“You never know what you are gonna get”, is the right attitude when you go out for a game-drive. Therefore it is best to set your camera to settings that will allow you to take some shorts of whatever suddenly pops up. It happens all too often that opportunities are …
At lunch time today the guests at Madikwe Hills where treated to a heard of Buffalo passing by in front of the lodge Email this to a friend…
There are an estimated mere 3000 – 5500 Wild Dogs left in the wild on the entire continent of Africa. Only 500 of which occur in South Africa.These amazing hunters, Lycaon Pictus, have been persecuted for decades and this, combined with rapid habitat loss due to human population explosion, has …
My apologies, I know it’s been a while since my previous upload. So let’s start off with some interesting facts. Let’s start with part 1 of a couple of topics, first with Giraffes’ scientific name; Camelopardalis. So what does Camelopardalis mean? It means, tallest living quadruped, having a spotted coat …
Last night, the 27th of September 2013. We had a unbelievable Leopard sighting, I would like to just share some of the photos I manage to get. This was a young male. Hope you enjoyed it, wished you were here to share this moment with us at Madikwe hills A …
Morning, like we all know it is Rhino awareness day today. We were so fortunate to see this big Black rhino bull this morning. He made it quite a special day for us. This Rhino awareness day will be in our memories forever. Thanks to Werner Fitton for the Photo. …
Greg had a blog a couple of weeks ago, so here is a update. Like you all know the big and the small pack of dogs have pups. We at Hills only had the opportunity to see the big packs pups so far. We all are hoping to see the …
Hi, hope all is well. It has been a while since we last had a chat. I think we need to start it off with a little trick question. Jip! Let’s get the brain into thinking mode. The way it will work is, I’ll show you a photo of something, …
A common Species to Madikwe , at this time of the year we are noticing on the plains large numbers of these birds gathering together. The Kori Basturd been mostly an Omnivore the will feed on Grasshoppers, dung beetles, caterpillars but have also been seen feeding on lizards, snakes and …
In the last week we have been very lucky to be treated with some very nice Leopard sightings in the northern section of the park. With two individuals giving us very stunning sights of them. This young Leopard has given us a few chances in the past week to get …
