Zululand So Much To Do

06/08/2013

24/05/2013

Amazing photography from IFAW

29/10/2012

This month from the rangers at Leopard Mountain

http://www.zululand.co.za/blog/zululand-getaways/zululand-nature/sightings-leopard-mountain/

03/10/2012

Rangers Report at Leopard Mountain Lodge

http://www.zululand.co.za/blog/zululand-getaways/zululand-nature/august-at-leopard-mountain-reserve/

August brought the start of our annual burning season. This process is extremely important as it gets rid of all the old grass that has dried out losing its nutritional value over the winter months.

05/09/2012

http://www.zululand.co.za/blog/whats-on-in-zululand/zululand-entertainment/zini-music-festival/

Natures Way Backpackers Mtunzini are hosting a music festival in October with all profits being donated to Rhinoceros Unanimous.

12/08/2012

Tembe National Elephant Park and the old Ivory Route - a rare eco-system, a transition zone between tropical and sub-tropical

http://www.tembe.co.za/about.htm

The largest African elephants in the world, along with rhino, buffalo and leopard in a 190 sq.mi. park. Excellent birding and nearby scuba diving.

10/08/2012

with rising sea levels posing a very real threat to the Maldives, the lowest lying country in the world, a Dutch company has teamed up with the Maldives goverment with an ambitious plan to save the island nation.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/floating-islands-could-save-the-sinking-maldives/28238?tag=nl.e660

Faced with rising sea levels, Dutch-designed artificial islands could be the only option for the low-lying Maldives.

05/07/2012

Ithala Game Reserve - one of the oldest in South Africa

http://www.zululand.co.za/blog/zululand-getaways/zululand-routes/ithala-game-reserve/

Ithala Game Reserve was once part of the old Pongola Game Reserve, the first to be proclaimed in South Africa, and is now administered by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.

03/07/2012

One of the worlds rarest animals, the Java Rhino, population: about 35 left in the wild

http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0605-javan-rhino.html

Trekking through deep mud and sawgrass we find a stinking wallow. The elite rangers, dressed completely in black despite the tropical heat, mark the site with the GPS unit, measure the mucky puddle's depth, and move on. This is the first sign of one of the planet's rarest animals—the Javan rhino. On...

02/07/2012

This year is the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention so the spotlight is being trained on how well - or not - the Convention is doing at protecting iconic sites such as the Great Barrier Reef or the Serengeti National Park.

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/wcpa_worldheritage/wh_committees22/2012___saint_petersburg/?10223&utm_campaign=1110879376&utm_content=1037186843878&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailvision

The world needs to take far better care of its outstanding natural places — those designated as World Heritage sites. That’s the message from IUCN experts as they gather in St. Petersburg, Russia for the annual meeting of the World Heritage Convention starting 24 June.

29/06/2012

This is a great idea that needs implementing in Africa

http://www.zululand.co.za/blog/environmental-conservation/environment-conservation/boxed-water-an-alternative-to-bottles/

An estimated 51billion bottles are used annually in America alone, with only 1 in 5 being recycled. Thats a lot of landfill, and fast becoming an environmental disaster.