Tag Archive for 'botswana'
Campfire Stories - Tamatie the poacher
Published by Wildcaster 1 year, 8 months ago 2 Comments Tags: africa, Botswana, fight, Limpopo, poaching, zimbabwe.
I worked in the Tuli area of Botswana for close on 3 years in the early 1980’s, managing the game farm Santhata. (This was where I had the lion encounter I wrote about yesterday)
Apart from managing Santhata I was also in charge of overseeing the only 3 properties that run along the Shashe River, this […]
Campfire Stories - Lion charge
Published by Wildcaster 1 year, 8 months ago 2 Comments Tags: africa, Botswana, elephants, Limpopo, lions, wildlife.
My first real job after leaving university was managing a game farm in the south-eastern corner of Botswana.
With my 7 week old puppy Tresca, (a Doberman/Rottweiler cross), I moved up there to start out on my wildlife career. My closest neighbour was an hours drive away and the closest telephone was 2 hours drive and […]









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