Zimbabwean Local Travel / Experience Vlog | Wild Is Life Z.E.N

Added: 2026-05-06

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[00:00:24]>> Hey loves, welcome back to my channel.

[00:00:26]Shantel Gerard here. If you're new, if you're old, thank you so much for tuning into this video and watching it. So, today we are at Wild as Live Zen. You can see our little friend over here. I am trying to be in the frame and have her him in the frame as well. But anyway, we are just doing a wildlife sanctuary little tour and it is absolutely amazing. God is good and I just love it. So, it's going to be a very short video, but I hope you guys enjoy the experience as much as I am. Uh please do like, comment, share, subscribe, all the good stuff. But yeah, welcome to Wild is learn. Wild is life zen.

[00:01:21]Hey, hey, hey.

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[00:02:09]Hey. Hey. Hey.

[00:03:06]Hey guys, so we are at Wildlife is in.

[00:03:10]This is sort of like a series I want to start on my channel where we travel Zimbabwe and outside of Zimbabwe. So the first stop is somewhere very close to Harare which is Wildlife is in which is a wildlife sanctuary and yeah um let's go see the animals, feed the animals and just enjoy our afternoon here.

[00:03:37]How stunning is this bathroom? Let me just take you guys through it and you can see. So, we are in the bathroom. The little mirror. Look at that, guys. And the little sink. Love this whole situation over here. Um, and even like the outside is so pretty. Place my dress.

[00:03:59]Look at that.

[00:04:25]This is so cool.

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[00:04:31]>> No, I'm fine, baby. Are you sure? Yes.

[00:04:42]>> Is that noodle?

[00:04:44]>> Yes.

[00:04:48]>> What color their tongue? Is it blue?

[00:04:51]>> Yeah. Blue, black, whatever you want to call it. So the tongue is that color cuz there's no blood vessels in their mouth.

[00:04:59]>> Cuz of what they eat. Acacious thorns.

[00:05:02]Yeah.

[00:05:13]>> Oh my god, this experience.

[00:05:17]Thanks, baby.

[00:05:20]Appreciate it. Spoiled on a random Wednesday.

[00:05:31]So, next up, we've got the lions.

[00:05:34]We're feeding the lions. We just fed the giraffes. Well, we're not feeding the lions, but we're going to watch them have their dinner. Hopefully, it won't be us.

[00:06:00]Right. So, here are these two girls. So, this one that's going to scratch her face against the tree, her name is Savannah, and Savannah is 22 years old.

[00:06:10]>> Oh, wow.

[00:06:10]>> She was the first lion that we ever rescued. Uh she came to us from a canned hunting operation where lions were being bred in very small spaces uh often not cleaned and then people would fly into the country and hunt them through a fence and leave with the trophies. So also known as trophy hunting. So we managed to rescue her from there and we brought her here. Just after we got her we got a male lion. His name was Bones.

[00:06:39]Unfortunately, he has passed away due to old age, but he passed in 2020.

[00:06:44]And Bones's family was actually stoned off a property and he was the only little soul survivor that made it. So, we paired them up together and we had planned to vase bones when he was four years old just because out in the wild that's what Heat.

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[00:11:35]They do this.

[00:11:52]This is my favorite corner.

[00:11:56]Favorite favorite corner. It's so pretty.

[00:12:02]I love it.

[00:12:16]released 28 elephants in total.

[00:12:19]>> So 28 elephants have come through here, gone up to stage two, and out of those 28, we have 13 that are completely wild.

[00:12:27]>> So two, >> I'll explain it just now. So 13 have gone off to the wild. They found herds out there and they joined them as their new full-time families. The other 15 are still in the transition phase. So they will go out for a couple of months at a time with the herd, they test the herd out. If they don't feel comfortable in the herd that they're in, they bounce to a new one or they have the option of going back to the bulas up in stage two.

[00:12:53]So we take a step back and we let them do it in in their time. Now stage two is just outside of Victoria Falls. It's in an area called the Pandamasu Forest area. Okay? So that's where we send all our animals for them to get a second are really wild. So the animals we released go hunting concession and we recently obtained the lease and we're doing our part in trying to help it recover. So even the up there's a lot of wood and >> I will I will start with the smallest one. Okay. So that one that was running off her name is As for her trunk, she's got a full trunk healed up very nicely and I'll let them have their bottles and then I will tell you the other two.

