Limpopo-Lipadi Blog

Bradley and I went for a walk down to Hippo Pools Hide on the 23rd of June at around 5.15 in the afternoon. On our arrival, we had the most amazing sighting of tens of thousands, possibly millions of red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) birds performing a beautifully choreographed ballet around us, rushing in and flattening an island of papyrus reeds as they landed. The flocks of quelea, looking like a rolling black cloud, migrate to the river bed in the afternoon and leave for their daily activities in the early mornings.

An opportunity to again visit Limpopo-Lipadi came our way with friends John and Yolande Fulton visiting us from Canada. We together did a Botswana trip including the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Savuti and Chobe and John and Yolande were very keen to visit Limpopo-Lipadi, which was much simplified by having Peter arrange our grocery shopping for the visit. Following the Limpopo-Lipadi stay, we were also able to include 2 nights at the new South African National Park of Mapungubwe, which we highly recommend in combination with a stay at Limpopo-Lipadi.