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Iconic Thornybush Game Lodge gets a fresh, new modern look
Thornybush Game Lodge, one of South Africa’s much loved and iconic safari lodges, has been totally refurbished.
4 February 2023
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Thornybush Game Lodge, one of South Africa’s much loved and iconic safari lodges, has been totally refurbished.
Walking trails are regarded as one of the best ways to explore the bushveld. With your feet, eyes and ears to the ground, you tune into things you otherwise miss out on from the safety of a car.
On these kinds of trails, especially in Kruger National Park or greater Kruger, you have to bring all your clothes, food and equipment with you, and everything you’ll need for a good night’s sleep under the stars.
The Mafunyane 4×4 Eco-Trail is a four-day, three-night guided adventure trail along the north-western section of Kruger National Park, between Phalaborwa gate and Punda Maria.
Below is a list of things to pack, some of which I did, some of which I didn’t (and realised why I should have).
Lord Peter Hain’s ‘The Elephant Conspiracy’ may be fiction but many of its scenes mimic real-life poaching realities and monstrous criminal acts.
“The Fibonacci Sequence turns out to be the key to understanding how nature designs… and is… a part of the same ubiquitous music of the spheres that builds harmony into atoms, molecules, crystals, shells, suns, and galaxies, and makes the Universe sing.” — Guy Murchie
The idea of this piece is to highlight people around Hoedspruit. There is no qualification or job that needs to be done, the principle is to pick on some unsuspecting person, and get to know them. This we will do by ‘challenging’ them with some questions so that we all can get to understand where they are from, what they do and how they do whatever they do. This way we will get to appreciate who lives in the “Hoed”
South Africa’s chameleons face an increasing range of challenges, including habitat loss through land clearing and urbanisation, busy roadways and the illegal wildlife trade.
The environment minister told the Oppenheimer Research Conference that South Africa was inviting final inputs on draft laws on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa’s Biodiversity, as well as the nation’s first Game Meat Strategy.
The launch of The Centre for Women’s Independence, just off Orpen Road, Acornhoek, was an incredibly colourful, vibrant event. Huge smiles were evident everywhere as the ladies took ownership of this place that exists as a home for the empowerment of women.
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Limpopo truly is fantastically bountiful in avifauna and is well worth exploring this summer, get out to your local hotspots and get exploring for some truly great backyard birding.
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