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Painted Wolf Wines; Wild Dogs and Wine Tastings Triumph at Chilo!
Painted Wolves, whether the wines or the animals, always get our attention at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge! A weekend of wine tastings with Painted Wolf Wines and talks by the African Wildlife Conservation Fund, always creates enthusiasm. and no matter … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, africa, African flora, African Safari, African wild dogs, african wildlife, african wildlife conservation fund, animal rights, anti poaching, arid areas, art, art on clothes, baobab, beauty, bio diversity, bush camps, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, chilojo cliffs, citizen science, clive stockil, coats of many colours, community conservation, conservation, conservation education, conservation news, cooking, cultural beliefs, culture, dogs, eco-tourism, education, elephants, endangered species, family, flowers, food, Gonarezhou Conservation Trust, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, lowveld, moonrise, painted dog conservation, Painted Dogs, painted Dogs, Painted Wolf Foundation, Painted Wolf Wines, painted wolves, photography, Poaching, predators, prey, pups, Rivers, runde river, safari, SAVE, Save River, serenity, sketching, travel, wild dogs, wilderness, wildlife trade, wine, wine tasting, wines, wolves, wood sculpture, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks
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Tagged adventure, art inspiration, chilo, Clive Stockil, dogs, Dr. Rosemary Groom, Emma Borg, Gonarezhou National Park, Gonarezhou Predator Project, guiding, Jeremy Borg, Lin Barrie Art, painted dogs, Painted Wolf Wines, painted wolves, pups, River crossing, safari, save river, sunsets, Walking, walking safari, wild dog den, wild dog pups, wild dog research, wild dogs, wilddogs, wilderness, wine tasting, wines, wines for wildlife, wolves, Zimbabwe Parks, zimbabwe tourism
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Mahove Tented camp; Big skies and Terrapins, Lions and Waterlilies
Across the still-high Save River by boat, and into the Park, past the parks reception and found skulls… this small warthog skull speaks to me, I love the funky shapes and moods of bone and skulls, and have just finished … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, africa, African child, African flora, African Safari, African wild dogs, african wildlife, arid areas, art, baobab, beauty, bio diversity, birding, bush camps, Changana people, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, clive stockil, community conservation, conservation, conservation news, cooking, culture, eco-tourism, education, elephants, endangered species, fire, flowers, Gonarezhou Conservation Trust, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, interior decor, interior design, landscape, leopards, Lin Barrie Art, lions, lowveld, Machangana culture, mopani trees, Painted Dogs, painted wolves, photography, Poaching, predators, prey, pups, Rainy. Season, reptiles, Rivers, runde river, safari guide, SAVE, Save River, serenity, travel, waterbirds, wild dogs, wilderness, wolves, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks
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Tagged A Celebration of Painted Wolves 2015, africa, African wild dogs, big sky, bushman, camping, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Clive Stockil, Garth Thompson, Gonarezhou National Park, landscape, Mahove Camp, predators, prey, professional guide, river, runde river, save river, sunrise, sunset, tented camp, wilderness, zimbabwe, zimbabwe tourism
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Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe; Save River in Full Spate at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge
A day spent at Chipinda Pools Tented Camp on the tranquil Runde River, sketching and meeting fellow conservationists and safari operators, (little do I know that this is the lull before the storm….) Inspired by the riverine vegetation and by … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, africa, African child, African flora, African Safari, african wildlife, aircraft, animal rights, art, beauty, bio diversity, bush camps, Changana people, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, chimanimani, clive stockil, community conservation, Cyclone, disaster, family, Floods, gonarezhou national park, Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, Lin Barrie publication, lowveld, Machangana culture, malawi, mozambique, photography, Rainy. Season, Rivers, runde river, rural school,, safari, SAVE, Save River, Save Valley Conservancy, Senuko, Shangaana people, travel, Uncategorized, wilderness, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks
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Tagged acacia tree, Africa Conservation Travel, aid, air zimbabwe, animals, baby hippo, beira, big rain, boat rescue, boats, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, chimanimani, Chipinda Pools, chipinge, Chivilila Falls, crocodiles, culture, Cyclone, Cyclone Idai, disaster, disaster relief, eastern zimbabwe, econet, Floods, food culture, food security, Frog and Fern, Gogo Olive, gonarezhou, hippos, humanitarian, Idai, Lin Barrie Art, Mahenye community, Mahenye Village, malawi, Miracle missions, Mozambique, Rain, river, river rescue, Rolling Stone clothing, runde river, safari, sAFARI zIMBABWE, save river, Save Valley Conservancy, sunrise, sunset, tented camp, Turgwe hippo trust, zimbabwe, ZNSPCA
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Leopard lovers and a rival at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge!
7th January at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge: No guests today- they left with a packed lunch by 4 am – I sat on the deck after seeing them off and enjoyed this sunrise, a hippo swimming upriver towards me, you … Continue reading →
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Tagged animals, art, cats, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, crocodiles, environment, Gonarezhou National Park, Gonarezhou Predator Project, leopards, Leopards in love, love, photography, safari, save river, travel, zimbabwe, zimbabwe tourism
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The Njuzu of the Save River; Mermaid or Myth…you decide, I know what I believe..
