The Travel Butlers Blog
Yesterday I became a giraffe. Only for three days, admittedly, but a giraffe nevertheless. No, I am not currently sitting alone wrapped in a cosy white jacket and bouncing happily off the walls of my padded room whilst singing ‘She’ll be coming round the mountain’. I am instead referring to the latest craze/fad to have […] Read More
You may think that all elephants, zebras and giraffes look the same … but if you take a closer look you will see that zebras all have slightly different stripey markings; the same applies to the markings on giraffes; but you have to look at an elephant’s footprint to notice the difference between individuals.
Did you know these 5 facts about giraffe ? A male giraffe has thicker horns, which are bald on the very top as they use their horns for fighting, and the hair gets rubbed off. A female giraffe has thinner horns with tufts of black hair on the very top of the horns. Giraffe sleep […] Read More
Giraffes are herbivores – everyone knows that – so when you are out in the bush and you come across a giraffe standing chewing what looks like a bone … you are certainly within your right to think your eyes are completely deceiving you and you should have gone to SpecSavers. But don’t panic … […] Read More
We always say that a trip to Namibia is not only an adventure, but it is also offers some superb game viewing opportunites … for these guests travelling with Springbok Atlas, this was certainly true ! I wonder if the giraffe was just lost and asking for directions to the nearest waterhole though ?
Number 3 in the folklore series … hope you are enjoying them ! Why the Rhino is Bad-Tempered In the Beginning, the Giraffe had a normal neck, and looked a bit like a large Antelope. One year, there was a terrible drought. All the waterholes dried up, and all the grass became very parched and […] Read More
