Let’s Not Allow Our Giants to Fall

By Craig Doria 11-08-15 14:57

The new movie When Giants Fall is coming soon and it looks like it’s going to be what we’ve been waiting for. It tells the story of the ivory crisis and of the people who fight for the survival of the elephant against increasingly hostile poaching networks. By now we all know that the African […]

John Stanford cycled from London to Cape Town to raise awareness about the plight of rhinos.

South African Cycles Across Africa for Rhinos

By SAPeople Contributor 11-08-15 08:50

John Stanford arrived in Cape Town on 4 August, following a gruelling bicycle ride of 15,200 km from London to the Mother City, undertaken to raise funds and awareness for the conservation of rhinos and an end to poaching. He and a friend left Putney Bridge in the UK in October 2014 and made their […]

Excuse Me, There’s A Lion in My Tree

By SAPeople 08-09-15 14:58

To celebrate the third annual World Lion Day (10 August 2015), here are some of our favourite photos of lions in Africa…chilling in trees. According to safari guide Craig Doria, it’s fairly common in Tanzania where the Manyara National Park is called “Home of the Tree Climbing Lions”, and even more can be found in […]

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Rhinos in Love…And Then He Kissed Her

By SAPeople 08-09-15 14:58

With the escalating poaching of rhino causing rhino figures to tragically dwindle it’s become a rare sight and privilege to view a rhino in the wild in South Africa…let alone to witness a mating pair of Black Rhino who bring hope to the country and to the species. So when Gavin Udal from Wendy’s Country […]

Thirsty elephants, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Where There’s an Elephant, There’s A Way

By SAPeople 09-08-15 21:38

When an elephant has to drink, he has to drink. And if there isn’t a running river or waterhole nearby, he won’t think twice about surprising tourists by dipping his trunk into a camp swimming pool (or even a toilet – see video below). But today Lorraine Botha discovered a couple of elephants that are even smarter and […]

So Cute! Watch Baby Elephant Chasing the Birds

By SAPeople 07-08-15 15:25

Kruger Sightings recently added this gorgeous video of a tiny new-born elephant to their YouTube page. The elephant calf can be seen trying to chase away swallows that are flying low around him. The video was taken by a tourist called Susan on the H3 near Berg en Dal in the Kruger National Park, in […]

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Wild Whales on a Windy Day in SA

By SAPeople Contributor 08-09-15 14:58

Dave Hurwitz from Simon’s Town Boat Company captured these awesome photos of whales having a proverbial “whale” of a time two days ago. Dave told SAPeople that “we find if it is windy, the whales become super active.” On Facebook he wrote “It was wild out there this morning [3 August 2015] – the sea […]

Social Media Storm Rages Over Killing of Cecil the Lion

By Guest Contributor 29-07-15 17:54

Only a day after The Telegraph newspaper identified Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer as the person who had shot and killed with a bow and arrow Zimbabwe’s famed Cecil the Lion, social media has turned not only Palmer but hunters in general into some of the world’s most hated villains. Twitter yesterday was bristling with comments […]

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Stranded Baby Rhino Turns to Cars for Help

By SAPeople 27-07-15 04:30

A baby rhino in a South African wildlife park seems to have sought out the “comfort” of cars after losing its mother in a phenomenon known as “imprinting”. Debbie English, who is in her fourth year of veterinary science at Onderstepoort, posted some touching photos this weekend of a little rhino calf who was stranded without its mother. “This little guy […]

South African Woman Arrested Trying to Save Whales

By SAPeople 24-07-15 12:37

A South African woman, Rosie Kunneke, is being hailed as a hero in the Danish Faroe Islands where she has been trying to prevent the traditional slaughter of a pod of pilot whales. Together with Christophe Bondue of Belgium she was arrested at the Bøur slaughter for her actions. Rosie is Land Team Leader of Sea […]

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Incredible Photos of Kudu Jumping in South Africa

By SAPeople 06-08-15 12:06

South African photographer Arno Pietersen has captured an awesome sequence of photographs of a kudu jumping across the road in Kwaggaspan, in the Kruger National Park. Arno, who was working as Field Guide/Ranger for Place of Rock safari company, at the time of the sighting – on Monday, uploaded the three photos to Facebook yesterday […]

Mick Fanning Attacked by Shark in JBay Comp

By SAPeople 19-07-15 23:15

Australian surfer Mick Fanning was attacked by a shark during the J-Bay Open at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa this afternoon. The Gold Coast surfer miraculously escaped unharmed as spectators watched in horror. Mick was in the Finals against fellow Australian Julian Wilson (who actually swam towards Mick to help him!). Both were rescued by a […]

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Big 5: Which Animals Are Africa’s “Big Five”?

