A former conservation student at Addo Elephant National Park has returned to the Eastern Cape park as its Conservation Manager. Cathy Dreyer started her career in Addo just outside Port Elizabeth nearly 20 years ago and has over the years affectionately become known as the “Rhino Whisperer”. Cathy studied Nature Conservation and completed her degree […]
Addo Elephant Park has a new inhabitant, and one, if spotted, will be immediately recognisable – with a shoulder height of 3.18m, tusks measuring an impressive 1.39m and weighing about six tonnes. The 35-year-old ‘Tembe’ is the first of three bulls which will be brought in as a donation from Tembe Elephant Park in KwaZulu-Natal. […]
Addo Elephant Park is home to over 600 elephants who are easy to find at wateholes as well as the valleys and plains of South Africa’s third biggest nature reserve. Situated a mere 120 km from Jeffreys Bay, it is well worth spending a few days at Addo, or even a day visit if pressed […]
Five hyena from the Addo Elephant National Park were sold for R 26 000 each at the annual Kirkwood Wildlife Festival auction on Friday. The auction turned over R 5 million, compared to R 4,6 million in 2018. “We are very happy with the prices and the interest in the auction this year. We have […]
The annual Kirkwood Wildsfees game auction is breaking new ground with hyena and buffalo with Kruger National Park genes on sale. There are also 15 lots of buffalo from the Mokala National Park, which is near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The buffalo, which are known for their large horn sizes, have been bred outside […]
A mere 120 km from Jeffreys Bay one can find the Addo Elephant Park, home to the Big 5. There are more than 600 elephants in the Park and it is very rare that visitors to the Park wont see herds or even solitary animals grazing or drinking at water holes like Hapoor. Jeffreys Bay […]
Network for Animals will begin moving a family of 27 elephants to a wilderness area that last saw elephants more than 150 years ago. Their new home in the north of the Addo National Park in South Africa is in an area where they will be able to breed safely, far from deadly poaching areas. […]
For the first time in 46 years, the black rhino will roam the Central African country, Chad, following the successful translocation of six black rhinos from South Africa. “I am delighted that South Africa’s conservation success is able to contribute to the return of such an iconic species to a sister country. My fervent hope […]
Addo Elephant Park is situated a mere 120 km from Jeffreys Bay and is well worth a visit. Its close enough for a day visit or even to spend a relaxing weekend. One is guaranteed to see elephants, with large herds and sometimes solitary bulls drinking at the easily accessible water holes. With buffalo, lion […]
The infamous Lion called “Sylvester” or “ spook “who is known for escaping twice in the last two years from the Karoo National Park has finally settled down and relinquished his title as the vanishing lion. In 2015 Park Officials tracked him down after more than three weeks on the loose. By then he already […]