Mountain Zebra National Park: Africa Game Viewing with Lions, Rhino & More African Big 5 Wildlife
Road Trip to the Mountain Zebra National Park in the Eastern Cape - with awesome game viewing. We saw a whole pride of 14 Lions, with mother, cubs and all ages, as well as a huge male Lion. Also saw a Rhino mother and child, Buffalo, Zebra, Antelope and other African wildlife.
The park is in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, around 10Km from the town of Cradock. It was proclaimed in 1937 to protect the endangered Cape Mountain Zebra, which was down to only 6 animals at that time. Today it's a place where one can experience a true African wilderness safari and see 4 of Africa's Big 5 (no Elephants).
I can highly recommend the park, there is excellent accommodation and a restaurant provided by South Africa National Parks (SAN Parks), check their website to book online:
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South Africa Cape Buffalo Hunting March 2015
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Video of a recent Cape Buffalo Hunting Safari in South Africa. This Cape Buffalo hunting trip took place near the town of Hoedspruit in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
They encountered these two Cape Buffalo bulls and decided to take the bigger of the two. Luckily, the wind was right and the buffalo quickly turned and offered a good shot. The hunter took his shot off of shooting sticks and placed it perfectly, destroying the heart and both lungs. If you look carefully, you can see the bullet fly through the air before striking the Cape Buffalo's shoulder in the slow motion part of the video.
The rifle was a .375 H&H firing 300gr Winchester bullets. Shot distance was about 100 yards. The Cape Buffalo ran about 100 yards after the shot and measured 39.
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Just a short video of a South Africa Cape Buffalo hunting trip with a .375 H&H Magnum.
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South Africa Adventure
My first You Tube Video - a trip to South Africa on my own!
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In my gap year I wanted to travel on my own and visit another continent. What better travel destination is there than South Africa? I went abroad with a volunteer work organisation to explore the african wildlife and the beautiful city Capetown.
Let's travel Southafrica! The continent Africa is probably the most exciting one in the whole world, and so I wantetd to see it, despite I'm just 16 years old. I worked and went for it and made my dream come true. In Summer I flew to Johannesburg, Southafrica to change planes and fly to a small airport named Hoedspruit next to the Greater Krueger National Park. For two weeks I stayed in a game reserve and observated wild animals. We went on long game drives and safaris at every time of the day. My team counted the Big Five: African Elephant, Rhino, Lion, Buffalo and Leopard! We also spotted lots of different antelopes, cheetas, hyenas, warthogs, crocodiles, birds and insects. In addition to counting all those amazing wild animals like lions, elephants and leopards, we also helped to fix paths and fences and to build up camera traps to spot shy wild animals like leopards. We had the chance to experience the wonderful landscape and nature while working and seeing the exciting world of animals of Southafricas Greater Krüger National Park. After this adventure I flew to Capetown to take part in a social volunteer project in a preschool in a big township in capetown. During the week we helped to teach the abc, counting and general english skills the kids in school. On the weekend we made several trips to the attractions of capetown. Despite big problems like poverty, racism and unemployment, the City Capetown is a very beautiful place full of live and diffenrent cultures. Of course we climbed Table Mountain to have the stunning and breathtaking view above Capetown. We also visited Robben Island, the Company's Garden, the Bo-Kaap, Woodstock Market and the Victoria Waterfront. There are many more opportunities to spend your time in capetown, especially in summer you can do whale watching, dive with great white sharks, learn to surf, go on a horse riding trip or paraglide over the beautiful mountains next to the city. Capetown is the place to be outside and be active! And taste the great african food in a place like Mama Africa!
I hope you enjoyed my video!
Woman and three-year-old son attacked by a giraffe in South Africa
A mother and her three-year-old were trampled by the giraffe, which was accompanied by its 2-month-old calf and felt threatened. Read the full story here:
Elephant Charges At Safari Van
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This is the incredible moment where an elephant charges at a van full of tourists on a safari expedition.
The animal is walking with a herd of other elephants, when it appears to run towards the van at the Maseke Game Reserve in South Africa, in an effort to scare the safari away from their calves.
Frank De Beer, a safari guide from Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, filmed the incredible footage after spotting the herd of elephants.
Frank said: “We were on a morning safari, and as we came around the corner of a road, there was a whole breeding herd of elephants in the road.
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How two White Rhinos survived being poached.
My friends and I went to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre in (Mpumalanga South Africa) and had an AMAZING tour. This is a clip from our experience, where we were listening to the wonderful tour guide named Franco talk about 2 of the White Rhinos they are nursing back to health after poachers cut a major part of their faces off with a chainsaw. It's a convo I will never forget.
Keep in mind, we're still losing 2 or 3 rhinos PER DAY in South Africa thanks to poaching, and it's only getting worse. If you can, donate to some of the anti-poaching units that risk their lives on a daily basis to keep this from happening.
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Morning bush walk with Cheetah bodyguards
Cheetah brothers accompanying myself and guests on a bush walk before breakfast near the Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa
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Introduction Diver walks for Urban Wildlife 28th June 2015 and Monkey Helpline
Diver walks for Urban Wildlife.
28th June 2015 from 0700 – 1300
Umgeni river mouth to uShaka Marine World.
Monkey Helpline need to raise funds to build a monkey rehabilitation centre in Zululand as well as the funds needed to release two troops back into the wild.
It was while walking over the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa in 2014 wearing the diving ear that the idea for my next event came about.
Taking in the views of Durban as I walked up the 500m high arch (Raising funds for the Thula Thula Rhino orphanage) I saw Durban’s beautiful beach front spread out before me and thought well I think that is my next adventure to walk the 6 km along the beach front wearing the Standard diving dress of the early 1900’s diver’s weighing 70 kg.
