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...
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...
Welcome to the Kariega monthly newsletter!
First up, although we are losing a beloved and well known rhino cow, we are gaining a long anticipated black rhino in the near future!
Some other interesting animal matters - there are new lion cubs, no...
The south-east Cape coast is an area regularly beset by drought. The family farm diary bears witness to this, and it seems that hardly a year passed that was not “the worst in living memory.” Nonetheless for close on 200 years farming activities...
It was in April 1947 that Dr Robert Broom, the noted doctor-turned-palaeontologist, announced to the world the discovery at Sterkfontein caves, some 70 km south-west of Pretoria, of “Mrs Ples,” the fossilized skull of an Australopithecus...
In the early morning hours of 4 August 1782, driven by a south-westerly gale, the 729 ton English East India Company vessel, the Grosvenor, reputed to be a “treasure ship”, went aground in a gully to the north-east of Tezani Stream on the coast of...
We came here not knowing what to expect and not knowing who we were going to be sharing a house with. On both accounts the experience was LOVELY! Each day has brought a new adventure and our volunteer coordinator’s skills and knowledge has opened up a whole new world for us. I cannot begin to say which day was a highlight as all of them are so different and life changing.