I sat down this morning to write a little piece on conservation. And then I thought:" what is conservation really"? Conservation is 'the prevention of wasteful use of a resource'; [...]

Kids on safari. In today's heavily digitalized world of commerce and social media, it stands to reason that children follow in the steps of their parents. the next deadline…next test…and [...]

Any mother can attest to the fact that it is a huge relief once new life is borne out of the old. The last few weeks of pregnancy [...]

Linda like flowers. Let’s rephrase that- she LOVES flowers! Time spent on our knees looking at and photographing the daintiest little purple flower, an inquisitive wildebeest snorting close by…poor thing [...]

I woke up at about 3.00 AM. There was a constant drip. drip. drip. "Great," I thought. “Another leaky tap to fix”. And then I smelt it. A heady mixture [...]

Yes, they are very cute. No, you cannot have one to take home. These are the next crop of Kaingo jackal. Now, the black-backed jackal has a [...]

What does Kaingo have in common with a strawberry? Not much it seems. I mean, we serve strawberries with breakfast, sometimes, or you may find one decorating your desert at [...]

He sounded like a Harley Davidson motorcycle starting up. A low, menacing rumble that chills the blood in your veins. Rakele did not like the boma.  Too many human smells; [...]

One leopard that we can guarantee a sighting of on Kaingo, is the Leopard orchid. This plant, the largest epiphyte in Southern Africa, loves growing on tree branches high above [...]

We take a lot for granted. Food, a roof over our heads, relaxation… Kaingo’s Elephant lodge staff are a hard-working bunch. Keeping the lodge in a tip-top shape, always, takes [...]