A true-life feel-good story of love and life in the African wild;A beautifully written memoir filled with adventure, mishaps, humour and heartbreak;Conita is a woman who knows nothing about conservation and she ends up hand-rearing a baby hippo as well as a number of rhino orphans;The Walkers’ commitment to preserving these magnificent creatures continues to this day, and they form an invaluable part of what is now one of the leading private rhino sanctuaries in South Africa
Conita Walker, along with her husband Clive Walker, founded the Lapalala Wilderness Reserve in 1981. She became the alternate director and also managed the "bush camp" operations for more than 23 years. In 1985 she assisted in establishing the Lapalala Wilderness School, which to date has seen more than 80 000 children, teachers, and university students pass through its doors.
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