Discovering Wholeness: Exploring Nature
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Elephant Ignite Female Expedition Crew Returns For Elephant Collaring Operation
Journeys with Purpose: A Conservation Expedition in Mozambique
Day one on the road in Mozambique taught us one thing: We werenโt going anywhere fast.
Between rutted dirt roads, cavernous potholes, and sharing the highway with everything from errant goats to massive trucks, overland travel was an exercise in patience. Our expedition vehicles (leader Carla Geyser’s signature pink Land Rover and a rented Toyota Hilux) were put to the test.
But as we got to know this beautiful land and the people striving to protect it, another truth also became very clear: The journey may be long and difficult, but the destination is absolutely worth the challenge.
Safari with Purpose By Cathryn Gill
Five adventurous ladies set out on an overland expedition to visit some out of the way places in northeastern South Africa, northern Eswatini and southern Mozambique over 14 days. Our safari with purpose was to immerse ourselves in the African…
A Happy Love Story for Hippo Day
If you follow Zululand Rhino Orphanage on Instagram, you already know of Charlie and Moomin โ two of the cutest hippos with the sweetest love story. They both had a rough start in lifeโฆ Charlie was abandoned when he was only…
The Ripple Effect of Paying It Forward
When we set off on our all-female Elephant Ignite Expedition (EIE) in 2016, we had no idea what kind of ripple effect we might be setting in motion. Our mission was to travel 15,000km through 10 Southern African countries to point the…
From Pongola to Tembe in the Spirit of Great Hearts
This article is part of a series of journal entries from the Elephant Ignite Expedition, 2016. DAY 3: The frost was thick the next morning when we set off with Heike Zietzer, who monitors the elephants, to try to find them, but…
