As the silly season slowly disappears, the days have been long and hot! The 21st December was the Summer Solstice.  Having had the longest day in the year, the days will start becoming shorter until...

This morning while on drive we found the pride of lions on lodge road. We followed them when a flock of guinea fowls started calling alarm having seen the lions. The alarm call aroused the attention...

Yesterday we saw a Dark Chanting Goshawk sitting in a Knob thorn tree, north of Mamba dam, busy feeding on another bird. We could not identify its prey at first but as we approached we found that it...

The answer a lot of people are looking for is, why are the larger animals like hippo, elephant and rhino vegetarian and not meat eaters?   Well to be able to sustain such a large body one needs a...

We often get asked by our guests how fast certain animals can run, so here are the running speeds of a few common African animals.   African...

This is a question that I was asked again on last afternoons game drive when we drove past a collection of animals consisting of zebra, giraffe and impala.  There are many other species that will...