Field Notes · November 2024
Never Run in the Bush
Solid advice based on us being mostly the slowest species in the bush and we frequently remind guests of this here at Sausage Tree Safari Camp. However…
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Wildlife Stories · October 2024
Our Wild Dog pack back story
A Story of Resilience... Around three years ago a very small pack of four adult African Wild dogs appeared on our Olifants West Nature Reserve in Greater…
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Birds & Biodiversity · September 2024
The Fiery Necked Night Jar
Why goatsucker you may not unreasonably ask ? Last night we heard an increasingly rare sound , that of the Fiery-necked Nightjar. Its liquid melodious call…
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Conservation · August 2024
El NINO AND OLIFANTS WEST NATURE RESERVE
El Nino and its effects on Wildlife in Greater Kruger El Nino events are characterised by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific which…
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Wildlife Stories · August 2024
The elusive African Wild Cat
A truly rare sighting... Guests at our Sausage Tree Safari Camp in the Greater Kruger were treated to the extraordinary sight of the very rarely seen…
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Wildlife Stories · July 2024
Honey Badger aka bush legend
It is a very rare sighting indeed and a few days ago very lucky guests staying at Sausage Tree Safari Camp here on Olifants West Nature Reserve had a very…
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Conservation · June 2024
What fate for the African Pangolin?
We were privileged to attend a lecture on Pangolins given by Professor Raymond Jansen of Tswane University, predominantly for the benefit of our Black Mamba…
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Wildlife Stories · May 2024
Lesser Bush Baby (Galago): Africa's Wide-Eyed Night Primate
The lesser bush baby (Southern lesser galago) is a wide-eyed nocturnal primate that leaps up to 5m between branches. Spot them on night drives at Sausage Tree Safari Camp, Greater Kruger.
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Wildlife Stories · April 2024
There's more to hyenas than meets the eye!
Hyena are not everyone's favourite mammal, which is sad because we think they're pretty amazing. Perhaps its because they look rather odd. With their front…
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Wildlife Stories · April 2024
Let's hear it for hippos - fish feeders of the Olifants!
The debilitating drought that ended five years ago saw the Kruger National Park lose almost half of its hippo population, with an estimated 4000 of these…
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Conservation · March 2024
Supporting tomorrow's conservationists
Here at Sausage Tree Safari Camp in the Greater Kruger Park we're especially conscious of the responsibility we have to encourage the youth of today to…
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Birds & Biodiversity · March 2024
From fishing owls to giant herons...
The beautiful Olifants River runs along the northern border of Olifants West Nature Reserve within the Greater Kruger on its way to join the Limpopo in…
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