2017 Newsletters
Lapalala Reserve Report – August 2017
August 27, 2017 by in 2017 Newsletters

BUFFALO ESCAPE! For some folks the grass always seems greener on the other side. Well, that definitely seemed to be the case for this adventurous buffalo that we already know

2017 Newsletters
Lapalala Reserve Report – July 2017
July 15, 2017 by in 2017 Newsletters

TRACKING OUR ELEPHANTS An exciting event took place this month when, for the first time in Lapalala’s history, we placed tracking collars on two of our elephants. We are now

2016 Newsletters
Lapalala Launches New Clive Walker Book – Lapalala Wilderness
October 1, 2016 by in 2016 Newsletters

INTRODUCTION Dale Parker answered a call from Clive Walker around 35 years ago to acquire a tract of Waterberg wilderness land with the objective of establishing a Wilderness School. Eric Rundgren,

2016 Newsletters
New Off Grid Energy System for Founders Camp – Lapalala
April 14, 2016 by in 2016 Newsletters

The widely acclaimed Lapalala Wilderness project in the Limpopo Waterberg has developed its first off grid lodge within this 45,000 hectare conservation area. A tented camp has been designed around the site

2015 Newsletters
Lapalala Opens New Founders Camp
November 16, 2015 by in 2015 Newsletters

INTRODUCTION Lapalala Wilderness has opened it’s new Founders Camp at Schotia Plains in the core area of the Reserve. The big 5 Lapalala Wilderness has now been extended to 45,000 hectares.

2015 Newsletters
Clive Walker’s New Book – Lapalala Wilderness
March 16, 2015 by in 2015 Newsletters

INTRODUCTION It is difficult to comprehend that just 33 years ago the Natal Parks Board advertised a breeding group of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simun) made up of three bulls and

2014 Newsletters
Property Junction Special Report Article: Into the Wild
July 26, 2014 by in 2014 Newsletters

Tracking Peter Anderson, CEO of Anderson Wildlife Properties, required as much perseverance as finding the big five, but he was covering far greater distances in a day than Africa’s most

2014 Newsletters
Opportunity for tourism in South Africa – Boom Time?
February 26, 2014 by in 2014 Newsletters

INTRODUCTION South Africa is experiencing a marked increase as one of the leading destinations in the world. In the last year and over the current high season the occupancy rates

2013 Newsletters
The Remarkable adaptive nature of Elephants
August 26, 2013 by in 2013 Newsletters

INTRODUCTION I have just spent a few days in the Pafuri Concession of the Kruger National Park in the Trails camp operated by Wilderness Safaris. I spent a few years

2013 Newsletters
Africa’s Finest Publication
July 26, 2013 by in 2013 Newsletters

ROGERS BIRD FACT Sugarbirds The 2 sugarbirds of the genus promerops form the sole members of the family Promeropidae. The smaller of the two, being the Gurney’s sugarbird,  is found