In December 2013, The Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust (VFWT) took in a young white-backed vulture that had been found lying on the ground in the Zambezi National Park, unable to lift his head and struggling with an injured wing. A local resident brought the injured vulture into VFWT, where wildlife veterinarians treated him, and decided…
Update thanks to James Slade from the International Anti-Poaching Foundation The International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) and the Nakavango Conservation Program are pleased to introduce a couple of new additions to the resident rhino population at Victoria Falls. A small female calf was born around the 1st of July this year, and has literally hit the…
Last week, a local young man in Victoria Falls, Wesley Ndlovu, discovered a buffalo trapped in the mud early near the town. He quickly contacted a team from National Parks and the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust to help rescue the buffalo from an almost certain muddy death. The buffalo was very young–probably still being weaned…
Dave Glynn and Ross Kennedy, the intrepid founders of Victoria Falls Safari Lodge and its parent company, Africa Albida Tourism, got together recently to brainstorm a few facts about the 20-year-old business that people might not know. It turned out to be an utterly fascinating conversation, accounting for two decades of challenges, tragedies, opportunities, successes…
The hot, dry months of September and October provide “the greatest show on earth” in terms of a wildlife safari experience in Botswana’s massive Chobe National Park. Many hundreds of elephants and buffalo congregate on the floodplains of the Chobe River and it is not unusual to marvel at a vista of thousands of animals.…