Category Archives: Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park

Should You Be Going on Safari in Zimbabwe? | Elizabeth Gordon

Posted on April 7, 2015 by wineandwilddogs

MUST READ! A thoughtful and realistic article  on World opinion of  elephant issues and tourism in Zimbabwe by Elizabeth Gordon… Elizabeth Gordon visited Chilo Gorge last year, and has informed comments to make on crucial issues concerning tourism, the revenue from which … Continue reading →

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Mahenye Charitable Trust and Changana Culture; beading and beautiful ladies…

Posted on March 25, 2015 by wineandwilddogs

The Changana ladies at Chief Mahenye’s village have a strong tradition of beading…. Look at these deeply gathered skirts that they embellish with numerous seed beads… Some of my personal necklaces, bought from these talented ladies… NOTE: excerpt from my … Continue reading →

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Bees and malaria; Honey gatherers and baobabs….

Posted on January 24, 2015 by wineandwilddogs

Honey Gatherers and bees have been much on my mind… when we walk through the sand forest near to Mahenye village I photograph the pegs and ancient pegs marks on a baobab trunk… and the giant land snail who has … Continue reading →

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WORLD RHINO DAY

Posted on September 22, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

World Rhino Day is today, 22nd September….and Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge has high hopes for the future re-introduction of rhinos into Gonarezhou, our pristine Zimbabwean wilderness…. Read this message from Elsabe Van Der Westhuizen of Frankfurt Zoological Society, September 2013: … Continue reading →

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African wild dog pups make life worth living…

Posted on August 7, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Nyarushanga Pack-a Diary by Lin Barrie An African wild dog den in an old warthog burrow, in a termite mound near a huge rocky hill (a ‘kopjie’) on Senuko Ranch in the Save Valley Conservancy. GPS co-ordinates: 36K0401936-7719474 Seven pups … Continue reading →

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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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Frankfurt Zoo and Gonarezhou Conservation Project; Wild dogs and predators

Posted on April 29, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

The Frankfurt Zoo has heartwarming initiatives in Gonarezhou National Park….which is part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park….   follow this link for general news…… Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt- Gonarezhou Conservation Project. here is Hugo van der Westhuizen and a scout team, with recovered … Continue reading →

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Bathawks and Baobabs

Posted on April 19, 2012 by wineandwilddogs

    At Chilo Gorge lodge…. Bathawks are high on my mind at the moment, after watching one approach us through the red dusk, high above the Save river, last night. We stood transfixed and entranced, on the wooden deck … Continue reading →

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