Blog posts tagged as Umkhuze Game Reserve

New Pack of African Wild Dogs Established in uMkhuze

A new pack of African Wild Dogs has recently been established at the uMkhuze section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. This was after acquiring 3 male Wild Dogs from... read more

Thokozani Mlambo Receives Disney Conservation Hero Award

Earlier this year, one of our partner organisations, The Sindisa Fund, nominated Wildlife ACT’s Community Conservation Liaison Thokozani Mlambo for the Disney Conservation Hero Award. We are... read more

Wildlife Volunteering: More Than Just Memories

By Neil Miller Not only does a visit to one of Wildlife ACT’s projects offer you the amazing opportunity for life-defining moments while wildlife volunteering, it also offers you the... read more

Lion Encounters: Moments to hold your Breath

This conservation volunteer remembers her first breathtaking encounter with the uMkhuze lions and how they got closer than she ever imagined was possible. read more

10 Things I learned as a conservation volunteer in Zululand

Marsea Nelson shares what she discovered during her two weeks as a conservation volunteer with Wildlife ACT at uMkhuze Game Reserve in February 2014. read more

Wildlife ACT / Panthera Leopard Survey Update

The Wildlife ACT/Panthera Leopard Survey is in full swing! The day after taking down 39 sites at Somkhanda, the team moved across to Mkhuze Game Reserve for the second survey of 2014. read more

Monitoring Serval in uMkhuze Game Reserve

uMkhuze Game Reserve, a section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, is very excited to announce that a pair of serval from Emdoneni Cat Rehabilitation Centre, were recently released into the reserve in... read more

Video: African Wild Dog Greeting Sounds

Wildlife volunteer, Robin Shepard, joined Wildlife ACT last month in Mkhuze Game Reserve. She filmed this interesting video of Wild Dog behaviour.This is a sample of the greeting chirps they do... read more

Early Spring Rain in uMkhuze Game Reserve

Zululand has received some extremely welcome early Spring rains recently (a big relief for the region, which has been very dry). Our conservation volunteers experienced the challenges of muddy roads... read more

uMkhuze Cheetah diary April 2012

The team in uMkhuze were able to collar a female cheetah in April. By identifying the spot patterns we found this to be the daughter of another cheetah in the park who has three cubs of her own.... read more