White Rhino Darting at Shamwari

Shamwari Game Reserve is about 25 000 hectars in size (that is 25 000 rugby fields for those who don’t know). Because it is so large it is sometimes difficult to monitor all the animals and especially hard to find animals such as black Rhinos and Leopards, who are solitary, nocturnal and sticks to the thick bush. We darted this. . .

Buffalo capture and testing – Shamwari Conservation Experience

The last two weeks have been fully dedicated to buffalo capture. Winter is on our door step and that means game sales! Shamwari is a privately owned Game. . .

Shamwari Predator Tracking

Look at what we found this week while out predator monitoring! Our southern male lion, two lionesses and their 8 cubs on a warthog kill. The big guy. . .

Brown Hyena Den Site

After recharging our camera traps we set off to plant one of them at the hyena den site. I was a bit sceptical as the previous attempt did. . .

Revamping the Caracal Enclosures at Shamwari

This week the conservation work experience volunteers decided to upgrade the caracal enclosure and make it a little bit more exciting. We planted an old tree stump in. . .