MZANZI TRAVEL - ISSUE 2

South African Adventure Safaris
Join us for an Adventurous South African Game, Safari in Mpumalanga.
Mpumalanga in South Africa often referred to as “Big Game Country” is the
setting for dozens of sanctuaries teeming with wildlife, birds and reptiles.
DURATION: 6 – 10 days
COST: US$600/person/day. (Pax need to get to Johannesburg).
PAX: 3 – 6 Pax.
1st night stay in B&B north of Johannesburg.
1st day of safari we do a short snake handling course and then head out to the
first stop a game lodge in Limpopo or Mpumalanga where we can enjoy the
bush, look for reptiles, and have a decent place to sleep. Night driving will
happen as soon as the sun has set. We spend many hours driving roads looking
for snakes as this is a good way of finding them. All snakes are taken back to the
lodge and we take photos the next morning. Then we release all the reptiles
and start looking again during the day and night. We will be near Kruger
National Park so we will spend at least one day in the park looking for wild
animals as well, but this is in a car not on foot. We then go to Swaziland and
spend 3 days there as well and then return to the B&B where you spent the
first night. The day after the safari has ended you can travel back to where
you came from or take other trips in South Africa, etc.
Contact:+27 83 448 8854
Fax :+27 86 697 3304
Cell :+27 83 448 8854
Email:mike@africanreptiles-venom.co.za
Plot 94 Mnandi Road.
Diepsloot Agricultural Holdings
Johannesburg
Gauteng
2021
South Africa
The snakes we find are:
Southern African python (Python natalensis), Brown House snake (Boeadon capensis) Spotted house snake, (Lamprophis guttatus), Olive snake
(Lamphrophis inornatus), Dusky bellied water snake (Lycodonomorphus laevissimus), Brown water snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus), Mole snake
(Pseudaspis cana), Spotted bush snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus), Green water snake(Philothamnus hoplogaster), Common slug eater
(Duberia lutrix), Cape wolf snake (Lycophidion capense), Verigated wolf snake (Lycophidion variegatum), Common file snake (Goniotophis
capensis), Black file snake (Goniotophus nyassae), Rhombic egg eater (Dasypeltis scabra), Purple glossed snake (Amblyodipsas polylepis), Herald
snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboei), Marbled tree snake (Dipsadoboa aulica), Eastern tiger snake (Telescopus semiannulatus), Eastern bark snake
(Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia), Striped skaapstekers (Psammophylax tritaeniatus), Spotted skaapstekers (Psammophylax rhombeatus), Angolan
whip snake (Psammophis crucifer), Western yellow bellied whip snake (Psammophis subtaeniatus), Short snouted whip snake (Psammophis
brevirostris), Olive whip snake (Psammophis mossambicus), Bibron’s stiletto snake (Atractaspis bibronii), Southern Vine snake(Thelotornis
capensis), Common boomslang (Dispholidus typus viridis), Boulenger’s Garter snake(Elapsoidea boulengeri), Rinkhals(Hemachatus haemachatus),
Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica), Snouted cobra(Naja annulifera), Black mamba(Dendroaspis polylepis), Snouted night adder
(Causus defilippii) Common night adder(Causus rhombeatus), Puff adder(Bitis arietans).
The most common are:
Bitis arietans(puff adder), Naja mossambica (Mozambique spitting cobra), Naja annulifera (savannah
cobra),Dendroaspis polylepis (black mamba), Causus defilippii(snouted night adder), Causus
rhombeatus(common night adder), Psammophis subtaeniatus(Western yellow bellied whip snake),
Psammophis brevirostris(short snouted whip snake), Psammophis mossambicus(olive whip snake), Atractaspis
bibronii (Southern stiletto snake), Thelotornis capensis(Southern vine snake), Dispholidus typus
viridis(common boomslang), Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Herald snake), Dipsadoboa aulica(marbled tree
snake), Telescopus semiannulatus (common tigersnake), Dasypeltis scabra(common egg eater), Python
natalensis, (Southern African python), Lamprophis capensis,(brown house snake).