Marabou Storks and Vultures are also considered part of the Ugly Five. Together with the Wildebeest (see yesterday’s blog message https://thandablog.com/2014/04/24/the-ugly-five/Â ) they are part of this very special club. Two more coming up… Continue reading
The Big Five are very famous. But there are also the Ugly Five! For guests it is a bit of harmless fun to guess which of the many animal species on Thanda qualify… Continue reading
Happy Easter from all of us at Thanda! The picture shows Thanda’s “Easter Bunny”, a young Scrub Hare đ Picture by Christian Sperka â Specialist Photography Guide and Resident Wildlife Photographer â Thanda… Continue reading
Thanda has just played host to two fabulous ladies who were both previous Miss World title holders of commendable significance. At the time living in Durban, Penelope Anne Ray (nÊe Coelen) was crowned… Continue reading
After the fighting break (see yesterday’s blog message) the two Thanda Giraffes bulls continued their fight. We left them at it after observing the slow but intense quarrel for quite a while. This… Continue reading
These two adult Giraffe bulls took a short break from their rather serious fighting and stared for a while across the beautiful Thanda landscape. As for most male animals the reason for this… Continue reading
This Water Monitor Lizard was enjoying the sun at Thanda’s largest waterhole. These intelligent reptiles are very shy and usually disappear quickly into water or high grass as soon as one approaches. To… Continue reading
What a morning. Leaving the lodge for a drive a bit later than usual we were first looking for our dominant male Lion. He had been sighted not far away from the Thanda… Continue reading
This elderly Giraffe lady had a good look at this “noisy animal” before she decided to move off into the bush following the rest of her Journey (Journey is the proper term for… Continue reading
Well, we finally captured our two young male Lions. After a few weeks hard work for all of us, Mike Toft, our veterinarian for this project, was able to dart both of them.… Continue reading
