On our way to Eswatini After leaving the Kruger Park through the Malelane Gate, we drove via Barberton towards Eswatini (former Swaziland). We followed the Makhonjwa Geotrail to the border of Eswatini. Besides a magnificent view, information boards at lookout points offer the possibility to learn something about the partly 3 billion(!) years old rocks
What happened at all? What is our conclusion? In the 27 days we were in camp we walked 134 hours in the bush. We covered almost 280 km on foot in that time. We had three lion sightings on the walks. In total, we could observe seven different lions during these sightings. Three leopard and
Playfights of young elephant bulls We have often seen young bulls playfully measuring their strength. It is remarkable when you step out of the bush and two young bulls stand in the middle distance and start to fight playfully. The bushwalks in Mashatu offer of course a quite wonderful scenery. The elephant density is very
Getting worse is always possible There is not so much to report, so we summarize weeks 3 and 4 of our ‘Africa on foot’ adventure. The tense situation in the camp has not eased as we would have wished. It has become worse. Many of the year students had to make important phone calls. For
Do you see the Lion? At the end of week 2 in Mashatu we were lucky that one of the Land Cruisers was usable for us. We could explore an area that was new to us on foot, taking the car to a starting point. After the walk, as we were on our way back
EcoTraining Week 2 – Rainfall and Stress The second week of our Trails Guide course at EcoTraining was marked by stress, bad mood and partly heavy rainfall. We started this course totally unprepared and already at the beginning of the second week some thunderstorms were unleashed. In form of heavy rainfall and also in interpersonal
EcoTraining Trails Guide Course – dark clouds are gathering Weiterlesen »
Africa on foot – our Trails Guide course begins The EcoTraining ‘Trails Guide course’ was already one of the highlights of our trip during the preparations. To explore the bush on foot twice a day for 28 days promised exciting encounters and a lot of learning content. Being on foot in the bush is a
