Dambari Wildlife Trust

08/10/2026

Bulawayo's Natural History Museum has a new arachnid display, which will be unveiled on 5th November. See the poster for details of the opening. If you're not able to attend the opening, make sure you visit the Museum soon: the display promises to be jaw-dropping!

A big thank you to the Friends of the Museum for funding this project and we invite you all to the opening

06/10/2026

We don't often capture caracal on our camera traps, and even more rarely during daylight hours, so we were excited to see this lovely cat wandering past one of our cameras in August.
Caracal feed primarily on small mammals (such as rodents and hyraxes) but are probably most famous for their gravity-defying leaps for guineafowl showcased in popular wildlife documentaries.
Being relatively small, well camouflaged, solitary, nocturnal and elusive, you'd be lucky to see one in the flesh in Matobo... but keep your eyes peeled next time you visit and you might just win the uncommon mammal lottery!

29/09/2026

Welcome to Camera Trap Tuesday!
This week, a synchronised over-shoulder glance photo injected a bit of mystery into what these two mother baboons were looking at. Cue the Mike and the Mechanics "Over my shoulder" tune...
Do you have a suggestion for a song-inspired caption?

23/09/2026

Dambari's 15th *World Rhino Day Golf Competition* was held on Saturday 19th September at Bulawayo Golf Club. Turnout was great, with 40 players facing off in a 4 ball better ball format. With only a couple of points in it, the 2026 victors were juniors - B. Van Der Walt and G. Edwards - representing one of the day's sponsors (Black Rhino Safaris (). Congratulations!
Once again, thank you to the whole Bulawayo community for the support. Prize sponsors, hole sponsors, players and donors turned up for rhino conservation, and we are very grateful.
Look out for our thank you video, coming soon!

22/09/2026

Just a little nudge to remind you that today is WORLD RHINO DAY!
Wherever you are in the world, try to do one thing today in honour of these magnificent animals. Here are some ideas:
- Spread the word about rhinos (share this post and others like it from other organisations)
- Make a donation to a rhino charity
- Identify one (achievable) tweak to your lifestyle that will have a positive impact on Nature and wildlife
- Spend some time outdoors and reconnect with Nature
Every action matters!

03/09/2026

Team Dambari in conjunction with Zim Parks (Matobo), Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust and African Wildlife Management and Conservation, recently carried out the Annual rhino management work. This involves trimming the horns of the Matobo rhino to reduce the reward to would-be poachers, and ear notching calves that will become independent of their mothers in the next few months. It is important to have every rhino recognisable with a number so that life histories can be built over the years, the data from which supports monitoring of health, breeding potential and territorial activities. This vital work was supported by Caledonia Mining Group, Save the African Rhino Foundation, Australia and Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe (Matabeleland Branch).


Environment Zimbabwe

03/09/2026

Huge thanks to Nicole at ! 🙌 This week, Dambari’s website needed urgent attention, and Nicole came to the rescue—fixing everything quickly and professionally. We’re so grateful for her support and highly recommend Nicole for all your website needs. ( AI generated illustration).

26/08/2026

Tee Off for Rhinos: Dambari’s 15th Annual World Rhino Day Golf Classic and support Dambari’s rhino conservation work.

31/07/2026

Makorokoto, Amhlope! Celebrating Guardians of a Changing Planet

26/05/2026

Bees are critical species in the ecosystem. We received this picture via an open WhatsApp group. There was no associated attribution data, but the graphic contains important information about bees and their ecology that we feel is important to share.