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Historical Ithala Game Reserve Revisited
Historical Ithala Game Reserve Revisited – by guest author Gwynne Howells The historical Ithala Game Reserve must be scenically the most beautiful protected area in South Africa. The deep forested gorges and valleys, grassy plateaus and rugged cliffs confront you at every turn. It is certainly a land of wood and water with many perennial […]
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Advantage Tours St Lucia
Advantage Tours St Lucia offer estuary tours and whale watching in St Lucia within the greater iSimangaliso Wetland Park on the North Coast of Zululand
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Summer in South Africa
This rangers report is courtesy of Leopard Mountain Lodge and is action packed with news from ranger Chase, Andrew, Adam, Kelwan & Donald. Although its an old post, it gives us a glimpse into life on a game reserve and a typical summer in South Africa. Summer in South Africa Summer brings its changes throughout the country. The […]
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Leopard Sightings along the Msunduze River
Winter is slowly but surely releasing its grip on us and the reserve has begun the annual burns. A large area north of the Msunduze River is now black with ash making way for new grass growth during spring. Some exciting news is that our leopard sightings along the Msunduse river have been picking up […]
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Discovering the Ancient Forests of KwaZulu-Natal
Guest author Gwynne Howells takes us on a journey of discovering the ancient forests of KwaZulu-Natal, and how life has adapted around them since the beginning of time. Today, forests occupy approximately one-third of Earth’s land area, account for over two-thirds of the leaf area of land plants, and contain about 70% of carbon present in […]
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Rhino Poachers Get Jailed
Sentencing was handed down in the White River Magistrates Court on Monday 31 August 2015. Each poacher was sentenced to eleven years for possessing an unlicensed firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, as well as trespassing.
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Catfight in the bush as Lion takes on Leopard
Guest Post by Leopard Mountain Lodge by rangers Ivor, Chase and Adam during their walks and drives at Zululand Rhino Reserve. We trust you have had a great month. Where to start? Perhaps with the evidence of a battle of the cats as lion fights leopard, or an irritated Black Rhino who chased Ostriches through the plains. […]
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NY Antique Dealer Jailed for Rhino Horn & Ivory Products
A New York antiques dealer was sentenced on 5 December 2013 for conspiracy to smuggle rhino horn and ivory in the form of artifacts from Asia. The antiques dealer, Qiang Wang, was sentenced to three years and one month with a further three years supervised release by a United States federal court. In our opinion this is […]
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iSimangaliso gets clean audit
The 2013 audit for iSimangaliso has been released, and the Auditor-General has given a thumbs up to a clean audit and performance review. Covering a financial as well as performance review, the audit confirms iSimangaliso has achieved its objectives committed to in its business plan submitted to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and National Parliament. Inscribed […]
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Dung Beetles Use Milky Way for Navigation
dung beetles are the first animals proven to use the Milky Way for orientation