The Njuzu of the Save River , as told by Nzanza Sekai in his recent excellent article on the Save River and Birchenough Bridge, called “Celebrating Rain and the flooding of the Save River”… is a story long told by … Continue reading →
Posted in Africa, African child, african wildlife, amphibians, bio diversity, Changana people, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, clive stockil, community conservation, conservation, conservation education, cultural beliefs, culture, eco-tourism, fishing, food culture, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, initiation rites, Lin Barrie Art, Machangana culture, reptiles, SAVE, Save River, Shangaana people, spoken tradition, theatre, tradition, travel, Uncategorized, wetlands, wilderness, zimbabwe
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Tagged Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Chivalila Falls, Floods, Gonarezhou National Park, legends, myths, Njuzi water spirit, Njuzu water spirit, Rain, save river, water rescue, waterfall, xangana culture
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The Road Less Travelled is ours; River rescues and Boating on the mighty Save River ……
The road less travelled is ours… we have boated across the mighty Save River, Mahenye Island in the distance… and have been the only human adventurers to explore the newly washed landscape of Gonarezhou….along rain-puddled  green-flanked roads inhabited by rolling … Continue reading →
Posted in adventure travel, Africa, African child, African flora, African Safari, african wildlife, amphibians, baobab, beauty, bio diversity, birding, bullfrog, bush camps, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, clive stockil, community conservation, conservation, conservation education, conservation news, eco-tourism, elephants, endangered species, fishing, flowers, frogs, gardens, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Honey gatherers, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, lowveld, molluscs, New Year, owls, pelicans, prey, Rainy. Season, reptiles, Rivers, safari, SAVE, Save River, spoken tradition, tradition, travel, turtles, Uncategorized, waterbirds, wetlands, wilderness, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks
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Tagged animals, art, canoe, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, crocodiles, environment, Fish, fish eagle, food, Frogs, ground hornbills, Lin Barrie Art, Pets Fishing owl, photography, safari, save river, sunset, travel, Tsavene Bush house, water rescue, waterbirds
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rainless skies and dusty sunsets; sunrises and elephants
Elephant sunrise…….on the Save River below Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge…. etched in gold and pink against the budding baobab that graces Chilo Gorge Lodge . I am watching this baobab with bated breath, the progress of the buds against the … Continue reading →
Posted in adventure travel, Africa, African flora, African Safari, african wildlife, animal rights, anti poaching, art, baobab, beauty, bio diversity, birding, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, citizen science, conservation, cooking, eco-tourism, edible plant, education, elephants, endangered species, flowers, food, food culture, gardens, gardens and flowers, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, Uncategorized
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Tagged africa flora, animals, art, baobab pod, baobabs, botany, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, environment, food, Gonarezhou National Park, pollination, protecting elephants, ralph stutchbury, research, safari, save river, sunset, travel
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Of Giant Snails and Tradition; Fire and Totems….
Of Giant Snails and Tradition; Fire and Totems…. In the Southeast lowveld of Zimbabwe, on the Save River, The Chauke Clan totem is the African Giant Snail…. here is my art installation of giant land snail shells and fire-fired clay … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, African child, African flora, african wildlife, african wildlife conservation fund, art, art collaboration, beauty, bio diversity, Changana people, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, clive stockil, community conservation, conservation, conservation education, cooking, cultural beliefs, culture, eco-tourism, education, endangered species, food, food culture, giant African snail, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, hlungwani peiople, home grown food, homegrown, initiation rites, Lin Barrie Art, molluscs, oral history, Shangaana people, spoken tradition, Totem, tradition, travel, wilderness, wildlife trade
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Tagged africa, animals, art, brewing beer, Chauke Clan, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, conservation, cooking, culture, eco-tourism, environment, Fire, food, GLTFCA, gonarezhou, gorgeous photo, Hlungwani Clan, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, molluscs, nature, palm wine, pottery, safari, save river, snails, taboos, totems, tradition, traditional beliefs, wildlife, wine, zimbabwe
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An amazing mollusk: the Giant African Land Snail, revered totem of the Chauke Clan…
I love sketching the shells of these snails, so sculptural…. Achatina fulica is a species of land snail in the family Achatinidae, known commonly as the  giant African land snail. Wikipedia says: Outside of its native range this snail thrives … Continue reading →
Posted in adventure travel, Africa, African child, African flora, African Safari, african wildlife, art, art exhibition, baobab, beauty, bio diversity, bush camps, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, conservation, conservation education, cooking, culture, eco-tourism, edible plant, fire, flowers, food, food culture, gardens, gardens and flowers, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, Machangana culture, molluscs, mozambique, photography, Rivers, Save River, Save Valley Conservancy, slow food, wetlands, wilderness, wildlife trade, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks
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Tagged Achatina fulica, africa, African giant snail, animals, art, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, conservation, cooking, culture, eco-tourism, environment, flowers, folktale, food, gardens, Giant Land Snail, giant mollusk, GLTFCA, gonarezhou, gorgeous photo, Lin Barrie Art, mollusk, myth, nature, Painted Dog Conservation, safari, save river, Save Valley Conservancy, Senuko, snail, storytelling, Tsavene Bush house, wildlife, xangana culture, Xangana totem, zimbabwe
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A wedding to remember……forever
Life is a roller coaster, high wave adventure, and Kelli and Anton started 2015 on a huge wave….! riding their separate cruise ships round the Hawaii’an Islands and the Caribbean islands! While on their far-apart cruise ships, Kelli and … Continue reading →
Posted in adventure travel, Africa, African child, African Safari, african wildlife, beauty, bush camps, Caribbean travel, Chilo Gorge, City Life, clive stockil, cruise ships, culture
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Tagged africa, African Papermakers, caribbean cruise, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, eco-tourism, environment, flowers, food, gardens, gorgeous photo, Hawaii cruise, Kelli Barker, landscape, Michele Fortmann Photography, Mr and Mrs, nautical party, ocean, Painted Wolf Wines, pirates, sailors, save river, vera wang wedding dress, wave, wedding, wildlife, zimbabwe
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