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The African wilderness gifts us with new experiences each and every day, weaving stories and making memories that are ours to share and pass on. This is where you'll find those stories, along with regular snippets of news and updates that will keep you up to speed with everything Feline Fields. Enjoy!
There are moments in conservation that feel quietly important, and then there are moments that stop you in your tracks. The arrival of four giraffe at Feline Fields Lodge is one of those moments. Two males and two females stepping cautiously into the Kalahari, tall silhouettes against an endless horizon.
Leopards are the quiet ghosts of the African wilderness, their presence felt more often than it is seen. They move through the landscape with a fluid grace, a combination of strength and subtlety that allows them to slip through the bush almost unnoticed.
In the heart of Botswana’s wild, beautiful landscapes the Feline Fields Trust quietly goes about its work. Backed by the safari-expertise of Feline Fields Lodge and Vintage Camp, the Trust brings meaningful social development and educational support into the communities we work in.
Life in the Kalahari is measured by the slow passage of the sun across endless skies, by the wind in the scrub and the low hum of insects that never seem to rest. For tens of thousands of years, this semi-arid land has shaped the people who call it home.
The Khwai floodplains are not a place you have to search for life. It is simply there, stitched into the grasslands, moving across the open ground in a steady, unhurried rhythm. This is where the familiar lives - impala, zebra, wildebeest, red lechwe - animals so common that the eye can skim past.
A safari in Botswana is often imagined as a whirlwind of sightings - lions padding across the floodplain, elephants bathing in the shallows, leopards draped over tree branches. Wildlife documentaries and glossy brochures can make it seem as if these moments are just guaranteed
There are few places in Africa where birders can explore two dramatically different landscapes in one journey and find both equally captivating. At Feline Fields, the combination of two distinct camps offers a rare chance to immerse yourself.
In the quiet wild places of Botswana, elephants shape the land in ways few other creatures can. They are not simply visitors here. In the Okavango Delta and the far reaches of the Kalahari, they are architects of the wilderness itself. Their size and presence alter the earth, the waterways, the very air. To watch them
We’re often asked when the best time to visit Feline Fields might be. It’s a reasonable question, one that suggests the person asking already senses something special waits for them out here in the wild. But it’s also a question that’s impossible to answer in the usual way – because time, at Feline Fields, behaves a little differently...
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