Outdated Medicines Drive Rhinos To Extinction

Game Poaching is still a huge problem that Africa has to face especially with the small amount of Rhino which need to be kept alive.

Caucuses of animals such as Rhino’s and Elephants are being discovered more communally than they were 10 years ago due to the sawing prices of Ivory and exotic traditional medicines which use odd array of ingredients. the price of a rhino horn is phenomenal at $59,00 her Kg

the zoological society of London and the Chinese university of hong kong have bother carried out extensive research on rhino horns and have both discovered no healing properties..

The Kruger national park in South Africa has 83 cases of poached rhino which were found by rangers or safari tour coaches. The Hardest hit reserve was the Kruger national park in South Africa where 83 of the three hundred odd rhino’s were found dead by park rangers or tourists on safari’s holidays.

Precautions are in place to stop these poachers performing such terrible acts, although it’s hard to counteract modern day poachers who are prepared with suppressed rifles, night vision goggles and some even have helicopters which help them go unnoticed during the night.

Nowadays there’s over 20,000 wild rhinos is game parks and reserves throughout the African continent, these figures are very inspirational when you imagine there were less than 100 in existence in the early 70′s due to over hunting and poaching.

Chain reactions will be seen throughout the entire country as tourists will no longer take SouthsouthAfrica holidays but will venture to another African country which still inhabits the prestigious rhino so their safari experiences will entails all of the “big five”, so before you know it Mozambique holidays will be the next big safari vacations.

Serengeti National Park in Tanzania Africa

If you are thinking of catching the February wildlife great migration in the Serengeti national park, now is the time to book.We spent our honeymoon in the Serengeti with 40 friends from around the world. We timed it just right mid February we arrived.
This is something that you must see for yourself the whole of the plains were crammed full of thousands of gnu and zebra’s it was the most spectacular sight I have ever witnessed my senses were tingling as I could see them migrate past me, the smell of wildlife added to the atmosphere and the sounds were over whelming with each animal calling out. As the new light dawned you could see all around us animals being born, with no time to stop the mothers only paused to give birth, as the herd moved off the mothers would too even if they were half way through giving birth.
Calves were born and from that moment the mothers are there encouraging them to stretch those awkward lanky legs, stagger to their feet and to move with the herd, as the mother knew staying with the herd will help their survival. With mixed feelings we watched animals being born, nurtured and encouraged to get up and move off with the herd while others were chased and eaten by stronger predators, not able to take our eyes away from the dreadful scene we knew this was the survival of the fitest.
We went deep into the Serengeti where the scenery was spectacular, but the biggest concentration of game we saw was near lake Ndutu. A vital part of the Serengeti and valuable to the wildlife that migrates through there is the stunning Lake Ndutu this gorgeous setting is surrounded by enormous acacia trees the lake itself is a long-awaited site to the thirsty animals.
We stayed two nights at Ndutu Safari Lodge which is quite small (I think we filled it) but was full of old style game lodge charm and is the only lodge where you can sit and watch the migration of the wildebeest as they give birth and feed on the grass. Upon leaving Ndutu Safari Lodge, Lake Ndutu and the Serengeti national park we found it was one of the hardest things we have had to do, our hearts wanted us to stay in Tanzania but we had to return home knowing that we will return to Africa and all of it’s wonderful splendour