by Gilmour Dickson | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
October 2023 pictorial newsletter. We started the month off with donating some roofing sheets to finish the Keela school teachers housing. We then had a beautiful encounter with a big leopard tortoise. On the same boat/game drive we also came across a lesser jacana,...
by Gilmour Dickson | Nov 11, 2023 | Uncategorised
October Newsletter in pictures. The month that the heat really built and we were seeing 38 degrees most days, so cooling off by running the rapids. We also saw our first Impala young on the 6th of the month. We took delivery of a new Hilux game viewing vehicle. A...
by Gilmour Dickson | Oct 22, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Sculptor Galaxy Distant wildfire over the river Yoga with our friend and neighbour Tessa We spent four days fightig fires with our neighbours at Kasabushi And then after all the firefighting we cooled off! September’s Moon Our resident bushpig! Elephant...
by Gilmour Dickson | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
The beginning August saw the first full moon of two in the month – so the second one was a blue moon (and very over hyped by the media!). Anyway, on the night of the first full moon we hosted a family cookout on Mpamba rock which was stunning. And then dinner...
by Gilmour Dickson | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorised
So the big news in July was the Keela school and the fact that we were able to supply a whole truck load of desks! We also dropped off a big supply to the Itumbi school as well. Oh, and David saw a pangolin.
by Gilmour Dickson | Aug 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
June 2023 and our regular pictorial news. We start the month with some beautiful golden light while out on the river. Julia is then purchasing baobab fruits from Handson. Baobab is a feature of Kaingu, with it being our home made “baobab lemonade” welcome...
by Gilmour Dickson | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
The month of May. Colder mornings, early elephant activity on the river, birthday cakes, Alice drumming, firebreak burning, our new uniform, bee eaters and Benny’s amazing island sundowners.
by Gilmour Dickson | May 7, 2023 | Uncategorised
So our camp opening was a bit more thorough than in 2022 when we got stranded in Paris by a missing passport and then Covid… A long story. This year everything went according to plan and we were back in good time to spend almost three weeks getting everything...
by Gilmour Dickson | Nov 14, 2022 | Uncategorised
October 2022 Pictorial Newsletter Just our usual roundup of the last month at Kaingu Lodge. At the beginning of the month we had our first ever “Art Weekend” and it was fantastic. Our tutor Alison Street did a magnificent job coaching people (including...
by Gilmour Dickson | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorised, Uncategorized
Mongongo oil. As part of Julia’s artisanal soap production for the lodge and for @Edenfound, an important aspect is locally sourced ingredients. Perhaps the most important of which is mongongo oil. So far this year 29 litres has been purchased, which...
