Greetings once again! I’m just out of the bush for a few days and thought I would give you a little update from our last trip into the bush.

The group I was guiding was very keen on walking and as I am sure you all know by now, walking is my thing!!! I love nothing more than getting off the vehicle and exploring the wilds on foot! On the second last morning we headed south and started walking at about 6:15 am. The air was cool and pleasant and it was the first clear day we had had out if the last three. We hadn’t been walking long when we hit a group of buffalo heading north east, now this was a little strange as I had seen tracks but they were heading straight south, at any rate we viewed the herd and then proceeded to skirt the herd. We had just crossed to the opposite bank when we encountered another group of buffalo heading South, I was now a little confused. We followed the herd slowly as they headed southwards but then everything became clear as we hit more buffalo heading North East! We had walk smack bang into the middle of two herds of 400 plus buffalo as they criss crossed each others paths. Read more…

leopard cubs exploring the World

Greetings from the bush, and what can we say this is certainly going to be a summer to remember. Due to the strange weather patterns, early rains and then long hot dry spells, the game viewing has continued to provide us with some splendid game viewing options.

After having completed a 6 night birding trip in which we managed well over 300 bird species I had the great privilege of welcoming back one of our first guests and his family. Now all of the Gordon’s are avid photographers adding a slight element of pressure to the safari as I didn’t want to disappoint and disappoint the bush did not!

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Hi guys,

Well can you believe that we are already one month into 2010, time sure does fly when you’re enjoy the best that Africa has to offer. Now I am sure you are all eagerly awaiting the start of this years world Cup in SA and I am pleased to announce that we have secured accommodation for the group stages in our favourite little camp in the Timbavati. So if you or anyone is interested give us a shout at info@openskieswild.com and we will see what we can do for you!