This time for Monkey Helpline.
Breakdown of weight per item:
Siebi Gorman diving helmet, circa 1900’s – 21 kg
Replica Siebi Gorman diving suit – 5 kg
Chest and back weights -22 kg (11 kg each)
Siebi Gorman Knife & Sheath circa 1950’s – 1 kg
Siebi Gorman Torch circa 1950’s – 1kg
Lead soled diving boots – 20kg a pair (10kg each)
Total = 70 kg
Monkey Helpline will be building 3 open air enclosures along with the required out buildings such as a clinic and staff accommodation.
On Sunday 28th June 2015 at 0700 I shall be walking 6 km from the Umgeni river mouth along the promenade to uShaka Marine world wearing the old diving gear (Copper helmet, lead chest and back weights, lead soled boots weighing 70 kg) taking 6 hours… Yes 6 hours shuffling along at a snail’s pace. 1 km per hour.
This event will be again be mentally and physically demanding and shall take me around 6 hours to complete.
As well as raising funds for this fantastic project, I also hope to raise awareness of the dangers that our urban wildlife and Vervet Monkey’s face on a daily basis e.g. speeding cars, pellet guns, electrocutions via high voltage power cables, dog attacks etc.
How lucky are we to share our gardens with such amazing wildlife.
We can all make a difference, starting with our own little piece of Africa : our gardens, verges, window boxes, veggie patches
Every animal and insect has a place, a purpose, a reason - each insect, bird, mongoose, genet, gecko, moth, monkey has a role to play in our ecosystem.
In our modern lives we forget where we to have come from. The hustle and bustle of our lives has removed our senses from the natural world.
Take five minutes of your day and sit somewhere still and just watch, listen and feel the nature around you.
It could be the butterflies, bees, birds or monkeys you are watching. But soon you will see and feel nature and your inner self will tune in to the sounds of nature.
Our urban wildlife is under severe threat and strain – trying to survive in an ever unfriendly intolerant human world.
We forget that we moved into their habitat to build our homes and factories. And we must learn to live side by side – and to SHARE our space.
Ignorance is dangerous and we all need to be continuously educated to understand why certain animals do what they do.
Many people have little or no respect for wildlife.
Many people drive too fast killing many species of wildlife whilst rushing from A to B.
Take a moment, a short moment and explore your own garden - your own little piece of Africa.
If we all looked after our own little piece of Africa imagine the possibilities that could come from such a small idea and the good it would do for us and for our precious wildlife.
Look after your little piece of Africa and together we can uplift our community, cities and make a great country even greater.
Together we can help Monkey Helpline with their ongoing efforts to rescue and rehabilitate Vervet monkeys and make a difference by create something special for our urban wildlife.
Thank you.
Steve Entwistle
Conservation through education.
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Families face off man eating tigers for food
Accustomed to eating the bodies washed up by Ganges river, the royal Bengal tigers that habit the vast mangrove forest of Sundarbans have developed the peculiar habit of eating human flesh. People living in the region must venture into the jungle despite the great danger. #LocalHeroes
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Lion Attacks Man (Horrific Lion Attack!)
Hunters get attacked by a lion
An African lion killed a worker Wednesday at a wildlife sanctuary called Cat Haven in Dunlap, California.
Twenty-four-year-old Dianna Hanson of Seattle died after a 350-pound (160-kilogram) lion named Cous Cous escaped a smaller pen and attacked Hanson as she was cleaning its main enclosure, according to CNN. Hanson reportedly died quickly of a broken neck, and the lion inflicted other injuries after death. The Fresno County sheriff deputy shot and killed the lion in an effort to stop the attack, but it was too late, according to news reports. (Also see Pittsburgh Zoo Tragedy: Why Did African Wild Dogs Attack Boy?)
We asked two leading big cat experts to weigh in on the tragedy: Craig Packer, a 2012 National Geographic Waitt grantee and ecologist at the University of Minnesota; and conservation scientist Luke Dollar, grant-program director of the National Geographic Society's Big Cats Initiative.
What was your reaction to the news?
Craig Packer: The young woman was apparently attacked when the lion broke out of its holding cage and caught her while she was cleaning out its enclosure. Fully-fledged zoos are always extremely careful to keep their staff out of harm's way with heavy duty holding facilities.
Luke Dollar: I hope we don't try to vilify a law-enforcement officer who was acting on short notice in an attempt to get medical attention to the victim as quickly as possible. The danger has to be removed.
The lion is a predator and its a big, powerful animal. Whether it intended to attack and devour the keeper or simply played too rough is not clear at present. What's certain is that these animals demand a great deal of respect and constant vigilance.
Is there any bigger takeaway from this incident?
CP: Lions attract a lot of attention: Lion Country Safari, the Lion King, Born Free, Chronicles of Narnia, the Cowardly Lion, etc. They are big fluffy mammals with cute cubs and affectionate family relationships.
Most of the time they seem relaxed and cuddly—so it's easy to forget that they react to meat with the reflexive instincts of a shark. Ten years ago Roy Horne (of Siegfried and Roy) was attacked by a tiger that they had handled for years—these attacks happen when people forget about the shark inside.
Can wild animals like lions be domesticated?
LD: To take a big cat and treat it as a pet is ill advised. It really is wonderful to love and respect these creatures, but it is truly folly [to think] that one can commune and be friends with them. We have learned that lesson over and over, whether it's with bears or big cats or venomous snakes.
We have this fascination [with dangerous animals such as lions] because of their potential lethality, but for some reason we still cross the line that should never be crossed. ... Anthropomorphization is a dangerous thing. These are wild animals—this is not Simba from the Lion King.
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