World Hippo Day – Celebrating Africa’s River Horse
Every year on World Hippo Day, we take a moment to celebrate one of Africa’s most fascinating and misunderstood animals, the mighty hippopotamus. The name “hippopotamus” comes from the ancient Greek for “river horse,” and while they may look calm and slow as they...
January at Makanyi
January began gently, with all the promise of a classic summer in the bush, and then the heavens truly opened. What followed was one of the wettest Januaries the area has experienced in over 40 years.The rain arrived… and simply kept coming. Dry riverbeds that hadn’t...
The Soap of the Wild: Discovering the Devil’s Thorn
In the African bush, it’s not just the wildlife that steals the show—sometimes it’s the small things, like the Devil’s Thorn (Dicerocaryum eriocarpum). Known as the “soap of the African bush,” this thorny shrub is a hidden gem. While its...