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Seeds of success

A champion at the indigenous nursery at Skukuza, Meurel Baloyi is on a mission to make all the rest camp gardens in Kruger water-wise.

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Summer 2019 / 2020
Marvellous  meerkats of Mata-Mata
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Marvellous meerkats of Mata-Mata

Brace yourself to be welcomed suricate-style the next time you pitch camp at this ever-popular spot in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2019 / 2020
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Who's who?

Even regular park-goers struggle to distinguish a rhebok from a reedbuck. The differences are subtle but significant.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2019 / 2020
Friends of the fluffball
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Friends of the fluffball

White-fronted plovers breed in summer – the same time many people take their seaside holiday. A significant decline in their numbers means life is hardly ‘a day at the beach’ for these birds

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4 mins  |
Summer 2019 / 2020
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Festive Karoo

On a Christmas holiday in the Karoo, a keen birder and his family soak up the heat in four Wild Card parks. Their reward included special sightings, endless views and a wilderness feeling.

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5 mins  |
Summer 2019 / 2020
Love struck
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Love struck

A leopard mating ritual is a rare and thrilling sight. Even more extraordinary to witness an amorous affair involving three members of this elusive Big Five species in Kruger.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2019 / 2020
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BEACH MODELS

Rocky shores and sandy beaches are where you’ll find the African black oystercatcher. Summer is breeding season, so look out for nest scrapes close to rocks and kelp.

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2 mins  |
Summer 2019 / 2020
Room To Roam
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Room To Roam

The ‘elephant problem’ in some protected areas is controversial, but numbers are no longer the focus of elephant management.

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5 mins  |
Winter 2016
Right Of Way
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Right Of Way

Every animal killed on our highways and by-ways is tragic. But surely creatures don’t end up as roadkill in protected areas? Sadly, they do.

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4 mins  |
Summer 2017/2018
Top Notch
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Top Notch

Nyathi rest camp addo elephant national park

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2 mins  |
Spring 2017
Endless Summer
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Endless Summer

Come spring, West Coast National Park is a safe haven for many migratory birds that chase the sun.

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2 mins  |
Spring 2017
Great Cedars From Little Seeds Grow
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Great Cedars From Little Seeds Grow

The community of Heuningvlei takes pride in an annual conservation event, which has seen some 2 000 Clanwilliam cedar trees planted over the past 15 years.

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Spring 2017
A Surf & Turf Adventure
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A Surf & Turf Adventure

How much action can one adventurer fit into a weekend in the Wilderness Section of Garden Route National Park? Wild joins the ride as Letshego Zulu zips and zooms through fynbos and forest to follow her passion.

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Spring 2017
Friends In High Places
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Friends In High Places

The challenging Swellendam Hiking Trail, one of South Africa’s top 10 hikes, has recently reopened. It’s a festival of flora all year round as you explore the fynbos treasures of Marloth Nature Reserve.

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4 mins  |
Spring 2017
Hoop-Hoop, It's A Hoopoe
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Hoop-Hoop, It's A Hoopoe

With its striking plumage and spectacular crown of feathers, the African hoopoe is an unmistakable sighting.

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2 mins  |
Spring 2017