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2 November 2012 | Giraffes are highly adapted for their role in the natural system. Let’s look at some of the problems and solutions in the body design of a giraffe... Post a Comment

8 October 2012 | Phillip was taking his guests on a morning drive around the magnificent Shamwari landscape when... Post a Comment

31 August 2012 | One night we were lucky enough to see one of my favourite nocturnal predators, brown hyena! After leaving our gorgeous afternoon drink stop spot we were blessed with an amazing sighting of two brown hyenas lying in the road just a few meters from us. Post a Comment

16 August 2012 | In early August some of our guests were lucky enough to see two cheetahs embark on an amazing hunt after a flock of ostrich. Here is the full story with video and images... Post a Comment

10 April 2012 | This wonderful little tortoise is endemic to South Africa and is found specifically in theWestern Cape and slightly into our area of the Eastern Cape where Shamwari Game Reserve is found. Post a Comment

2 April 2012 | An incredible sequence of photographs showing a zebra’s narrow escape from the paws of two ferocious lionesses at Shamwari Game Reserve. Images by David Olsen Post a Comment

21 February 2012 | The weather this week has been like a yoyo, one day it is boiling, where any chance I get I find myself gravitating towards the walk in freezer at Longlee Manor... Post a Comment

7 November 2011 | In drier times, trees store all of their carbohydrates in their roots and in the bark, just like in a carrot or potato. An elephant knows this. What they do is push over a tree to uproot it partly. This enables them to get their tusk and trunk around the bottom roots. Post a Comment

10 August 2011 | The serval is one of the rarer feline species in Southern Africa. Its preferred habitat is open long-grass plains where it hunts predominantly for rodents and birds. Post a Comment

5 August 2011 | As seen here, elephants are very effective diggers. They dig by kicking the soil with their toe-nails, dragging the back of their foot, scooping up soil with their trunks and sometimes even kneeling over and stabbing their tusks into hard soil to loosen it. Post a Comment