Category Archives: Chilo Gorge

Jacada Travel talks to Clive Stockil about communities and conservation…

Posted on June 26, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Interview with the award-winning conservationist pioneer, Clive Stockil – http://www.jacadatravel.com/articles/interview-award-winning-conservationist-pioneer-clive-stockil/9992 Whether in a dinner jacket…………. Or in his more normal bush attire……. Clive Stockil stands for Conservation…… And Communities in equal measure…….

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Sabi Stars and Chilo Gorge Gardens, Xerophytica Congress and Aloes…

Posted on June 13, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Adenium obesum is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia. … Continue reading →

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Birding and Impalas; Predators and Art…

Posted on April 25, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Clive Stockil and I have helped to host some wonderful guests at Chilo Gorge and in Gonarezhou Park over the last few weeks. It has been a very busy time, with Safari guides Thomas Mutombeni, Lionel Muzengi, John Laing, Clive … Continue reading →

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Waterfalls and Sunrises, Giant snails and rain at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Gonarezhou, in Zimbabwe….

Posted on February 4, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

The fabulous wet season at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Gonarezhou, in Zimbabwe…. What a season…we have not seen the vast floods that have engulfed parts of Britain recently, but in our African context, we have had fabulous rains, enough to … Continue reading →

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Greenline Magazine -Clive Stockil, Prince William and Gonarezhou…..

Posted on January 29, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

What a fabulous Zimbabwean conservation magazine!… click here to get insightful articles on Gonarezhou, Tusk Trust, Clive Stockil  and the Prince William Award, (including Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge)…. Greenline Magazine – Greenline Magazine – Issue 3 2013.

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Flame lilies in Mutare to Fires at Chilo Gorge…..

Posted on January 26, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

The Zimbabwe Travel Authority has initiated a tour of media writers from Britain to visit Zimbabwe…and we travel from Harare to Mutare to meet them after they have stayed at Inn on the Ruparara. After spending a night with dear … Continue reading →

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Portfolios, pedals, people and pop-ups-Painted Wolf Wines in 2013….

Posted on January 24, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Read the link below and my further notes below that,  for a resume of the year 2013, an exciting and successful year in the life of Painted Wolf Wines and Zimbabwe’s wild dogs! Portfolios, pedals, people and pop-ups – Painted … Continue reading →

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Theatre Dinner at Chilo Gorge Lodge, hyena chorus and lion opera……

Posted on January 18, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

14th January: A return to Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge for meetings, good company and plans for the future, finds us all sitting on the wooden deck overlooking the wilderness of the Gonarezhou National Park opposite us, enjoying a dinner under … Continue reading →

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Chilo hornbills in flight, cute spider and aloe spikes….

Posted on January 9, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

6th January: A visit to Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, delivering radios for their communications, gives me a chance to dive into the gardens and catch up with the gardeners there. A sundown visit to the Chivalula Falls is awe inspiring, … Continue reading →

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Dogs galore……

Posted on December 14, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

Wild dogs! On his way to an early morning meeting in Chiredzi, Clive has spotted 8 wild dogs on Hammond, and managed to get vague photographs, vague but clear enough for me to establish that at least one of the … Continue reading →

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