As the title suggests this week we have been focusing on Birds, and I suppose reptiles are worth the mention too. (Unfortunately due to it being winter we only occasionally see some reptiles) On the other hand we have seen M A N Y birds!!! On Thursday we went out onto the reserve… AT 6AM!!! […]
Week four was an amazing experience at Ulovane. After all our lectures and learning about grasses and their ecological status as well as their grazing value, we got a taste of what it is like in the life of a ranger at a lodge. We were all a little bit nervous at the beginning in […]
Schalk, and the volunteers who came from Ulovane, put their heart into this project, and along with 100% commitment and enthusiasm from the team, this has been what’s made this partnership possible. There was a long road ahead for the team but their commitment and enthusiasm would get them through. Back in 2010 when Schalk […]
Week two at Ulovane Environmental Training and it just keeps getting better. After the amazing first week sighting of Norman and Bulletjie facing off, I was left thinking that it was a sighting that would be very hard to top over the next 10 weeks. But not 2 days into the week and, whilst I […]
On our first drive we encountered Norman, Amakhala’s main elephant bull, at canoe crossing. During his drink of water another younger bull approached with what seemed to be a friendly hello, this turned out to be a test of strength. Norman’s subordinate had the upper hand as he was on higher ground however Norman still […]
