Travel Tales

Some stories by our founder, Owen Gröbler

lion tracking, wildlife encounter, African vlei, night safari, wildlife photography, conservation, Blondie lion, animal behavior, safari experience, Amalinda Safari Collection, Searching for Spots

Blondie’s Roar

A roar reverberated through the vlei, ricocheting off the bordering teak forest into the great beyond and back. Those that...

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When buffalo visit

It’s a spectacle, you see, the mass of horns and disdain thundering down an ancient vlei. The churned earth rises...

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Kulua

The electric fence and shrubbery were of little comfort, Kulua’s glare of disdain pierced the foliage and wires, a look...

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Vigil

The wildlife estate’s dominant female leopardess downed a young nyala bull in a homeowners garden, he is a friend of...

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A tribute

I believe nature is fair in its indiscrimination and I write this filled with both gratitude and sadness. Agitated squirrels...

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HWE Happenings

Please note that the one cuddeback trailcam is faulty and the time and dates stamps are not always correct.  ...

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Eye level

Folds in the tent crackled gently as the wind embraced the flimsy fortress, I lay motionless and listened as keenly...

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Angry dreamer

This blog will be a little different from my usual descriptive embellishing, but to illustrate my reasons for writing this...

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Sounds of a ghost

  Engine off, I sat motionless as the light faded, Mother Nature cast her spell and my mind quietened. Admiring...

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