Most people who meet me, do at some stage comment about the elephant necklace I’m wearing. They mostly want to know whom it depicts and where I got it? It is an interesting story, which I’m always happy to share. Some years ago, my friend Nina...
The elephant herd at Camp Jabulani needs a lot of “TLC”, and taking care of 15 elephants (including bulls with big personalities, growing babies and rambunctious teenagers) is hard work. It calls for a special group of people with a lot of patience and skill...
Pisa is now the second youngest baby in the herd after the arrival of Timisa last year, her adoptive baby sister. One would expect a baby elephant to be dependent on mom, but young Pisa is one of the most independent elephants in the Camp...
It’s World Elephant Day – a day committed to bringing the world together to protect the elephant. “Elephant numbers have dropped by 62% over the last decade, and they could be mostly extinct by the end of the next decade. An estimated 100 African elephants are...
Many tourists travel across the globe for the interaction of a lifetime with the largest land animal on the planet: The African Elephant. These experiences have given people from a variety of different backgrounds an appreciation, understanding and passion to protect this species. However, elephant interaction...
Timisa has truly found her place in the Camp Jabulani herd. For a young elephant, she is very independent and can sometimes be found foraging by herself quite a distance away from the rest of the herd. However, Timisa always ensures that she stays in close...
When heading out on a game drive, guests often ask which animals we are going to look for. But in the bush, one never knows what exactly could be lying around the next corner - which of course is what makes the experience much more...
The majestic African white and black rhino have long been admired as magnificent relics of a prehistoric time. Unfortunately, this mammoth animal has been almost driven into extinction due to intensive poaching, with its horn fetching millions of rands in the Asian market. To take...
Camp Jabulani and the Kapama Game Reserve were treated to an amazing sighting of two beautiful female African wild dogs, also known as Cape hunting dogs or painted wolves of Africa. These two dogs are believed to have come from one of the neighbouring reserves,...
We recently took custody of a beautiful elephant cow. It’s not quite what you might think, considering our track record with the real thing. This elephant has been magnificently immortalised in Leadwood by a very talented Zimbabwean artist, Andrew Mbewe. Andrew was born on 14 December...
