FAUNA & FLORA

Africa has an incredibly diverse array of fauna and flora, much of it subject to continuing conservation efforts to sustain, maintain and regenerate it.

In this section we present an overview of the more commonly known species making up the wildlife and plants you are most likely to encounter in the bush.

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The Elephant Research Project

In the depths of the Okavango Delta, the Elephant Research Project at Seba Camp is working with the government of Botswana in the study of elephants and how best to manage them. Please visit their website for more details and to donate to their cause.

The Wilderness Foundation

Founded by Dr. Ian Player, a former Game Ranger of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Parks Board, The Wilderness Foundation seeks to conserve wildlife within South Africa's game reserves, and to protect and assist the local communities living in and around those areas.

The Lajuma Leopard Research Project

In the Soutpansberg Mountains in South Africa, biologist Ian Gaigher and his team at The Lajuma Research Centre are studying the local wild leopard populations and consulting local farmers about how best to manage these wild cats so that man, domestic animals and leopards can live peacefully side by side.