By SAPeople 29-08-22 19:09

Everybody’s heard of Africa’s “Big Five”…but not everybody identifies the animals that belong in that Big 5 group correctly. Ask around in your office. Most foreigners – even South Africans sometimes – will confidently trot out “rhino, elephant, lion…” and then they get stuck. Animals like hippo, cheetah, wildebeest, hyena and even giraffe and gorilla […]

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Otters on South Africa’s Scarborough Beach – Photos & Video

By SAPeople Contributor 17-07-15 12:00

On Tuesday morning I had a beautiful experience, an extended interaction with four otters on Scarborough beach! Elusive, in 15 years living in Scarborough I have only twice caught brief glimpses of single otters. This was a complete treat, a full romp of them in a mood to engage. They were extremely confident and inquisitive…it felt like they were […]

Game Drives and Hope

By SAPeople Contributor 14-07-15 10:16

It dawned on me yesterday morning around 3 hours into the most boring “Game” drive of all time. I was doing brain exercises in order to ensure that I didn’t lose consciousness from the devastating cold and from the mind numbing nothingness of the experience, and in order to ensure that I didn’t slip away […]

Watch Video – Kind Elephant Picks up Selfie Stick

By SAPeople 08-07-15 19:42

It appears that the one thing an elephant definitely never forgets…is its good manners! When Adrian Fowler, a South African session drummer from Cape Town, was on an elephant-back safari in Victoria Falls last year, the thoughtful elephant he was sitting on picked up his gear for him and handed it (well, ‘trunked’ it) back to […]

Devastating Footage of Leopard Attacking Safari Guide in the Kruger

By SAPeople 03-07-15 18:44

Video footage has surfaced of the leopard attack which took place yesterday, Thursday 2 July 2015, in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa. Curtis Plumb, a field guide working for Nhongo Safaris – one of the Open Safari Vehicle (OSV) companies operating in the Kruger – was attacked by the leopard during a game drive. […]

Watch Lion’s Mid-Air Tackle to Catch Its Prey

By SAPeople 02-07-15 10:51

This is not for the faint-hearted. But this is nature…and a pride of lions must eat to survive. Kruger Sightings uploaded the following video two days ago in which a lion catches its prey, a fleeing impala, mid-air…and tackles it to the ground before being joined by four other hungry lions. Watch Video – Lion Catches […]

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Karoo’s Runaway Lion Successfully Helicoptered Home

By SAPeople 30-06-15 13:02

Following an intense three-week search through the mountains and valleys of the Great Karoo, the 3-year-old male lion that escaped from the Karoo National Park outside Beaufort West has been successfully recaptured. The young lion – nicknamed Sylvester by locals – is suspected to have made his original Great Escape, on Friday 5 June, through a gap in the fence […]

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Hope for Poached Rhino Called Hope – a ‘STROOP’ Update with Photos

By SAPeople 29-06-15 13:41

A rhino called ‘Hope’ is making headlines around the world since she survived a brutal poaching attack, and against all odds, continues to live. Wildlife television presenter Bonné de Bod, along with cinematographer Susan Scott, is currently making ‘STROOP’ – the Afrikaans documentary feature film (with English subtitles) on the rhino poaching crisis. The filmmakers were […]

The New Age of the Old African Baobab

By SAPeople Contributor 25-06-15 17:58

The iconic, mysterious and magical African baobab, probably the most identifiable and prehistoric-looking tree on earth, suddenly seems to be coming into its own in the 21st Century. Several companies are getting the name of the tree out there – literally – selling products that take advantage of its health and medicinal properties. One company even promotes the […]

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