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Abby the Friendly Giraffe

Have you heard of Abby the friendly giraffe? Abby is a giraffe living at Areena Riverside Resort Private Game Reserve. He is a male giraffe although he has a girlie name – ABBY. His name ABBY, actually stands for Abnormally Big Baby.  When he arrived at Areena he was just a baby being fed on…

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Jul
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Adventure Village Open for bookings

Our Adventure Village is open for certain activities at this time. Available to book are; Quad bike safari tours, Giraffe interactions, hiking and canoe hire. The Quad safari tour options are a 20 min tour at R180pp, the 60 min tour at R340pp and 2hr tour at R480pp. One Adult rider per quad bike. Our…

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4
May
Abby sends his well wishes to all fighting the COVD -19 outbreak

Abby our friendly and famous giraffe, was not to be left out of the encouragement. He took part in a little photo-shoot, just before South Africa was put under lock down, and we thought we would share some of his pictures with you all.   Our staff had some fun with Abby during the shoot,…

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1
Nov
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Abby the Giraffe stars in his own Interactions

Abby the Giraffe is the star Everybody’s favourite giraffe Abby is now the star of his own interaction sessions. For those of you who do not know who or what Abby is, let me enlighten you. Abby is our mature male giraffe, (Abby standing for Abnormally Big Baby) who was bottle fed by Areena Staff…

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1
Nov
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How the Acacia Tree can outsmart a hungry giraffe

Outsmarting a hungry giraffe Acacias are thorny trees with foliage that is bright green or bluish-green and has small blooms that may be creamy white, pale yellow or bright yellow. You will have seen many in the Areena Game Reserve and in the Eastern Cape as a whole. These trees only live for 20 – 30…

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Wed
12
Jul
Abby is a Dad, new baby born on 26 June 2017

Our very own Abby the giraffe has become a Dad, having his first offspring born, on the 26th June 2017. The exciting news seems to have prompted friends of the resort, previous guests and community lovers to submitting name suggestions for the baby giraffe. Currently the baby’s sex is unknown, however the little one is…

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Dec
Meet Abby

Abby is one of our star attraction at Areena Riverside Resort. He is a hand reared male Giraffe, and as a result he is very close and comfortable with humans. He has free reign of the 350ha property that is Areena’s Private Game Reserve and of course being a rather large creature that is designed…

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