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Eland

Eland, Tragelaphus oryx, are the largest antelope species in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as here at Kapama. Our herd used to be quite large, but over time our lions have compressed the number down...

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Migration

For the last month we have been noticing a lot of the migrating bird species that are back for the summer, some for breeding and others for a nice summer holiday.   Some birds migrate all the way...

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Babies

With the coming of the rainy season, so too come many new animals. The impala lambs seem to be being born by the hundreds, young vervet monkeys,  hanging onto mom for dear life as she climbs up and...

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Mozambique Spitting Cobra

Returning from game drive yesterday evening I noticed a snake lying in the road on my trackers side. Warning him of its presence, I stopped and then discovered that it was a Mozambique spitting...

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2x Kills

This morning I came across a very rare and amazing sighting. We found our four sub-adult lionesses had made two kills next to one another; the one was a young blue wildebeest which is quite normal...

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What you might expect…

A usual question posed to any ranger is, “What do you see when on drive and what is better, the morning, or the afternoon drive?” A great example that answers both of these questions are the drives...

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