They say the only constants in life are death and taxes, whoever wrote that clearly forgot the passage of time. The call of the Diederik cuckoo is becoming fainter and the shrill “chip chrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr” of the woodland kingfisher disrupts the peaceful ebb and flow of bush less each day. Summer in the lowveld is [...]
It’s a New Year and we’re hitting the ground running: starting on the 8th of January we will releasing our thermal drone into the skies once more. Our thermal technology allows us to fly over the plains of the African wild, picking up the body heat of animals that would normally be concealed in [...]
As the year winds down and with Christmas just around the corner, we’re letting the holiday spirit settle around Djuma and will be giving the hard-working elves of the safariLIVE crew an opportunity to take some time off. All this means is that the REGULAR SUNSET DRIVE show will be airing on Monday the [...]
Whilst doing some administrative jobs for the FC girls, I came across a page titled ‘Special Days Calendar’. I was tasked to make sure that all the days aligned and were, in fact, real events. Having gone through the list extensively I found that ‘National Pollinators Week’ was only officially celebrated in the United [...]
The thermal drone is back in action! During this week we will be scanning the darkest hours of the night for the thermal signatures of your favourite cat characters, as well as any other interesting nocturnal creatures. As many of you know, our thermal technology allows us to observe nature in its most secretive [...]
I came into this experience feeling confident; I have visited the Djuma Research Camp before, spent a fair amount of time in the Sabi Sands and I’m comfortable and happy in the bush. I was also familiar with Hoedspruit, which proved highly useful when one of the newer crew members came to pick me [...]
A very safariLIVE Christmas It’s the most festive safari time of the year as we slowly make our way through the final month of 2018. It has been an exciting year filled to the brim with all manner of animal action, new concepts, televised broadcasts and of course all the ups and downs of [...]
It is with great sadness that we bid a fond farewell to the man and legend known as Brent Leo-Smith. Brent has been with WildEarth for almost four years and what an incredible four years it has been. From trekking gorillas in Rwanda to cruising the vast plains of the Maasai Mara, searching for [...]
Like mother, like daughter. Naretoi, a female cheetah and daughter of Kakenya, is a relatively new addition to the Maasai Mara’s array of characters but like her mother before her, she has become a fan favorite. Born in 2014, Naretoi grew up under the care of her mother, living alongside her two sisters and [...]
The first four episodes of safariLIVE on SABC 3 have been a huge success. So much so that we were the second most watched show on the channel for the month of October! As many of you know, South Africa is a nation obsessed with the bushveld, yet there are a few other things [...]
