Today we celebrate a major milestone for us here at de Wets Wild – our 1,000th post!
A huge word of thanks must go to our all our friends and followers for their support and encouragement over the course of the past 6 years! Thank you for sharing our love and passion for South Africa’s wild places and the creatures that find a home there with us – we hope you’ll continue to do so for many years to come!
Seems fitting now to have a look at some of the most popular posts and other highlights we enjoyed on this journey. (Clicking on the links provided should open the posts in a new window without closing this post).
Perhaps unsurprisingly, our “About” page (home page) is by far the most visited.
But how and why the post about South African Hornbills come in second place, I have no explanation!? That they’re fascinating birds we won’t argue about.
South Africa’s vultures are getting some well-deserved attention as well.
Another post about a bird that got a lot of attention is that about the black heron and its fascinating hunting technique.
Early into our blogging “career” we took part in a few photo challenges – the image we posted of dew droplets caught in a spider’s web was the best received of those.
The post we did on the Kruger National Park’s Selati Line, with thanks to my sister for the use of her photos, has been a perennial favourite.
The features we did on Pafuri Border Camp (in Kruger) and Nyathi Rest Camp (in Addo) when they opened are still very popular – people are obviously very eager to explore new destinations and we’re glad that de Wets Wild could help so many of them plan their visits!
But it is not only the new destinations that people are interested in, as the posts about familiar favourites like Skukuza in the Kruger Park, Loskop Dam and Golden Gate Highlands National Park prove.
Plains Zebras seem to be the most popular mammal featured here at de Wets Wild, as a few posts about these beautiful animals feature at the top of the charts!
But the world’s cutest bouncing baby rhino will not be outdone!
Of course we cannot talk about highlights and forget how your support helped us feature in the honours at the SA Blog Awards – from finishing as runners up in both the Best Travel Blog and Best Environmental Blog Categories in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to finally winning in both in 2017!
Aaah… I stopped reading at Pafuri border camp. Total bucket list item for me! Now I am going to continue reading.
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Congratulations! Wonderful photography and I am happy that you stopped by my blog! Now I can travel to South Africa and never buy a plane ticket! Ha Ha. No I would love to visit a country that beautiful!
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Welcome here at our blog, Robert, and we hope to welcome you to beautiful South Africa someday soon!
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Congrats on your 1000th post! May you have a thousand more!! Always enjoy your wildlife photography!
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Thanks a lot, John!
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Congratulations! You three and the blog deserve all the praise and accolades that come your way!
Thanks for the most entertain and enlightening SA blog! Thanks for all the memories you stir in me… and the longing!
May you retire one day with many thousand posts… and know then that Joubert and his family are keeping the good thing going!
Net so by the way… ek dink ek weet hoekom die neushoring voëls hoog op die lys is! (En ek help ook…) WordPress se “Like” e-mails kom altyd in met drie opsies om op te klik… en, ek dink (judging by visits to my blog) dat WP die meeste besoeke as die opsies gee… ek hoop dit maak sin!
Weereens geluk… en dankie! God Bless! 😉
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Baie, baie dankie vir die gawe en warm woorde, AJ – ons weet jy bedoel dit opreg en waardeer dit ongelooflik baie!
Baie dankie ook dat jy die “misterie” oor die neushoringvoels vir ons opgelos het!
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Congratulations for a very great blog!
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Thank you kindly, Marianne!
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Congratulations! I always look forward to seeing your posts. I feel like we have something in common through reading them, even though we are many miles apart.
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Thank you very much, Siobhan – this blog has really been a great way to connect!
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Wow, BIG congratulations to you deWets! Fabulous posts, 1000 of them! And fantastic awards. Kudos to you
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Thank you so much for the ever positive contributions, Tina!
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Congrats well done
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Thanks very much, Tony!
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Congrats on 1000 posts and all your achievements. I don’t have much time for the blogosphere at the moment but I always enjoy your posts when I visit. My brother must be boosting your stats from beyond the grave – when he visited Africa he was fascinated by both hornbills and vultures 😉
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Thank you so much for the kind words, Maamej! And your brother must have been a great guy!
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Baie geluk, dis lekker om te weet dat jy steeds sterk staan. Dis beslis n mylpal om te onthou.
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Ons waardeer jou ondersteuning opreg, Ineke!
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A great achievement and congrats. I love that you showcase creatures great and small, and plants and trees too, as well as sharing your travel experiences. I am sure you have plenty of material for your next 1000 posts!
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Thank you very much, Carol! The blogging experience has allowed us to connect with many others who love nature as much as we do, including you, and for that we are grateful!
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Eenduisend inskrywings, elkeen van 1000% gehalte – veels geluk!
