As the sun sets over Sangweni Dam, another season starts drawing to an end. The end of August is here, and we wait with bated breath to embrace spring and all the beauty it brings!
This photo was taken on the last day of August, signifying the end of the day, the month, and the yet another winter season at Amakhosi. And it brings the promise of new beginnings!
There have been sightings of some of our migratory birds returning for the spectacular African summer…
Yellow Billed Kites have been spotted, and their familiar call is something that you miss when it is not around. So to have some of the swallows returned to move back into their same nest from last season and start a family for spring!
The trees are also showing tell tale signs that spring is near, like the Knob Thorn Trees (Acacia Nigrescens), which are one of the few trees that have started budding. This has been a guaranteed excuse for giraffes to gather around these trees and have a good taste of something they have missed for a whole season! What a treat it must be!
So we now get to look forward to our first rains for the season, which will bring new life to the bush in each and every crack, corner and crevasse erupting back to life, after a long winter that has left the bush looking dry but beautiful and full of surprises in its own way.
It is spring time in the African bush, and there is no better place to be than right here at Amakhosi! Just so that you too can experience new life all around you!
We can’t wait!
This photo was taken on the last day of August, signifying the end of the day, the month, and the yet another winter season at Amakhosi. And it brings the promise of new beginnings!
There have been sightings of some of our migratory birds returning for the spectacular African summer…
Yellow Billed Kites have been spotted, and their familiar call is something that you miss when it is not around. So to have some of the swallows returned to move back into their same nest from last season and start a family for spring!
The trees are also showing tell tale signs that spring is near, like the Knob Thorn Trees (Acacia Nigrescens), which are one of the few trees that have started budding. This has been a guaranteed excuse for giraffes to gather around these trees and have a good taste of something they have missed for a whole season! What a treat it must be!
So we now get to look forward to our first rains for the season, which will bring new life to the bush in each and every crack, corner and crevasse erupting back to life, after a long winter that has left the bush looking dry but beautiful and full of surprises in its own way.
It is spring time in the African bush, and there is no better place to be than right here at Amakhosi! Just so that you too can experience new life all around you!
We can’t wait!
