World Turtle Day falls on the 23rd of May every year and is an awareness day that many probably don’t know exists. So why should we celebrate this day, or should I say ‘shellebrate’? This special day was devoted to both tortoises and turtles, reptiles in the order Testudines which rely on their shells [...]
My first view of one of the safariLIVE cars as my father and I draw closer to Djuma Research Camp (DRC.) My name is Luke MacDonald. I’m standing on a dust road looking at a small carved wooden sign that reads, Djuma 2.5km. It’s taken me about 10 hours to get here [...]
As most of you know, an elephant died on Djuma recently and its carcass is still present close to Twin Dams. A carcass of this size will cause lots of activity for a couple of weeks and therefore we thought it might be interesting to install a temporary camera near it. Thee stream will provide [...]
The cat characters of safariLIVE are possibly the most loved and famous wild cats in the world. That’s why we always endeavor to make sure you are able to follow their journeys as they fight for survival in the thick of the African wild. For the past several years the Cat Report has been [...]
As a follow up to yesterday's blog we want to share with you some more details about what is needed to resolve the issues and how you can help make this happen. As per the previous update we have already applied for an increase in available bandwidth and expect this to be available in about [...]
It's been a bittersweet week at the Pond. Happiness about the long-awaited return of one of the world's most popular waterhole cameras, mixed in with frustration that it did not match the quality that Pondies had gotten used to. Over the past couple of days we have pushed the camera to its limits and [...]
SABI SAND (The Investec Pack stands at attention, Screenshot Credit: Ashley Wall, safariLIVE, Djuma) INVESTEC PACK (5 Breakaway Dogs) 22 Oct After murmurings of wild dogs in the general vicinity, WE finally caught up with the pack on Sunday morning. It was fortuitous that WE happened upon them [...]
WE have always believed in a strong and healthy relationship with our viewers, based on trust and two-way feedback. That’s why WE need your help! WE are always trying to improve your daily LIVE wildlife experiences in the best ways possible. In order to do this, WE’d like to hear from you. Your thoughts and [...]
WildEarth and Djuma would like to ask you [our faithful safarians] to help us, help the Ngalave creche in Hluvukani. The creche currently accommodates 52 under 5 year olds daily. The conditions are appalling due to lack of funding. These poor children currently do not have any tables and chairs, educational toys or arts [...]
safariLIVE December Rehearsal Schedule: The finishing touches! Well safarians WE are less than a week away from our safariLIVE series debut! WE is heading towards our primetime television series in 2017. The Premier of this will be on January 1st at 10pm EST on Nat Geo WILD in the USA. We are all bursting at [...]
