Life in Cape Town

http://youtu.be/rKI2kErqWT4 Life in Cape Town Cape Town has a bit of everything on it’s doorstep, from the mountains to the sea and everything in between. See this beautiful video made by MrBrynnorth showcasing some of the amazing adventures in and around the city. Other Blogs WATCH Ellen and the South African Couple Devoted to Wildlife…

Flamingo season in Sua Pan, Nata Bird Sanctuary

An unpredictable phenomena, breeding flamingos in their hundreds and thousands yearly turn Sua Pan a deep pink. Sua Pan, located in the Nata Bird Sanctuary, is one of only three remaining prime breeding sites for flamingos in Africa where Lesser Flamingos breed on a regular basis. The other two are Lake Natron and Etosha Pan.…

Saving a desert elephant

By way of background, the desert elephants of Namibia’s Kunene Region are a distinctive population that have adapted to life in an extremely arid environment. They are one of only two populations of “desert” elephants in the world (the other is in Mali, North Africa) and have a number of notable physical and behavioral differences.…

World Rhino Day

IT was in the company of the late Paul van Schalkwyk, the Namibian filmmaker and businessman, that I first tracked a rhino. It was on a game farm close to Otjiwarongo, about two decades ago. I stood in awe when I first saw this beast from a 10-metre distance. I realised that I stood in…