Birds, birds, birds, …

My tracker Bheki is watching James finishing the net setup for tomorrow’s ‘bird ringing’ at Thanda Safari. All of our guests will enjoy seeing the birds close up and release them back into the wild after the birds been ringed (with information for research projects at Captetown University). More pictures to come …

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DIFFICULT START

From time to time a game drive can have a difficult start if one of Thanda’s Elephant villa decides to have a snack in the driveway to the Lodge. But our guests enjoyed observing this gentle giant for a quite a while.

📷 Picture by Christian Sperka

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MONDAY GREETINGS …

… from a young male Elephant using a branch broken off a tree 😊

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Little Lions

LITTLE LIONS are one of my favorite photography subjects. These two did a synchronized walk for my photo shoot 😊

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WHAT A NOSE

An Elephant’s trunk contains over 40,000 muscles. A human body contains a mere 639 muscles!

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Another Bird Ringing Weekend at Thanda Safari

The last bird ringing with James Rawdon was a big success so we are repeating the exercise from 25 to 27 June.

… and I will be around to take bird and ‘guest with bird’ pictures, and help with bird photography questions.

Don’t miss this weekend and get up close and personal with our birds 😊

For inquiries or reservations contact reservations@thanda.co.za or +27325860149

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SPIRALS

My favorite spiral-horned antelopes: Kudus!

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WHAT A WEEKEND

Just relaxing before the new week starts!

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IN A HURRY

I took this picture when the Giraffe mum was in a hurry to get to the waterhole and the little one was trying to get a drink at the same time.

And the mother was chewing a bone from a carcass to replenish minerals in her body while she was striding towards the water.

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