by Abrie Coetzee | Mar 20, 2012 | Nature & Wildlife |
The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), the National Animal of South Africa, is the only gazelle-like antelope which occur in South Africa. Springbok antelope originally occurred in the drier north-west regions of the Northern Cape and the Free State. It is a smallish...
by Abrie Coetzee | Mar 14, 2012 | Nature & Wildlife |
Each year more than a million wildebeest, about 300,000 zebra and other antelope start their long trek from Tanzania’s Serengeti Plains, further north to Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. They do it in search of food and water. The Serengeti plains and...
by SA Places | Feb 20, 2012 | Nature & Wildlife |
Kuruman is famous for the “Eye of Kuruman” (Die Oog in Afrikaans), a fresh water fountain that gushes from a seemingly barren dolomite rock to deliver 20 million litres of water a day even during the worst droughts. It is the source of the Kuruman river...
by Abrie Coetzee | Jan 17, 2012 | Nature & Wildlife |
Kogelberg is justly called the heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom and boasts around 1 650 plant species, of which 150 are endemic and noteworthy. The landscape wasn’t suited to farming and for many years Kogelberg was left essentially untouched. The isolation meant that...
by SA Places | Dec 19, 2011 | Nature & Wildlife |
The Flamingo Birding Routewhich hosts a diverse range of sought after often endemic bird species, is one of the great secrets of West Coast region of the of the Western Cape. Birders will delight in the many special and endemic birds, including the Blue Crane,...
by Abrie Coetzee | Dec 8, 2011 | Nature & Wildlife |
From lions in Kenya to snow leopards in the Himalaya, the big cats of the world need help. Lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, and other top felines are quickly disappearing, all victims of habitat loss and degradation as well as conflicts with humans. The...
