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Archives for August, 2011

Sharing is caring (Sustainable Eco Initiatives)
The Weeping-Boer-Bean snug as a bug in a ball of dung We're pleased as punch to announce the recent launch of our two new sustainable eco projects. The ‘Weeping-Boer-Bean Tree’and ‘Sharing is Caring’ projects both came about as a result of Camp Jabulani's constant striving to create eco initiatives and sustainability practices. We joined heads with the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, our sister operation, and came ...more»
Elephant antics
Shortcut Klaserie Klaserie, who turned four in February, is a real character. We've christened her 'Shortcut Klaserie', because whenever she joins us on safari she always looks for the quickest route home. This invariably involves veering off the beaten track, unless of course it doesn't suit her to do so. Which is precisely what happened last week. We noticed some giraffe ...more»
In which Carl gets chased by a rhino
Imagine being chased by something like this, only bigger and with a long pointy horn Years ago when I was still a game ranger, we rescued a month old baby rhino from one of the neighbouring game reserves and brought it to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre. The poor little thing was extremely dehydrated and required a fair amount of medical ...more»
Follow up on what happened with Joe
On Thursday the 28th of June we experienced an extremely tragic event when Joe - the elephant that left our herd in favour of a life in the wild - inexplicably turned on one of the four grooms that had accompanied the herd on their walk. Sadly, Aroti Kamupambe was critically injured in the process and died shortly afterwards. This ...more»
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