A SLICE OF BILTONG HISTORY
South Africa has many products that is synonymous with the country, but one such product is growing in popularity on the international front: biltong. Biltong is dried cured meat and for many outsiders considered the
FAST TRACK TO THE CHEETAH BROTHERS
Did you know, cheetahs are the most endangered big cat in Africa? Cheetahs once roamed across the most of the continent of Africa, and into Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, as far as into eastern
GLAMPING GALORE
How many of you like camping but not all aspects of it? You love being outdoors - love the campfire, animals, fresh air, starry nights and adventures, but miss the modern conveniences like a comfortable
Why research and volunteers are essential for conservation on Mapesu Private Game Reserve
“The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there’s a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants” David Attenborough.
Mapesu Volunteer Programme Partners with Panthera.org
Panthera, the global organisation dedicated to conserving wild cats, and Mapesu has joined up. We now have a partnership where we conduct their annual leopard survey on our property and neighbours. Leopards are listed as
WHAT DO RHINOS & GIN HAVE IN COMMON
Okay, so that’s a trick question… Rhinos and gin do not have much in common other than Mapesu creating a special label of some finely made gin bottles where each purchase generates funds that will
THE SKY RHINO
Did you know that you can see a huge geoglyph or formation of a rhino – the “Sky Rhino” on the Mapesu property from an airplane when you fly over the territory? What are geoglyphs?