After a short two-week gap, it was time again for the group to meet up for our fourth 2019 Bushveld Mosaic camp, this time at the delightful Kgaswane Mountain Reserve. For most of us, it was our first visit to Kgaswane, and all of us were in awe about the beauty this little reserve hasRead more ⟶

Team “BM 2019” started arriving at Borakalalo from lunchtime onwards on Friday. By 6.30pm most of us had arrived and we made our way up to the main gate to write our “grasses” test. After writing out test and identifying the infamous “Buffalo Grass” (Panicum maximum), Maria gave us valuable feedback about our ecology tests.Read more ⟶

After spending the last week preparing for the Ecology and Taxonomy test, with both nerves and excitement it was now time to hit the road. We arrived at Borakalalo to the perfumed greeting of aerosol tick repellent – those little buggers are relentless! We woke up to unpredictable weather that played games with us asRead more ⟶

Approximately two-hundred-thousand years after Homo sapiens sapiens first walked hand-in-hand across the southern African savanna, an excited group of wild-life enthusiasts gathered in the Pilanesberg to begin an educational journey in the fields of ecology, conservation and nature-appreciation. This is Bushveld Mosaic, class of 2019. The first supper The excited group of enthusiasts, after aRead more ⟶

And finally we come to Borakalalo!   Many of us have been chomping at the bit to visit Bora of which we have heard many a tale.   The road there is interesting to say the least, but dodging potholes and pothole “repairers” was certainly worth it. From the moment we arrived we knew that Bora isRead more ⟶

What an absolute privilege and pleasure it was to be able to attend the lectures by Professor Judith Kinnaird, of The Geosciences School at Wits University this past weekend in the Borakalalo National Park boardroom. Such a stimulating and interesting presentation inspired us all to participate with avid attention. In addition, a large practical componentRead more ⟶

The First Aid weekend had a lot of information to go through and only two days to do it in. As there was no test for the Friday evening, we immediately jumped in to get started with the course material. Unlike the other weekends, the First Aid weekend had less bush time and was moreRead more ⟶

Friday 20.05.2018 Friday night started off as most our other Fridays do. People met at the camp in Pilanesberg, where we briefly got to meet Bob Scholes, our lecturer for Veld Management. While we headed back to the Ed centre to write the mammals test, Bob started the fire back at the camp. Saturday 21.05.2018Read more ⟶