Elswhere Game Lodge

16/07/2018

n Kombuis tee gehad die naweek by Elswhere, kyk hoe mooi het hulle dit gemaak. Dankie Belinda vir die foto's. Hoop julle het die kuier hier geniet.

02/07/2018

Thank you Hannes,Yvette and friends for visiting us for the weekend.

01/06/2018

Early morning visitors. They are so beautiful

03/05/2018

Perfect venue for family gatherings, team building or just a group of friends wanting to break away from the city buzz.

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26/02/2018

Just a very interesting story.

110 years ago, one man set out to rid Texas of Malaria - with the help of what was then a very unlikely source... bats! Dr. Charles A. Campbell had a simple plan. He knew that bats eat mosquitoes, and believed that if he could entice thousands of bats to live in Malaria-ridden areas, they would single-wingedly eradicate the disease. After years of fruitless experimentation with small roosting boxes, he decided to go BIG, with a 30-foot tower containing roosting shelves, guano lures, and a meal plan - three large hams! The $500 contraption was, alas, a flop. Campbell realized that he didn’t understand bats enough to provide suitable homes. He spent months studying caves and roosts to learn what bats needed most. In 1911 he constructed a new, improved tower at Mitchell's Lake, where 90% of the locals were sick with Malaria. Within 4 years, Mitchell’s Lake was Malaria-free. Word spread of the bat roost’s success, and 16 "Municipal Bat Roosts" went up from San Antonio to Italy, eradicating the disease wherever they were placed.

Dr. Campbell, inventor of the bat house, medical pioneer, unintentional bat scientist, was responsible for saving hundreds of lives from Malaria, and for the subsequent statewide protection of all bats in Texas for over 30 years. He proved that bats could coexist with human beings, and make our lives better because of it. So for Febuary, remember Dr. Campbell, and remember to love a bat today! (Thank you to Mark N. for finding the photo!)

23/02/2018

Perfect venue for family gatherings and birthday weekends.

20/02/2018

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06/12/2017

Boabab in bloom :)

13/11/2017

Some Photo's taken at Elswhere. Thank you Pikkie Cronje for sharing them with us.

01/11/2017

Price list 2017