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White Storks arrive in South Africa from Europe in December or January and are with us for just a few weeks, often in large flocks numbering hundreds, here at Amohela ho Spitskop Conservancy they are usually accompanied by Abdims Storks too.

Today I followed the awesome footprints and paths made by some of our many Porcupines here at Spitskop. It was an AMAZING INTERESTING learning curve, how these beautiful gentle vegetarian creatures with little stumpy legs attack the steep rocky surface, coming all the way down......then going all the way back, in the dark hours of night, for they are night creatures.

At this time of the year we await the arrival of the real 'long haul' summer visitors to Amohela ho Spitskop Conservancy. Within the next few weeks we shall greet some familiar old friends who make the long long journey to us.

They came for A Year and a Day, these giant birds dressed in royal attire, they follow no clock that we know nor can we predict their arrival but we can and do delight in their presence.

Come walk with us where Dinosaurs roamed.
When you stand at the "look-out” on Spitskop & gaze around it is not difficult to imagine huge Dinosaurs feeding in the fertile valley below. Close your eyes & listen to the ghosts of the past, they were nearby, evidence proves that, so surely they were here too.
And, during your visit, why not spend some time, even take a picnic up on the mountain & dream awhile ---after all it is not often that your tablecloth can be 200 million years old !