Mount Camdeboo enjoyed hosting our second group of 50 Dutch Day Trippers to Mount Camdeboo recently. These groups, who are visiting the region on a country-wide tour of South African enjoy a great morning game drive before returning to a delicious brunch served outdoors under umbrellas in the gardens We look forward to more visits!

Magnificent thunderstorms across the Great Karoo are characteristic of summer afternoons and December didn't disappoint! In addition to keeping dams full and rivers flowing, it's also welcome relief to the animals, the land, (and guests) at the end of a scorching day!

We recently enjoyed the privilege welcoming the Old Persons Group from Nieu-Bethesda to Mount Camdeboo. This group of elderly people from a disadvantaged back round, some of which have never travelled out of their home village thoroughly enjoyed the outing, as did our staff who took pleasure in hearing about ‘life back then’ – a far cry from the lives we live today!

Mount Camdeboo’s Sable breeding project continues to show increasing signs of success. Following on last year’s outstanding calving season with 90% females, the cows started calving in mid-September with 4 female and 1 male calf dropping to date. Gestation is 230 – 240 days; calves are about 15kg. Interestingly, sable cows conceal their young for a period of 2 – 4 weeks and the weaning age is 240 days (about 8 months). The calves have already formed a nursery group which is good to see.