by Nick-Kapama | Feb 24, 2020 | birding, Birds, conservation, Environment, Featured Articles, folklore, Nature, Wild encounters
Southern Red-billed Hornbill People, throughout Africa, believed many strange things regarding birds. The bakgatla people have a proverb that says “if you shave the great earth mother’s green hair, she will lose her feathered lice”. In other words, if you destroy...
by Nick-Kapama | Jun 13, 2019 | birding, Birds, Birds of prey, Game Drive, Nature, ranger, Wild encounters
Did you know, Kapama Private Game Reserve has over 350 species of birds? An absolute dream location for birding enthusiasts, or anyone that just loves the sights and sounds of nature. One bird that falls under this list is the Dark-chanting Goshawk. It is a medium...
by Nick-Kapama | May 26, 2019 | birding, Birds, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Nature, ranger, Wild encounters
The Roller family; Coraciidae, gets its name from the acrobatic aerial displays that these birds perform during courtship and territorial displays. In southern Africa there are five Roller species, and here at Kapama, in amongst our 350 bird species, we are lucky...
by Nick-Kapama | Jan 23, 2019 | birding, Birds, Environment, Featured Articles, Leopard, Wild encounters
It’s a great privilege for us to work and live in the bush with all the big and small miracles surrounding by on a daily basis. As someone who has worked in the bush for over eight years, I often find myself taking our beautiful surroundings for granted. That is...
by Nick-Kapama | Apr 11, 2018 | birding, Birds, Featured Articles, Wild encounters
We set off for our afternoon safari from Kapama’s Buffalo camp. It was a wonderful and warm sunny afternoon in Africa. It just so happened to be my guest’s very first safari. There was immense excitement to see what the bushveld will deliver. As we made our way...
by Nick-Kapama | Jan 2, 2018 | Big 6 Birds, birding, Birds, Featured Articles, Stork
It was our afternoon game drive. We set out from Kapama’s Buffalo Camp in search of some of the big hairy and scary animals of the bush – none other than the members of the BIG 5. I decided to take a route that would allow us to visit a couple of the watering...
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