[00:13:50]>> So cute.

[00:14:03]>> Where's the babies?

[00:14:05]Oh, they're done already.

[00:14:08]>> Quick. Very quick.

[00:14:11]>> Okay, so driving past the area and they just saw the top of this at about 15 years old. So by that time Hey. Hey. Hey.

[00:15:45]Ostrich.

[00:15:53]>> Ostriches. Are these the caracles? Oh, those ears. These are kudos.

[00:15:59]>> Oh, >> are like cats.

[00:16:02]>> Ah, >> I didn't know kudos were this cute.

[00:16:07]>> Yeah, very elimin.

[00:16:11]>> Look at the ears.

[00:16:14]Clearly someone was sleeping in class.

[00:16:21]>> Yeah.

[00:16:23]I didn't know what >> Oh, he's I know him.

[00:16:30]>> I've seen him on TV before.

[00:16:35]>> Yes, I do. I just didn't know why they're called >> joined us from a farm in Bulo. So there's a lady who has a farm and an abandoned shed on the farm and the caracles were probably born feed them or move them. And unfortunately, mom didn't come back.

[00:17:07]>> Hello.

[00:17:08]>> So, we're assuming that she was taken out by a bigger predator, unfortunately.

[00:17:13]So, the lady didn't feel comfortable in raising two caracles on her own. So, that's when we got the phone call and brought them here. When we brought them here, they were still really, really small. So, we actually had to keep them in our nursery just for about 6 months just for them to grow bigger and also to extend this enclosure. So, this enclosure was originally a lion enclosure. And they get fed 500 g of meat. So, it's either chicken or horse.

[00:17:44]Primarily, we prefer feeding them chicken just because it's very similar to wild guinea foul. So, what they would eat out in the wild. But, if they don't um if we don't have chicken, we'll give them just because it's got a little bit more nutrients. So if they are lacking anything of course is what helps them.

[00:18:02]>> Yeah.

[00:18:03]>> We also have spice on a hormonal implant which is um reversible >> and also they are highly protected by the state of >> Wow.

[00:18:18]>> Hi everybody.

[00:18:19]>> Hello.

[00:18:20]>> How are you?

[00:18:21]>> Good.

[00:18:23]>> Right. So this is our penglin handler.

[00:18:26]His name is Johnny. And our penglin, her name is Mima.

[00:18:31]>> Thank you.

[00:18:32]>> So Mima is a So Mima joined us when she was roughly a year old after her mom was sadly a victim of coaching where national parks caught the coaches. They luckily still had one life tangling on them. And they brought Mima here for safekeeping. That was 20 years ago. Get us umbrellas. I'm sure he has. So Mima, Mima makes history every single day that she opens her eyes just because my girl, my girl, why are we screaming?

[00:19:03]You're going to scare her. Why are we screaming?

[00:19:08]So she makes history every single day that she opens her eyes just because no one knows the lifespan of a pangler. So as far as we know it, it's 21 years. and she's being used as a reference point around the world, not even just in Zimbabwe. Wow. Pretty amazing.

[00:19:25]>> So, she holds the title of >> the oldest Cape ground pengalin alive in captivity in Africa.

[00:19:32]>> Yeah.

[00:19:33]>> And hopefully a lot more years to come as well.

[00:19:37]>> Yeah. She's a very very special girl.

[00:19:39]So, enjoy this moment because you're never going to see it again unfortunately.

[00:19:44]>> So, like I said, panglins are naturally nocturnal, but will pick up ants and also little grains of soil. She'll pull them back into her mouth and she'll use the grains of sand to actually break down the exoskeleton of the ants.

[00:19:59]Penglins don't have teeth.

[00:20:01]>> Yeah. So that's what they use to digest the ants.

[00:20:04]>> And then she swallows it.

[00:20:05]>> Wow.

[00:20:06]>> So they'll spend about 10 minutes at an antill. Once the ants realize that they are being attacked, they will give off a formic acid. So for anyone that knows Matabilini ants, you know the smell of them. That is the exact same smell as what the ants would give off the formic acid.

[00:20:22]>> And if pandalins eat too much, it is actually very very poisonous to them.

[00:20:27]>> So she'll stand there and wait for Johnny to pick her up and move her to the next antill.

