THE CROCODILE AND THE AFRICAN JACANA 15 November 2018 One is an apex predator. The other a bird with a very interesting breeding habit. The crocodile and [...]

THE FIRST 15 MINUTES 29 November 2018 The miracle of birth. From conception to the eventual life brought into the world. Birth is special, sacred and beautiful. [...]

HOW TO MOVE A HIPPO 06 December 2018 How do you move a hippo? I mean: it’s a great, big lumbering animal with the weight of a [...]

THE LADIES 13 December 2018 Lions. We love them. The majesty of a male lion’s roar at sunset, the females joining in to proclaim their right over [...]

IN BLACK AND WHITE 27 December 2018 It started quite by accident. A slip of a finger on the controls of my old Canon 50D and the [...]

AARDVARK 03 January 2019 “Looks like a donkey with a piggy snout”. That was a 3 year old’s observation. “It’s round!” – A teenager’s reaction. “Needs to [...]

RAIN! 10 January 2019 The heavens opened above Kaingo. Big drops from the sky broke into a million little pieces on the parched earth. Lightning struck the [...]

CUTENESS FACTOR 17 January 2019 The rains are usually a precursor for the birthing season. Within a few weeks, Kaingo is filled with the baying and booing [...]

BIRDING IN THE KAINGO GARDENS 24 January 2019 “What do you do after the morning game drive?”" a young lady asks as we stop the vehicle. “After [...]

THE ZEBRA AND ITS STRIPES 31 January 2019 How did the zebra get its stripes, or the giraffe a long neck? The elephants trunk? Why do the [...]