Limpopo-Lipadi Blog

Although you might think the title of this post is blowing our own trumpet a little too much we can happily say these are the words of a recent weekend visitor to the reserve who seems to have had a fabulous time! 

In their four night stay they listed sightings including leopard (x2), elephant (x4 occasions), the wild dogs hunting wildebeeste, African wild cat, brown hyena and more! Some of Anton's wonderful images follow below and more can be seen in the Wildlife and Birdlife galleries on the site. 

In his email Anton describes one afternoon at Mogorosi:

"We left camp at 1400, heading for Mogorosi where we planned to spend the afternoon. Arriving at the hide, it was quiet - only 2 eland. Renate then saw movement across the dam wall, wild dog! We drove around and spent a few minutes with them until they settled down. We returned to the hide. After a few minutes 2 elephant bulls arrived for a drink. When they started to leave again the wild dogs came for a drink, and the 1yr old pups chased after the elephants. Eventually they left, and only a few moments later 2 brown hyenas appeared, and we enjoyed their presence for 10 minutes or so. After dark we decided to head back via Tholo dam, where we found a male leopard (unfortunately couldn't ID) resting on the dam wall! He stood up and dissappeared over the dam wall. What an amazing afternoon, this type of afternoons is what make Limpopo-Lipadi so special..."

Many thanks for the lovely pictures Anton and such great feedback!

So if you like the sound of a short break at Limpopo-Lipadi or a couple of afternoons in our great bush hides, why not find out more about a stay with us now?

Avid Google Earth viewers will have noticed that large parts of the reserve are now covered by higher resolution satellite imagery than ever before. This has been useful for mapping the reserve but along the way has thrown up some interesting spots.

A kmz file of some of these can now be downloaded from the website, that amongst other things shows elephants leaving a waterhole and one of the cruisers at Mogorosi - could it have been you in that vehicle? Isn't it incredible to think that individual animals can be identified from pictures taken far above the earth!

What else can you spot hiding in the bush?

It was so pleasant to bump into two of our Giant friends at Mogorosi on Sunday the 10th of July 2011. It was strange to see that the two young bulls were very nervous and skittish, but that didn’t stop one from showing off and mock charging us just to show who’s the boss. What a great experience - an adrenalin rush!!! Luckily we know that a young bull will very seldom follow through with a charge - its just his performance to show his size and stature. After trumpeting and kicking up dust he turned around and went to drink again.