Posts tagged “Flora”

Many years ago, shortly before Christmas, a friend and I were travelling through the arid Karoo. The car developed engine trouble and we stopped at the next small town to have it repaired. Spare parts were ordered from Cape Town and we eventually...

It’s that time of the year again when, walking through the coastal bush or forests, one’s nostrils are assailed by a sweetish, fetid waft that results in most visitors inspecting the soles of their shoes. Those of us that live here are of course...

Some exciting additions to the Kariega family - we have 2 new giraffe babies, one at Main and the other at River lodge. No pictures available yet, but will be coming soon. No news on the lion cubs yet.

Our bird-hide near reception offers amazing...

Hey there folks! Well the animals have been busy, enjoying the green grass and the bountiful water. The most exciting news this month is that we finally have our first buffalo babies, one on Kariega East and one near Riverlodge!! Pictures will be...

The restaurant at the Main Lodge is surrounded on three sides by the twisted branches of trees punctuated by the great green candelabras of the tall euphorbias and in winter by the scarlet-flowered aloes. These thickets are the remnants of a...

As young boys my friend Graham and I spent a good deal of time pretending to be hunter-gatherers, living off the land. This involved, amongst other things, making bows and arrows for our “hunting” expeditions, and of course, tipping the arrows...

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...

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...

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...