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Duisend dankies, Tannie Frannie!
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Congratulations and thank you for sharing your amazing images and words with us here 🙂🦓
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Thank you so much – we love what we do and hope it shows!
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Congratulations and kudos to all of you!! I loved seeing some photos of you, even though I obviously enjoy all the posts about animals, too. I look forward to reading your next 1,000 posts.
janet
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You’ve been one of our friends since the very start, Janet – thank you so much!
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It’s been my pleasure. 🙂
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Baie geluk, de Wet. Julle is ń inspirasie vir my.
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Baie, baie dankie vir die gawe woorde, Una – ons waardeer dit regtig!
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Congrats! And keep up the posting!
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Thanks very, very much, Kathy!
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Wow – 1000! That is a major achievement! … and an even greater achievement is that each of your posts is one of quality. Educational, gorgeous photos, and yes, it makes me want to visit South Africa!
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Ah, then we’ve succeeded in our mission! Thank you very much for the kind words and the years of support, Joanne!
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Welgedaan!
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Baie dankie Toortsie!!!
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Big congrats! Thank you for all your adventures shared!
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Thank you so much for your long-standing friendship, Ann-Christine!
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And thank You!
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Congratulations Dries with family!😊 You have an absolutely wonderful blog with animals and nature and beautiful pictures. Blog posts are amazing with information about the pictures and the surroundings.It’s not really “just” a blog you have, you provide important and accurate information about South Africa and its animals and nature to us the rest. I like almost just watching nature channels on television where it’s a lot about South Africa, have not seen as many different animals and plants as I’ve seen on your blog! I think, no, I know your blog helps to spread the information to the whole world! Both animals and nature are very important throughout the world, not least in the Africa where many animals are threatened, much thanks to man, we are taking the animals’ land, shooting the animals for money. I really appreciate people like you who spend both time and money spreading information and great blog posts that are very interesting!😊😊😊
(Sorry for a long Comment)
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You’ve quickly become such a wonderful friend of de Wets Wild, John. Thank you so much for all your kind and encouraging words, it really means a lot to us!
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Thank you so very much! You and your family is very good people and your blog is fantastic!😊
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You are very kind John, thank you!
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Well done de Wets! Your blog has a wealth of information and is a good resource from wildlife destinations to any number of birds, mammals and ecology, environment!!! That Hornbill post is remarkable for having so many of the species. Must say I’m green with envy at the list of so many of SA’s finest wildlife destinations 🤢. Keep up the good work – you rock!!!
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Wonderful to be sharing our love for SA’s natural heritage with likeminded nature buffs like you, Liz! Thanks for all the thoughtful contributions to our blog!
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Wow.. ONE THOUSAND! Congratulations!
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Thank you very much, Liz!
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Well done! Your posts are always an enjoyable read.
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Very kind of you to say, thanks Anne!
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Fantasties en baie geluk, Dries! Julle blog is puik en ek probeer om nooit ‘n inskrywings ng te mis nie. Ek hoop ek kan nog lank hier lees!
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Nog altyd een van ons gaafste en vrygewigste ondersteuners – dankie, Dina!
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Congratulations!!! Well done.
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Thank you, Tim!
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You’re welcome
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And zebra posts are some of favs here 😊
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Thanks a lot! Glad to know those beautiful animals brighten your day so!
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Congrats
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Geluk. 🏆🏅🎉
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Baie dankie!
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Congratulations! Great job!
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Thanks a lot, Montucky!
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Congratulations to you! I was hoping the rhinos and elephants made the favorites list. Baby rhino is right there!! So cute.
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Thanks very much for all the support year in and year out, Lois!
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Congratulations!! Your site is wonderful, and I look forward to the next 1000+ posts 😉
As a bird-lover, I’m happy the “bird” posts are quite popular 😉
All the best to you and your beautiful family,
Takami 🙂
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Thanks so much, Takami!
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Congratulations!! I see some of my favorite posts there! Wonderful job!!
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Thanks so very much, Miriam!
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You’re very welcome. Thank you for all the posts!
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BIG congratulations.
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Thanks Gavin!
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Congratulations. Having only just found your blog I do hope you keep going for a bit longer yet. Very inspiring.
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We’re planning on being on the block for a while, Tracy, and thanks for being so supportive!
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Congratulations on reaching 1000 posts! I truly enjoy your blog and appreciate your kind comments on my posts.
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Thank you so much for years of support, Deb!
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You are quite welcome!
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Congratulations! Happy 1000th post, we need many more!
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Very kind of you, thank you!
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Congratulations on reaching the 1000 post milestone!
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Thank you very much, Hien!
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