Leeudraai Safari's Limpopo

19/10/2026

Just look at how different the river looks in just 2 days.
The extreme heat is taking its toll on all, animals, people, plants and the Limpopo river.
At 14:39 today our temperature recorded as 41.9°C What was the temperature today 19/10/2026 at your place of residence?

17/10/2026

We are really experiencing the current heat wave in its fullest here. The river picked up a bit again with the rain that fell in Botswana and Zimbabwe but not a lot.
The riverbeds are so saturated that walking through the water is like walking in quicksand.

21/09/2026

It is still very dry in the veldt and additional feeding have to be given daily. Some of the trees have started to bud and now we will have to be on the lookout for possible tannin poisoning.

21/09/2026

Civet making sure he gets the last tidbits left behind by the brown hyena.

21/09/2026

And so once again the brown hyena came visiting, enjoying himself with a feast of impala meat. This video is compiled over footage taken over two nights, he devoured the carcass in total, only leaving tidbits for the civet that also came to the feast.

During viewing of the footage we noted that the right rear leg of the brown hyena is badly broken, but he seems to have adjusted to this. It will though impair him to a great extent when trying to capture prey, which they do, as they are not solely scavengers as widely believed, causing him most probably to now be dependant on scavenging alone.

18/09/2026

18/09/2026

Doing her daily exercises with a view unlike any other…

18/09/2026

How would I describe this? In my mind I hear the following: utter peace, quiet, stillness, relaxing, forever changing, restorative.

The wide-open sky, the river winding quietly below me, the landscape, and the mountains in the distance creates a scene that seems to make all of our everyday worries feel smaller, less significant. Nothing is demanding my attention, giving my mind room to become quiet.

For me it is a place where the soul can exhale, where I am reminded by the vastness of the African bush that I witness around me, that life is more and bigger than the worries of today, and that for now I am exactly where I need to be.
Just stillness, space and a profound sense of belonging.

17/09/2026

Sunset in Koppiekamp, high up between the rocks.