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I am glad I wasn’t born a toad
I am glad I wasn’t born a toad. Not that I usually wish I were born another animal, the simple...
A panoply of birds
South Africa is home to approximately 850 bird species of which 50 are found nowhere else on...
Story of water…
It’s funny how easily we overlook the value of water as it is always there for our everyday use in...
Life on our planet
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, has just been released in cinemas around the globe and...
August Change
This past week has heralded two significant landmarks – firstly, that interprovincial travel (and...
Banded Mongoose
One of the questions that gets asked by guests is whether the lockdown affected the behaviour of...
Wildebeest
With ministers changing their minds and documents being published and then retracted, these are...
5 Reasons to visit Thanda Safari
Thanda Safari – IsiZulu for ‘Love’ – is a private Big Five reserve that protects a vast tract of...
The Zebra
How do you tell the difference between a male zebra and a female zebra? Well, the one is black...
Africa
One of my favourite songs – Africa – is by the American rock band Toto and appeared on their...
Marula Tree
One of the more remarkable trees at Thanda Safari is the marula tree or umganu. Marula trees are...
The Lion who didn’t look like a giraffe!
If lions are the ‘king of the jungle’, then leopards have got to be its’ ‘prince regent’!...
What birds are you seeing?
One of the positives of the lock-down as a result of COVID-19 pandemic is the BirdLasser LockDown...
Our ray of hope baby
Meet our very newest baby rhino, just a few hours old in this photo (19/03/2020). For us at Thanda...
The year in Twelve pictures!
ALL OF US AT THANDA SAFARI WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019. Christian Sperka, Thanda Safari’s...
No interest!
One would imagine that the appearance of carnivores like Cheetahs would lead to the flight of any...
A month in pictures!
Christian Sperka, Thanda Safari’s Resident Wildlife Photographer, put together his October...
The little ones of the little ones….
It is one of the highlights of any safari to see baby animals. They are attractive, active and...
Unbelievably strong!
I am not the luckiest field guide when I comes to Leopards. These shy animals love to hide from me...
Fun, games and horns!
Lions are incredible hunters; whilst their group success rate is about 30% they often kill even...
