Over the years hyenas’ have been a much persecuted species in Northern Natal and in particular on farm lands around Phinda. Hyena and leopard are the 2 species never to be reintroduced back onto Phinda. Due to our conservation efforts and the available protected land the hyena population is slowly recovering. Sightings in the northern woodlands are on ... Read more...
February has been very wet at Kirkman’s Kamp. This hot afternoon ended up in a huge thunderstorm with lighting and enormous rain pouring down.
A fantastic game drive exposed itself the next morning with all the rare animals coming out to be seen. Tortoises (leopard and hinge-backed), Terrapins, different types of frogs and also this rare visitor that ... Read more...
The dwarf bittern was one of the summer’s birding highlights at Kirkman’s Kamp. After only one sighting of the bird in the last wet season, the early rains this year promised us a lot more. We were very lucky on this trip to spot the bird as we left the lodge on a dried up watering hole. And again, Wally got a fantastic picture of a bird that he hadn’t ... Read more...
We were out bright and early this morning, and as the sun rose we headed eastwards along the road separating Ngala from the Kruger National Park. Our hope was to find tracks of a pride of lions that with any luck had crossed over to Ngala during the evening. Much to our delight we found tracks, Fanny our tracker hoped off the vehicle to inspect and ... Read more...
This time of year is an exciting one as the impala rutt is nearing. This means that the bush will be filled with the bellowing and roaring of the impala rams as they do battle to hold the breeding rights of the herds.
While on game drive yesterday morning we saw hundreds of vultures circling and descending into the tree tops, we approached the area ... Read more...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Anton Walker, Date: 12 March 2010
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