
Blog posts in Ithala Game Reserve


First Sighting of an Unusual Animal During the Ithala Leopard Survey
Clicking through camera trap folders and then different date folders in search of priority species, is one of the tasks that the volunteers of the...
Impala Scent Glands, Signalling and Countershading
Impala are arguably the most common animal that our volunteers will encounter during placement, however this does not mean that they should be...
Aardwolf on Ithala Game Reserve – First sighting in over 2 years!
The Panthera Leopard Survey, run in collaboration with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and Wildlife ACT, captured this rare and exciting image of an Aardwolf...
Leopard Survey Bids Farewell to Ithala
The time has come for the leopard survey team to bid farewell to the magical Ithala Game Reserve and all its curious creatures.
Ithala’s Brown Hyena Mysteries
Out in the field, our Ithala conservation volunteers came across a brown hyena pasting. They use this to communicate with other hyenas in the area. .
How cute is this little leopard cub!
The wildlife volunteers and I have had a very exciting week on Ithala Game Reserve - this image of a leopard cub is just the icing on the cake!
Osteophagia? What the…
The conservation volunteers and I encountered this giraffe in Ithala Game Reserve supplementing her diet by sucking on a bone. This is called...
Somkhanda Leopard Survey Comes to an End
The Somkhanda Esikhotheni Zimanga Leopard Survey is coming to an end and the Wildlife ACT Leopard Survey team will be moving to Ithala Game Reserve.