Rhulani's rangers occasionally take a photo themselves on the daily game drives and put it on the shared dropbox of Rhulani so that we can use it for our social media. While looking through today we came across a photo taken by our head guide and “Captain Redbeard” Alasdair. What was that? Alasdair, please explain!

Undoubtedly, it is an antelope. A pretty big antelope, actually. Well, we've never seen that before! The color and markings on the face suggest an oryk - also called a gemsbok - but then the crooked horns? They are more similar to a sable antelope.

Alasdair says: "Yes, I was pretty amazed too and I didn't know what it was at first." But of course, a ranger always has the answer. "It's clearly a so-called roan antelope."

The roan antelope is a large savanna-dwelling antelope found in western, central, and southern Africa. Named for its roan color (a reddish brown), it has lighter underbellies, white eyebrows and cheeks and black faces. It has short, erect manes, very light beards and prominent red nostrils. It is one of the largest antelope. Males weigh up to 300 kg.

“I heard that there are two of them who escaped from an adjacent area and found the way to us”, says Alasdair. “I saw this on close to Inkwe Pan, with which the antelope walked at least 30km. They are one of the most protected antelope species in South Africa”.

You see, the bush has always a new story to tell...