THE MILKWEED LOCUST At this time of year you might run into an army of these large, bright-yellow and black hoppers in Lapalala. They are the nymphs of the green
PROTECTING TREES WITH NEEM OIL In a bid to protect trees from elephant damage, Lapalala has started spraying selected trees with organic neem oil, which is a natural deterrent to
GOODBYE TO PHD STUDENT VANESSA WANDJA After having spent the past 12 months with us, our roan antelope researcher, Vanessa Wandja, has completed her fieldwork and has moved to Pretoria
ARCHITECTURE WITH GABION WALLS Traditional stone gabions have a place in any rehabilitation plan and are particularly useful for rehabilitating degraded drainage channel and donga systems. Lapalala currently has a
FOOD FOR THOUGHT! The yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) is a fascinating ground-foraging bird and a common resident in Lapalala. Pairs of this bird are monogamous and have a unique way
WILD DOGS IN THE WATERBERG! Did you know that one of the last true free-roaming packs of wild dogs in South Africa remains in the Waterberg? The pack currently consists
A CHAMELEON’S EYE Lapalala is home to some of the most beautiful creatures in the world. Not all of them are always so easy to spot though! After a few
FREE-RANGE ROAN IN LAPALALA! Since the last sighting of a roan antelope in Lapalala during the late 1990s, it has always been an objective to re-establish a free-ranging population of
INTO THE WILD It was a very happy day for our camp rhinos this month following a decision by Lapalala management to release the rhinos in the breeding camp onto
FISH EAGLE’S NEST! A few months ago, we noticed that our resident fish eagle pair at Kubu Dam was building a new nest in a dead tree clearly visible from