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Namibia

Namibia

Lions and Rainbows

By Allie Cerretani (University of Vermont ’15) After crushing Sesfontein conservancy, we headed back home to Wereldsend for a much needed break.  On our drive back, we decided to break for lunch under a shady tree in the Hoanib river…

Namibia

Species Profile: Ostrich

Struthio camelus By Allie Cerretani (University of Vermont ’15)   The ostrich may be flightless, but it has its own adaptations that allow it to persist in Namibia’s arid environment.  Instead of the enlarged flight muscles and bones found in…

Namibia

Crushing Sesfontein

March 31, 2014 By Emma Griggs (University of British Columbia ’18)   This week, we crushed Sesfontein Conservancy! We started our game routes on March 24, and did our final game drive for Sesfontein on March 30. Our first campsite…

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Adventures in Anabeb and Sesfontein

March 25, 2014 By Kim Oldenborg (Northland College ’16)   Double rainbows, cheetahs, and meeting elusive lion researcher: what another adventurous week! We started off the week at our base camp, Wereldsend, where we had an usual amount of company….

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Species Profile: Black rhino

By Molly Estabrook (University of Vermont ’15)   In just over a week we have been very lucky so far in spotting six Black Rhinos on game counts and point counts! One of which was particularly exciting because the Rhino…