an aggressive hippopotamus they mustn’t even think...
Crocodiles – sneaky devils of the deep
I’ve just finished reading the delightful little story “The Elephant’s Child” by Rudyard Kipling (Just So stories) in which he described how the elephant got its trunk. A curious little elephant went on a...
Spitzkoppe Revisited
One of our favourite areas in Namibia is the Erongo region and we’ve spent many happy hours exploring this amazing part of the country. It is here that one finds the majestic Spitzkoppe mountains...
The Big Five – Part 5 – The African Elephant
Today’s blog on elephants is the final in my five part series about The Big Five. Elephants have always been on my personal list of favourite animals. There is something about elephants that I...
The Big Five – Part Four – Rhinoceros
Over the past three weeks I have blogged about the animals known in southern Africa as ‘The Big Five.” Today it’s the turn of the rhinoceros, of which there are two species in our...
The Big Five : Part 3 – African Lions
I started my Big Five blogs with articles about leopards and buffalo. Today is the turn of the mighty lion – one of the most impressive animals in Africa. We’ve been fortunate enough to...
The Big Five : Part 2 – The African Cape Buffalo
I started my five part series of articles on The Big Five by chatting about the leopard. The second one on my list is the most dangerous of them all – the African Cape...
The Big Five : Part 1 – Leopards
Anyone who has been to (or done research on) the game reserves in central and southern Africa will be familiar with the term “the Big Five”, which relates to leopards, lions, elephants, rhinoceros and...
Etosha National Park in the rainy season
Rob and I celebrated our wedding anniversary this year by visiting the Etosha National Park in Namibia. February isn’t the best time of the year to visit the park as it’s right in the...
Close encounters of the elephant kind
Being a great lover of elephants and also having close ties to KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, I was saddened to read recently of the death of conservationist Lawrence Anthony, the author of “The...
Rolling out the praise for dung beetles
We were fortunate enough to spend last weekend on the farm Vendetta about 150 kms south east of Windhoek. This was our fourth visit to this amazing farm and as usual game and farm...
Black-backed jackals
A small mammal that we come across often on our travels is the Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas). This fox-like animal is fairly common in most habitats, but especially in the game reserves in southern...
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