by Nick-Kapama | Feb 15, 2023 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Leopard, Rhino, Wild Dogs, Wild encounters, Zebra
It was difficult to assess how long the wild dogs had already been on Kapama when we received word they had been seen. As roamers, they can cover over 50km within a single day and we were not sure if they would stay for a while or move on again as they are not...
by Nick-Kapama | Nov 3, 2022 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Leopard, Rhino, Wild encounters
Every new rhino born into the world is an incredible thing and worth celebrating. Furthermore, we love sharing hero stories of animals who have fought to survive even the worst circumstances. Being a nature reserve, conserving and protecting our wildlife and...
by Nick-Kapama | Feb 23, 2022 | Big 5, conservation, Environment, Featured Articles, Leopard, Pangolin, Wild encounters
Leopards have a lot of competition out in the wild like Lions and Hyenas, even though they are great hunters. As small predators that are solitary walking through bushes and tall grasses, they need to be vigilant as they look for prey and look out for danger. Leopards...
by Nick-Kapama | Dec 20, 2021 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Leopard, Rhino, Wild encounters
This past week at Kapama we celebrated the birth of a new rhino calf. Every new rhino born into the world is an incredible thing. However, this story did not have such a glamorous beginning. Over five years ago, on 19 January 2016, the mother of the rhino calf endured...
by Nick-Kapama | Oct 23, 2021 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Game Drive, Leopard, Rhino, Wild encounters
For those of you that have ever been on a safari, I am sure you would have heard the phrase – “if you skip a game drive, you will miss the animal that you want to see the most”. For me, this infamous phrase has come true on a couple of occasions. ...
by Nick-Kapama | Sep 18, 2021 | Big 5, Environment, Featured Articles, Leopard, Wild encounters
It was a beautiful spring day. I asked my guests if they wanted to leave slightly earlier on our afternoon drive, as we were on the hunt for the elusive leopard. It was the one animal my guests were desperate to see out in the wild. I heard earlier from a colleague a...
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