NVT Blog

  • Work hard, Play hard. The NVT way!

    Work hard, Play hard. The NVT way!

    by Twan Slagter I came to NVT for an internship for my undergrad studies. Finally, I was going to do real fieldwork, something that…

  • Lawnwood’s Slithering Serpents

    Lawnwood’s Slithering Serpents

    by Brittany Arendse With the warm summer months finally here, we will be enjoying the outdoors much more frequently. This includes beautifully scenic hikes…

  • The end of the beginning

    The end of the beginning

    by Yanga Manyakanyaka This is it, when one reaches adulthood they have to leave their family to make a start for themselves. They take…

  • Introducing the Tsitsikamma-Plettenberg Bay Important Bird and Biodiversity Area

    Introducing the Tsitsikamma-Plettenberg Bay Important Bird and Biodiversity Area

    by Mark Brown Big news in recently was the national launch of the new IBA Directory for South Africa, along with the first status…

  • Reflections from an Ornithologist

    Reflections from an Ornithologist

    by Kersten Kober It’s been a couple of weeks now since I left the beautiful Valley, and it took me really this long to…

  • Our first Aussie!

    Our first Aussie!

    by Julia Brown An Aussie Princess Arrives in the Valley It’s been a couple of weeks since I arrived in the Valley and wow,…

  • “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

    “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

    by Sam Stretton These are just a few of the cool facts that I have learnt over the course of my 2 months with…

  • The Life of a Pollinator

    The Life of a Pollinator

    by Brittany Arendse During my Master’s I received a lot of interesting feedback on what people pictured when they heard about my work. One…

  • Lessons Learnt from Washington State Interns

    Lessons Learnt from Washington State Interns

    by Meagan After only three weeks I think we were all surprised how hard it was to say goodbye to Nature’s Valley Trust. Maggie,…

  • A Hike into the Unknown

    A Hike into the Unknown

    by Brittany Arendse Hiking to Salt River Today was a perfectly sunny and warm winter’s day in Nature’s Valley, one longed for after the…