Waterwiel Lodge
Travel Blogs from Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve
Greetings from the worlds biggest sandpit!
... It is actually really rewarding to see. Likewise I have recently been doing a few two person habituation sessions at an amazing little group, Ewoks. One meerkat there, Crumble, joined Ewoks from a wild group and initially was very sketchy around people, however he is a truly lovely meerkat, and really really loves egg, but is still very slightly scared of you all the same – he has a constantly scared look on his face! Recently I’ve had a few ...
Rovers!
... so right about peanut butter and jam! When you are in the field from 7.30 to sometimes 2pm you become tired and hungry, especially if they are being awkward for lunch weights etc. However there is so much energy in that one small sandwich it keeps me filled up, and out here is perfect snack food! I always know it is going be a bad day if I forget my sarnie… it is a bit of a ritual every morning to get to the burrow, set up my scales, get out a book, and eat ...
The Great Chill and Christmas II
... it and leaving – I love him! It is really rewarding going group termed ‘bad’ and turning them around. Since I’ve been here I’ve spent a lot of time working with a group called Drie Doring (named after a shrub that grows out here), they are one of the oldest surviving groups at the project, and are only 15 strong but have a reputation for being really bad for weights. When I first started going the average was to get around 6 meerkats weighed, the ...
Lights, Camera, Action!
Life here is the Kalahari has been busy the past few weeks, so much has happened I hardly know where to start… but like all good things I'll start at the beginning… or at least where I left off before. I’ve lost track of how long I’ve been here now, days roll in to weeks, weeks roll in to months, and before I know it it starts to feel as if I’ve been here forever, trapped in some sort of strange little bubble where life revolves around ...
Horseback at Tswalu
... and saw giraffe, kudu, steenbuck, and a beautiful black sable running right in front of us. We also saw two old Cape buffaloes, but did not get too close because they could charge us. We had to watch out for aardvark holes, which can look small but actually be big tunnels. One time Jason, our guide, fell into a hole on his horse and it was up to his horse's saddle. On the way back, we saw two giant male ...