In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, the burning questions for travellers around the world were, should I travel or not? What are the chances that I’ll get stuck or quarantined in another country? ...
Long before we got married, Greg and I had talked about going on an African treehouse vacation. We had heard about sleeping under the stars from friends who had done something similar in a jungle....
Seolo Africa proudly operates in South Africa and Zimbabwe so in the afterglow of the Springbok Rugby World Cup win it seems appropriate to showcase the mammal that our rugby team takes their name from...
Shout “pangolin” (relatively quietly) to the guide driving a game-viewing vehicle in Southern Africa and he or she will stop faster than if you had you said “pink elephant”. Pangolins, sometimes known as Scaly anteaters, are...
A common sight near the shoreline of healthy water bodies in southern Africa is that of a black and white kingfisher energetically hovering about five metres above the surface before plunging head-first into the water...
In August Seolo Africa regional manager Gerrit Meyer filmed a fascinating interaction between a leopard and a porcupine on a road close to our Rhino Post Safari Lodge in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The young...
A male lions’ deep far-carrying roar is one of the best-known sounds of the bush. Some have heard the real thing often when visiting wild places but many of us have to be content with...
Woodpeckers are more common than many people realize but even if you have not seen one in the wild large numbers of people have childhood memories of energetic 'cartoon woodpeckers' furiously bashing their bills against...
For many years spotted hyena were disdainfully regarded as mere scavengers and, as late the as the 1920s were, like most predators, shot as vermin, even in National Parks. What a pity then that people did...
Fake news is a popular term these days but in reality, it has been around as long as humans. It used to be known as disinformation, rumour or even simply as lies. But call it what...
Porcupines are creatures of the night. Often unnoticed, they go about their lives eating fruit, tubers and plants but in the morning experts will notice their tracks, places where they have dug for food or...
It’s been an age-old debate, and argument, amongst scientists, game rangers and wildlife enthusiasts – what is the ecological purpose of a zebras’ stripes? Some have argued that that the stripes form some sort of social...
