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Painted Wolf Wines; Wild Dogs and Wine Tastings Triumph at Chilo!

Posted on June 17, 2019 by

The wine and wild dog weekend was a great success walks in the wild wild dog photos by Xenia Kuhn seeing a den with adult wild dogs ! No one saw actual pups – who hid down the den in … Continue reading →

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Mahove Tented camp; Big skies and Terrapins, Lions and Waterlilies

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

Across the still-high Save River by boat, and into the Park, past the parks reception and found skulls… this small warthog skull speaks to me, I love the funky shapes and moods of bone and skulls, and have just finished … Continue reading →

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Painted Wolves at Chilo Gorge: Wine and Wild Dogs galore!

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

Painted Wolves will be returning to Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge SOON! whether you call them by their full latin name Lycaon pictus, or by their other names African wild dogs, Painted Wolves, or Painted dogs… they are all the same … Continue reading →

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Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe; Save River in Full Spate at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

A day spent at Chipinda Pools Tented Camp on the tranquil Runde River, sketching and meeting fellow conservationists and safari operators, (little do I know that this is the lull before the storm….) Inspired by the riverine vegetation and by … Continue reading →

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Jamie Oliver triumphs at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge; true wilderness on the edge of serenity, Christmas 2018

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

Jamie Oliver triumphs at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge!! We wait on the edge of true wilderness, Gonarezhou, for life giving rains that will fill our Save River, as in this photo from last year.. Meanwhile, we wish we had had … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the Rains in Gonarezhou, with a prime, fat Lion and a beautiful Tusker!

Posted on December 26, 2018 by

Hot weather greets every sunrise, no rain to speak of yet in Gonarezhou, mostly scattered showers and we wait eagerly for the real thing! Even the small rains we have had are enough to create green grass galore, Travels through … Continue reading →

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The Elephant in the Shower…

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

The Elephant in the Shower A tented shower on the edge of the steep bank of the Runde River, hoisted upon a carpet of gold, under a Cordyla Africana tree in the wilderness of Gonarezhou, Zimbabwe. This ‘place of the … Continue reading →

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