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Warthog Heaven
It's our dry season at the moment and the days are warming up nicely. What water is left over from the annual flows in the rivers and streambeds is slowly drying up. The Limpopo is still flowing strongly, thanks to unseasonable rains in the catchment earlier this year, but the pools and springs elsewhere on Sentinel Ranch are beginning…
Nearly stepped on a leopard
Walked around a bush next to the fever tree pan today to flush birds towards my client so she could photograph what was in there. The birds flew off, however, so as I rejoined her, the thick, high sedge grass on the edge of the fever tree pan behind her exploded and a leopard went bounding off into the…
Another fantastic Tour de Tuli mountain bike event on Sentinel Ranch
Well, they did it again! Children in the Wilderness pulled off another astoundingly successful Tour de Tuli mountain bike adventure last weekend for over 350 participants with another meticulously organised trans-boundary cycling event in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GM-TFCA) through three countries: Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa! Four days saw avid cyclists peddling through spectacular semi-arrid terrain…
Leopards everywhere you look!
Our leopards are not habituated to people at all, so sightings on this 32,000ha property are incredibly special. Unlike many eco safari destinations, we don't bait our leopards to guarantee a sighting, nor do we have trackers and scouts out reporting on their whereabouts, and we don't have radio collars on them either! We've had three excellent sightings in…