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Michelle Sole
Jun 2, 20182 min read
Battle of the Boars
I’ve always thought Disney’s portrayal of Pumba in “The Lion King” is the epitome of a warthog. Working as a field guide I am fortunate...
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Michelle Sole
May 3, 20173 min read
Wildlife on Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia.
As a child I watched a documentary of an orca propelling itself onto a beach in order to catch a seal pup. After this epic feat the orca...
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Michelle Sole
Dec 16, 20163 min read
Tigers galore in an afternoon at Kaziranga
Kaziranga, Assam India, is home to two thirds of the world's Greater One-horned rhinos. This fact alone had us travelling on a train for...
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Michelle Sole
Nov 30, 20162 min read
Responsible tourism at Tiger Tops
I recently had the opportunity to visit Tiger Tops, Tharu Lodge, situated on the western side of Chitwan National Park, Nepal. This...
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Michelle Sole
Feb 18, 20162 min read
An afternoon with a cheeky baby baboon
Baboons are often over looked by the experienced safari goer. Their antics and stealing ways around human habitation have given them a...
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Michelle Sole
Jan 4, 20161 min read
The birth of a blue wildebeest calf on safari
December and January are famous in the South African bush for the birthing period. Impala, wildebeest, hartebeest and warthogs are just a...
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Michelle Sole
Nov 16, 20154 min read
Living with rhinos
Poachers often target female rhinos as they tend to have larger horns than males (males wear their horns down when fighting). The...
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Michelle Sole
Nov 11, 20152 min read
Four leopards on a kill and a lion’s feast.
It was late afternoon and I had been catching glimpses of a mother leopard and her three cubs in the long reeds for about 20 minutes. My...
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Michelle Sole
Oct 14, 20152 min read
Six months later... habituating leopard cubs
It has now been six months since we started working to familiarise a female leopard and her 3 cubs with game drive vehicles. All three...
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Michelle Sole
Aug 8, 20153 min read
The discovery of eight month old lion cubs
Much to the rangers’ dismay the lion sightings had been very quiet for several days. Some nights we would hear them calling close to the...
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Michelle Sole
Jun 16, 20153 min read
Lion cub
For the past few months we have suspected that one of the central pride lionesses had cubs. She is most commonly seen with two other...
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Michelle Sole
Jun 4, 20154 min read
Habituating wild leopard cubs: a unique experience
The Waterberg, South Africa, is not famous for leopard sightings. Sightings are generally few and even then are generally just a blur of...
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Michelle Sole
May 14, 20153 min read
The Leopard and the Lamb.
The Kruger National Park, South Africa, is the size of Switzerland. The majority of roads are tarred and any member of the public can...
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