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Why you have to visit the Richtersveld wilderness

31/7/2013

By Roxanne Reid
In my blog Strange bedfellows in the Richtersveld I mouthed off about how ugly the entrance to this wilderness area is when you approach Sendelingsdrif from Alexander Bay. Now I’m going to tell you why you just have to make the journey to see this mountain desert anyway.

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Lioness steals leopard's kill at Kruger Park (video)

29/7/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
Would you fight a lion for your lunch? Of course not. What about a leopard? Would it bare teeth and claws and launch a counterattack, or just give up gracefully? Watch this video and find out.

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Where to stay in the Richtersveld

24/7/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
The route via Alexander Bay to Sendelingsdrif gate is certainly the quickest way to get to the South African side of the /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, but it’s not very attractive (thanks to diamond mining operations that have scarred the landscape). Luckily, there’s a more scenic alternative. And you can stay over too.

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How your photos can help with leopard research

20/7/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
Leopards may not need ID photos for a passport, but a project initiated by Dr Matthew Schurch is determined to identify leopards through photos anyway. At first the focus is on the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Augrabies Falls National Park. I asked him the how, what and why, and to share some of his ID photos.

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Strange bedfellows in the Richtersveld

17/7/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
The Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, tucked into the far northwest of South Africa’s Northern Cape, must be SANParks’ strangest park. Yes, even stranger than the Golden Gate Highlands (which has a public road running through it) or Addo (which comprises disconnected parcels of land – at least for now).

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Showdown at Crocodile Bridge, Kruger Park

10/7/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
‘Are you the one who left a ring in the bath?’ she asked. Seriously? We’d been camping for nearly 10 weeks in four countries by then and not once had I come across anyone so pushy about ablution cleanliness.

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Life and death in the Kalahari

4/7/2013

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Springbok giving birth, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

By Roxanne Reid
Summer in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and we were watching the miracle of birth a kilometre or two south of Kamfersboom waterhole on the Auob riverbed.

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Why you have to visit the Richtersveld wilderness

Lioness steals leopard's kill at Kruger Park (video)

Where to stay in the Richtersveld

How your photos can help with leopard research

Strange bedfellows in the Richtersveld

Showdown at Crocodile Bridge, Kruger Park

Life and death in the Kalahari

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