Last week was action packed for Kariega’s new volunteers, and this week is looking like it will be more of the same!!! Shortly after their arrival at Kariega the elephant herd politely introduced themselves to the volunteers by parading past our...

Another month gone and autumn is on its way!

We have another beautiful baby giraffe, born 23 March 2011. This photo was taken a day later, still wobbly and staying very close to mom.

A flower growing in clumps in front of reception and all across...

Here we are the end of another month already!

No new babies on the reserve this month, but here are some pics of the little ones who are not so little anymore!

For those not lucky enough to have seen our buffalo lately, they are getting big...

Despite their proximity - they have set up home within ten metres of our living-room windows - and their at times anti-social behaviour - they are given to littering, and in the early hours of the morning to calling to one another at the tops of...

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...