Kariega News

Well folks can you believe it is the end of April and we are well on our way to what seems to be a cold, windy and wet winter.

This beautiful wild flower was spotted all over the reserve in March, and has now been identified as Cyrtanthus...

Another month gone and autumn is on its way!

We have another beautiful baby giraffe, born 23 March 2011. This photo was taken a day later, still wobbly and staying very close to mom.

A flower growing in clumps in front of reception and all across...

Here we are the end of another month already!

No new babies on the reserve this month, but here are some pics of the little ones who are not so little anymore!

For those not lucky enough to have seen our buffalo lately, they are getting big...

Welcome to the New Year!

Some more wild orchids have been identified on the reserve, the Mystacidium capense was photographed on 2007-05-03 but was only identified this month - enjoy!

This (Eulophia clavicornis) little yellow beauty was...

Hallo, hallo!!
It is time for eating too much, having all those obscure relatives over and of course giving and receiving tons of gifts, hugs and kisses. Yes folks, it is Christmas time and all of Kariega is gearing up for the guests and...

Well here we are again – almost at the end of another year!

Summer is here and so are the storks, very busy delivering all the new babies to the animal parents out there.

The lioness has finally decided to bring out her three cubs and share them...

We have quite a few new births in the animal kingdom, some of which include elephant, zebra, giraffe and some reedbuck!

The long awaited black rhino has also arrived and has been seen by a lucky few.

Two more species of wild orchid were...

Welcome to the Kariega monthly newsletter!

First up, although we are losing a beloved and well known rhino cow, we are gaining a long anticipated black rhino in the near future!

Some other interesting animal matters - there are new lion cubs, no...

In the early morning hours of 4 August 1782, driven by a south-westerly gale, the 729 ton English East India Company vessel, the Grosvenor, reputed to be a “treasure ship”, went aground in a gully to the north-east of Tezani Stream on the coast of...