Survival of the Fittest

The battle of Leopard 🐆 vs. Warthog 🐗 @matt_meyer_africa our Co-Owner tells us this riveting story. When I was still a guide at Mala Mala, we were tasked with a patrol one day in an area North West of Mala Mala that doesn’t have any well used roads on it. We found an old fire…

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Is this angry lion charging the vehicle?

@matt_meyer_africa our Co-Owner tells us the story. I was still working at Mala Mala and enjoying a morning coffee with guests when we heard a buffalo bellowing loudly close to Sable Camp. We quickly jumped in the vehicle and followed up on the calls. We found the poor buffalo being ripped from the hind legs…

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Arc Earth Wildlife Journal Begins

One of the ways we’re going to keep you in the loop with everything that’s happening on the ground, is by posting our ‘Tales from the bush’ here. Keep your eyes peeled every week for our new posts and new articles about safaris in Africa, photography tips and skills and exciting and anecdotal stories from…

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The migration that no one knew about

We’re ‘circling’ back to Botswana as we’re talking about an animal migration that no-one really knew about until the mid-2000s. Isn’t that amazing? We thought we everything about animals and their movements yet even David Attenborough hadn’t identified this one yet!  In the 1950s and 60s, Botswana put veterinary fences to fight outbreaks of foot-and-mouth…

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The Marvellous Migration

Did you know that the biggest animal migration on earth takes place all year around? The Migration starts in the south eastern part of the Serengeti Ecosystem of Ndutu Plains in Tanzania where the animals (Wildebeest & Zebra) calve their young. They choose this spot as it’s short, sweet grass made mineral rich by ancient…

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How to plan YOUR ULTIMATE safari

It may feel overwhelming to plan your first safari but it shouldn’t be. The largest and most established destinations in terms of proliferation of animals, reserves, game lodges and tourism infrastructure are: Part of Arc Earth’s role is to get a brief from a client and help the client visualise and mind map what they…

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The roar of power

Last November, we decided to go to a beautiful camp in the Southern Kalahari, close to the Molopo River. This reserve on the South African side is huge, over 100 000 hectares. On the first night, we heard 2 lions roaring but from opposite directions. We spent the next day tracking them, but although we…

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Rutt a Tutt

Impalas are a dime a dozen in the South African bushveld and there’s a reason behind it. As winter descends on the southern hemisphere, testosterone levels ascend in Impala Rams. The dominant males will dispatch all their competitors by forcing them into aptly named bachelor herds.   Rutting can be a noisy business, full of snorts…

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