Guide Training

Friday 5 March 2021

Hoaruseb monitoring

The two Orphan lionesses have remained in the lower Hoaruseb river west of the Clay Castles where they have been monitored closely. Large numbers of gemsbok continue to utilise the green grass along the ephemeral river and the lionesses are unlikely to leave the area until such time as local rain showers or flooding rivers cause the prey to move on.

Monitoring of the Orphan lionesses in the lower Hoaruseb river
Monitoring of the Orphan lionesses in the lower Hoaruseb river
 
Monitoring of the Orphan lionesses in the lower Hoaruseb river Monitoring of the Orphan lionesses in the lower Hoaruseb river​


Driving through the narrow “Springbok Gorge” in the lower Hoaruseb river


 


Shipwreck Lodge

The guides and senior management of the Shipwreck Lodge attended a training course that covered road management, off-road driving, basic lion biology and approaching lions for tourism.

Training at Shipwreck Lodge
Training at Shipwreck Lodge


Brown hyaenas

A brown hyaena was observed carrying a seal carcass from the mouth of the Hoaruseb river into the dunes in a northeasterly direction – presumably to a den with cubs. A data logger at Scott Bridge in the Huab river collapsed when a brown hyaena chewed the anchor ropes. The anchor ropes were replaced with steel cables.

Brown hyaena carrying a seal carcass

Data logger Repair

Data logger at Scott Bridge repaired 
Data logger at Scott Bridge repaired Data logger at Scott Bridge repaired​