Greetings from a luscious Hopewell lodge!! The last two months have brought us some much needed rains which have led to green grasses and fantastic game viewing. There has been an exciting increase in animal numbers due to the amount of births here at Hopewell! the family herd of elephants have been spending most of their time around the lodge and seem to have captured the dominant bulls attention again as he seems to be spending most of his time with the herd. winter mornings seem to bring about some brilliant activity, including being able to spend some time with the red necked francolin families as they forage and interact. The cheetahs have been very active over the last couple of months, also spending most of their time in the valleys nearby the lodge. It definitely is one of the most exhilarating sights to watch a cheetah chase a herd of 40 impala across the open plains at speeds of at least 100 to 110 kmph. The Hopewell team
New baby giraffe and Thabo, a male cheetah.
We are happy to welcome a new addition to the Hopewell Family! This elephant calf was first spotted on Wednesday, 2 December 2009.
Shots taken 2 days ago , they are growing like seals
Bushpig Restaurant attacting new and old guests
A 2nd giraffe calf made its debut appearance on the Hopewell stage last week and in this pic is being comforted by its mother
A transmitter was surgically implanted into Beluga (our male )and is doing well after the operation
Shots taken last week of Phinda and her cubs ,a milestone as she took them to their first kill
Our cheetah cubs are now 1month and 1 week old and are doing well.We have been keeping our distance and we viewed them yesterday after a 2 week break
A brown Hyaena spotted on the trail cam on the evening of the 3rd July 09
New visitors to our bushpig restaurant ,an ele and porcupine
A few pictures from fridays game drive
A few pics of the ever elusive bushpig taken on our trail cam
A message to us all from the largest of Land mammals,"Tread lightly on this earth"
The latest addition to the Hopewell family
Phinda has moved her cubs and they are all well and growing steadily.It will not be long before they are steady on their feet and moving around
Pics taken on 7th june ,the cubs eyes are clearing and they are already moving about albeit on wobbly legs.Phinda's condition could be better so we will be monitoring carefully.
anybody have a tissue ???
A happy day for all of us on Hopewell , Phinda (our female cheetah)has given birth to 3 new cubs that we viewed for the first time this morning .All seems well with both mother and cubs,watch this space for regular updates
A happy day for all of us on Hopewell ,Phinda has had 3 cubs .We viewed them for the first time this morning and all seens well with both mother and cubs watch this space for regular updates
