Poppy at the pan!
Wonderful footage of Poppy the leopard 5m from the gameviewer last night. Guests got to see her walk past just 2m away! She then tried to catch a few Guinea Fowl but was sadly unsuccessful.
New cub joins the pride
Wonderful footage of the Kavinga pride with their brand new addition last night – so awesome to see the youngster now with the rest of the pride.
Action on the access road
Two lionesses kill an impala I jumped in the game viewer and headed down the access road – I needed to reach Nyakasikana Boom gate by sundown to complete my errands for the day, and I was running [...]
Siesta Disturbances
The guests arrived in a cloud of dust with much excitement. They apologised for being late for lunch, and blamed their delay on some Wild Dog. They had seen some Wild Dog on the road into camp, [...]
Butterfly 🦋 Migration
We are witnessing a beautiful thing – a butterfly migration! Every year a ‘burst migration’ occurs where the Brown Veined White butterflies (Belenois aurota) migrate in search of food and [...]
New Season Update
The temperature drops, the leaves rustle and the drops begin to fall heavy on the tin roof. After two hot weeks, the rains have returned again. The morning birds are slow to awaken with the heavy [...]
A leopard doesn’t change his spots – thankfully so!
We have been very fortunate in camp with our cat sightings, particularly with our leopards. Leopards are very graceful cats, with extreme power – and we have been lucky enough to see the [...]
Notes from Camp
Nestled at the foothills of the Zambezi Escarpment, Mana Pools, lies Kavinga Safari Camp. With the Zambezi river flowing almost 50km away, the terrain is different to that of the Mana Pools [...]
The Sound of Africa
Turn your speaker up and listen to the true sound of the African bush. Nothing beats hearing this when you’re on safari!
Cub & King
This little cub is so very excited to spending time with his Dad. The king of the jungle is incredibly patient with the little one’s shenanigans until he signals that that’s enough!
Bird Photography Competition
The Kavinga Team is delighted to announce that Gerrit Wyma is the winner of our Bird Photography Competition and the lucky recipient of a free 2-night stay for 2 people.  This was judged on the [...]
A Once in a Lifetime Experience
Hello readers, sorry it’s been so long since I last wrote to you, its been pretty hectic down here. Camp has been very busy lately with a lot of bookings from excited wildlife enthusiasts and [...]
October is Here!
The August winds have blown us right through September and all of a sudden we’re half way through October. Now the famous Valley heat is starting to set in! The change in the season has resulted [...]
The Cub Returns!
Picking up from where we left off with some good and happy news! The lion cub that got separated from the pride has been found and is back with his mother and siblings. The evening the cub was [...]
Tales of the Unexpected
We have had an eventful 16 hours at Kavinga! On the afternoon game drive, our first sighting was our pair of resident Side Striped Jackal lying in grass opposite camp in the shade. The drive was [...]
Who let the dogs out?
Last week, our game drive went from good to great, when we found our long lost pack of Wild Dog had returned… with 7 pups!  The dogs usually breed from April, so when we had not seen them for [...]
Kavinga Camp 360
A wonderful 360 degree aerial view of Kavinga Safari Camp and its surrounds.