Welcome to the New Year!

Some more wild orchids have been identified on the reserve, the Mystacidium capense was photographed on 2007-05-03 but was only identified this month - enjoy!

This (Eulophia clavicornis) little yellow beauty was...

We snaked silently through the bush following in the footsteps of our game-ranger. He paused and while un-slinging the rifle from his shoulder, lifted his left hand as a signal for us to stop. What had he seen? After a few moments he turned slowly...

It was finding a large sheet of cork that led to my collecting insects. I brought it home from where I had found it amongst the rubbish behind the shops. It was obviously something out of the ordinary, and a treasure to a small boy, but I wasn't...

Hallo, hallo!!
It is time for eating too much, having all those obscure relatives over and of course giving and receiving tons of gifts, hugs and kisses. Yes folks, it is Christmas time and all of Kariega is gearing up for the guests and...

Well here we are again – almost at the end of another year!

Summer is here and so are the storks, very busy delivering all the new babies to the animal parents out there.

The lioness has finally decided to bring out her three cubs and share them...

Everything about warthogs charmed and delighted my mother. She approved of their usually inoffensive behaviour despite their ferocious looks. “They're just like cousin Fred,” she informed us, referring to a distant relative that none of us younger...

In Europe and North America, ecologists, apiarists and others are concerned about the future of the honey bee, swarms of which have been declining. The loss of these pollinators is a potentially serious problem for fruit and vegetable farmers, and...

We have quite a few new births in the animal kingdom, some of which include elephant, zebra, giraffe and some reedbuck!

The long awaited black rhino has also arrived and has been seen by a lucky few.

Two more species of wild orchid were...

Everywhere one goes young animals are to be seen, and the talk at lunch-time centres around the lioness and her cubs and whether or not they have been seen during the morning. Beside the road to River Lodge a Cape Spotted Eagle Owl has a nest...