Category Archives: Wildlife Sightings

Tanzania – Follow Steffi’s footsteps (June 2023)

Posted on 24th July 2023

  A heavy feeling comes over me as I climb into the 13 “seater” light aircraft from Auric Air connecting us at Kilimanjaro International airport to our long international flight back home. A wonderful time in Tanzania has come to an end. The 10 days on safari in one of my favourite countri
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Gorilla Baby Boom

Posted on 10th June 2022

"Conserving for generations" - that is the motto of Uganda's Wildlife Authority ... and it certainly rings true in the light of the news of a gorilla baby boom that has been observed and reported on for this past month of May in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.  On 9th May 2022, an adul
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cat kills cobra!

Posted on 13th January 2014

My cat is a vicious snake killer. Today he got a spitting cobra that came into the garden and within minutes killed it. Its the second snake in two days and they are obviously on the move again with the weather warming up.
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Sightings

Posted on 13th January 2013

Never a quiet month at Kwando Safaris… read on and share what our guests saw in December 2012 Other sightings Kwara The three brother cheetahs were seen regularly in the Tsum Tsum area, managing to avoid the lions that were also seen out there, but also having luck
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Wattled Cranes in Africa

Posted on 13th July 2012

The Wattled Crane, Bugeranus carunculatus is a large bird found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. It is monotypical for its genus. Destruction, alteration, and degradation of wetland habitats constitute the most significant threats to the Wattled Crane, perhaps one of the mos
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