KNP – Hyenas well spotted!
Anyone who knows me, knows that apart from birds and animals, the next great passion in my life (apart from Rob of course) is playing the card game of Bridge. In case you’re wondering...
Category: Nature
KNP – The Drive from Satara to Punda Maria
Most people who visit Kruger National Park make a point of going to the southern part because of its accessibility and proximity to international airports and the main centres of the region. Fortunately the...
Birding Weekend at Kruger
We’ve been silent on Wilkinson’s World for a while now, but that’s only because we’ve been away having a number of adventures. A visit to Kruger National Park is always a treat for us,...
Elephants and Idiots
I don’t know about you, but I think the world is going a bit loopy at the moment. Perhaps I should check out the phase of the moon because it’s usually the cause of...
The Tale of the Tortoise Shell
Christmas is a time of traditions, stories and folklore. In Africa it is no different, although the folk tales are told throughout the year to many willing listeners. With acknowledgements to Chinua Achebe, the...
Earth – thoughts by Kahlil Gibran
Some random lines about the Earth from the Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran. I love the writing of Kahlil Gibran. He had such a beautiful way with words and the things he wrote about...
Eland – S A’s largest antelope
I blogged a while back about our visit to the Botsalano Game Reserve near Mafikeng in South Africa. This great little reserve is home to the region’s largest antelope, the Eland, where sizable herds...
Black Wildebeest – The Gnu that’s not the Blue!
Tucked away in a far corner of South Africa, near the bustling town of Mafikeng, is a little game reserve called Botsalano. Although it isn’t one of the more famous game reserves in the...
As tough as …. a Honey badger
I thought I would lighten up a bit after blogging twice about the killing and culling that takes place in nature in Africa. Time for a change and something different. We traveled extensively in...
Dinner time in the park
Africa is not called the ‘Dark Continent’ for nothing. Life is cheap in Africa and nowhere is that more evident than in a game reserve. Spend a couple of days driving through any one...
Cheetahs – Natural Born Cullers
On our recent visit to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park we were lucky to see six cheetahs – two with kills and four in a group lying in wait for an unsuspecting Springbok to come...
Hey you – get off my mound!
One of the things that we love about game reserves is the interaction between the various animals and birds. There is always an animal or bird that is intent on eating another one, or...
The African Wild Cat
There’s something special about being in a game reserve and seeing the big cats like lions, leopards and cheetahs and then coming across a little African wild cat. Wild cats look so much like...
The Meerkats of the Kalahari
Who hasn’t seen the delightful TV documentary series “Meerkat Manor” put on by Animal Planet about seven years ago and wanted to see these funny smiley little mammals in the flesh? We camped recently...
Fairy Circles – footprints of the Gods!
High on our bucket list of things to see in Namibia has always been the mystical fairy circles that are found in Kaokoland. Our dream was realized on our latest trip when we were...
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