News Archives

March sightings, wildlife monitoring and interesting research projects.`

On the 24th of March a report was received about an elephant bull with a fairly fresh-looking and severe trunk injury, thought to be caused by a snare.

A heavy focus for this month was Invasive/Alien Plant Control across the reserve.

Hello, Ingwelala Members! Happy Easter!

February sightings, wildlife monitoring and interesting research projects.`

Easter weekend is always a busy time at Ingwelala. These are are the events we have planned...

We wanted to do something a little different this month...

Hello, Ingwelala Members! We hope your first month of 2024 was a happy one.

January sightings, wildlife monitoring and interesting research projects.`

Unfortunately, Water Conservation has been a challenge this month.

It has been wonderful to see more and more scorpions out and about, especially after the rains.

It has been a wet and wonderful month at Ingwelala. We had a busy and productive month celebrating the holiday season with you all.

December sightings, wildlife monitoring and interesting research projects.`

2023 marked the 40th anniversary of Ingwelala, a magical milestone for a magical place.

It has been a hot and busy month at Ingwelala. We have been very busy prepping the reserve for the rush of the Christmas holidays and the coming wet season.

November sightings, wildlife monitoring and interesting research projects.`

It has long been the desire of the Board to build an in-camp water treatment plant to provide potable (fit for human consumption) water in the camp.

The following text is an extract from the latest report from South African Weather Service:
Date issued: October 31, 2023. 

A similar weather pattern followed us into September from August as all four seasons were experienced at some point during the month. 

August brought us a complete mixed bag of weather which is illustrated in the temperature range recorded in August.