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9
Species on record
12km
From the lodge
The farm's famous sable bull, jet black with long sweeping horns, walks across dry ground beside a russet calf.01 / 05

Hippotragus niger

The sable bull

The farm's famous resident. A mature bull in a full black coat, carrying the long, sweeping horns sable are known for.

Horns
up to 1.65 m
Weight
up to 270 kg
Shoulder height
about 1.4 m
Coat
black when mature
  • Sable are Vulnerable in South Africa: about 818 to 1 346 wild adults.
  • Lives on the family's game farm in the Northern Cape, with its sable herd.

Fun factBulls turn glossy black as they mature; cows and calves stay chestnut to dark brown.

A sable antelope with long curved horns faces the camera on dry Kalahari ground.02 / 05

Hippotragus niger

Sable antelope

Glossy black bulls with sweeping, sabre shaped horns. Herds of 10 to 30 cows and young are watched over by a territorial bull.

Weight
190 to 270 kg
Shoulder height
1.2 to 1.4 m
Horns, bulls
up to 1.65 m
Gestation
about 9 months
  • Vulnerable in South Africa: about 818 to 1 346 wild adults.
  • Not native to the Northern Cape. Introduced herds live on reserves such as Tswalu, Rooipoort and Mokala.

Fun factBulls settle disputes on their knees, wrestling horn to horn.

A Cape buffalo bull faces the camera on dry winter grass.03 / 05

Syncerus caffer

Cape buffalo

One of the Big Five. A heavy grazer whose horns fuse into a "boss" across the forehead.

Weight
300 to 900 kg
Shoulder height
1.0 to 1.7 m
Gestation
about 11 months
Lifespan
18 to 20 years
  • Least Concern: about 69 900 in South Africa (2013 count).
  • Scarce in the Northern Cape, where only a few herds are kept.

Fun factWhen threatened, a herd closes ranks and can charge as one.

A lone giraffe stands on open grassland in front of a line of trees.04 / 05

Giraffa giraffa giraffa

Giraffe

The tallest animal on earth, browsing treetops nothing else can reach with a tongue up to 50 cm long.

Height, bulls
up to 5.5 m
Heart
about 11 kg
Gestation
about 15 months
Top speed
about 60 km/h
  • Least Concern and increasing: 18 645 to 22 094 in South Africa (2013 to 2015).
  • Its natural range runs west into the Northern Cape.

Fun factA newborn drops about two metres to the ground, and stands within an hour.

Four zebra stand among termite mounds on green Kalahari grassland.05 / 05

Equus quagga

Plains zebra

Lives in family groups of one stallion with his mares and foals, which often join larger herds.

Weight
220 to 387 kg
Shoulder height
1.1 to 1.5 m
Gestation
about 12 months
Family
one stallion, several mares
  • Least Concern: at least 59 204 counted on South African reserves and ranches (2010 to 2015).
  • Its natural range reaches the Northern Cape, which holds large herds on private land.

Fun factNo two zebra share a stripe pattern, and biting flies avoid landing on stripes.

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