Our Stories
Find inspiration and learn more about Tswalu through our stories, written by members of our community as well as guest contributors. Browse by category to read all about our luxury safari camps, what to do and see on the reserve, how your stay positively impacts our sustainability journey, and much more. For seasonal updates and wildlife sightings from our guiding team, don’t miss the Tswalu Wildlife Journal.
Life Lessons from a year in the Kalahari
Amy Jacobs, a nature conservation student from Cape Town, traded the coast for the Kalahari, discovering her true calling through research, resilience and Tswalu’s unexpected beauty during her transformative Work Integrated Learning year.
New black rhino research at Tswalu
Desert black rhinos (Diceros bicornis bicornis) were reintroduced to Tswalu from Etosha National Park in neighbouring Namibia in 1995. Today black rhinos serve as a flagship species for conservation on the reserve.
Tswalu’s Pioneering Carbon Credit Project
Tswalu has become the first privately protected area in southern Africa to earn carbon credits as a result of wildlife management interventions, creating a pioneering model that has the potential to restore degraded ecosystems, fund conservation and community development, and...
The value of collaring mesopredators at Tswalu
Attaching a device to reveal an animal's movements and activities across the landscape offers a practical approach to tracking. The data these collars provide is invaluable, offering insights into daily movements, home ranges, social interactions, and dietary habits. Each transmission...
Inside Tswalu’s annual game count
Tswalu's annual game count represents more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. It's a testament to the power of consistent, long-term monitoring in conservation. Over 26 years, an invaluable dataset has been created that not only guides management decisions at...
Safari in every season
Tswalu is a year-round destination, offering a private wilderness experience that is consistently rewarding. The vast reserve offers something increasingly rare in our crowded world – space to breathe and time to absorb the subtleties of each season.