[00:20:32]>> And that's for 10 hours a day. So that's a lot of dedication.

[00:20:36]>> And that's 365 days a year. There's no such thing as public holidays, birthdays, or anything. Yeah.

[00:20:45]>> Interesting fact about panggalins is their tongues grow with them. So, however long a panggalan is, that's how long their tongue is.

[00:20:53]>> If you measure Mima from the tip of her nose to the bottom of her tail, she is a meter long. She has a meter long tail.

[00:20:59]That tongue.

[00:21:01]>> They actually keep it stored in a pouch just below their rib cage and above their pelvis in a little pouch where they roll it up. So that's where it comes from to feed and it rolls back in there.

[00:21:12]>> Yeah. When they're done.

[00:21:14]>> Interesting.

[00:21:15]>> Pengalins are poached for two main reasons around the world. Number one is for their scales. So people wrongly believe that their scales hold some kind of medicinal purpose. It can be used to cure cancer or it can be used as an aphrodisiac when in reality it's just keratin. So it's the same things as our fingernails, our toenails, our hair and rhino horn. There's absolutely nothing special about kangalan scale. And then the second reason why they are poached is because of their meat. So in certain parts of the world, their meat is served as a delicacy. If you are seen eating panggalan meat, you are considered very high up in society. Again, there's nothing special about panggalan meat.

[00:21:59]And believe it or not, humans are the only threat to pangalans.

[00:22:03]Out in the wild, if a penguin feels nervous or scared, they'll put their noses into their tummy and wrap their tails over themselves. They'll curl curl up into such a tight ball that no animal can break it apart or break through the scales. So, no hyena, no lion, no leopard. Unfortunately, humans, we are the reason as to why they are highly, highly endangered.

[00:22:27]>> Yeah. Sad.

[00:22:31]years.

[00:22:32]>> Sorry.

[00:22:34]>> N years. So because they're protected by the state of Zimbabwe, if you are seen caught touching, uh, handling, moving a penglin, it's 9 years of jail, no questions asked. If you are caught the second time, 25.

[00:22:53]>> Not very fast.

[00:22:56]>> No, no, don't worry.

[00:23:10]been weighing 10.8 kgs for the last six years. So that's why we're assuming she's fully grown. And Johnny will also pop her onto the scale before he takes her out to eat and when he rubbing against each other.

[00:23:27]Oh, >> she's got such a cute face.

[00:23:42]Some of the crates were so small.

[00:23:46]So all 12 were taken off the further inspected. They found that Harry at the time he was about 6 months old. So he should never because they suffer until they was confiscated and teenage So those 10 they left us.

[00:24:36]We were then asked if they wanted to look after.

[00:24:41]So we picked them up. We brought them across the site. when they first arrived here.

[00:24:51]And the reason why it took us so long to put up this because it's 1.5 years old. She had the knowledge of how to survive.

[00:25:16]So if they get healed up, you can put them out.

[00:25:24]But it was 10 years.

[00:25:41]>> Well, Harry and end this afternoon. Thank you so much.

[00:25:46]>> Thank you so much.

[00:26:14]How are you?

[00:26:15]>> Hello.

[00:26:16]>> How are you?

[00:26:16]>> Good. Thank you.

[00:26:19]>> Sweet potato soup.

[00:26:20]>> Beautiful. Thank you.

[00:26:22]>> Just get for my husband as well.

[00:26:25]>> Okay.

[00:26:27]Thank you.

[00:26:33]>> Oh, thank you so much.

[00:26:40]>> Thank you. Yes, please. Thank you.

[00:26:47]Our snacks. We've got butter chicken, smoked salmon, some kish, chest straws, some olives, nuts, grapes, homemade chips and crackers and humans. Thank you so much.

[00:27:04]Hey guys, so the tour is done. Um, we are done. It was such a beautiful tour.

[00:27:09]I really did enjoy it. Um, so we're just having some procco and some canopes and I think that will conclude our day. But yes, it was an overall a beautiful, beautiful experience here. Thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I would definitely do this every other month.

[00:28:49]And then she said, I think this is sweet potato soup with a little bottom fruit with some soup.

[00:29:21]Hot, hot, hot.

[00:29:28]Good.

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[00:30:23]Hey, hey, hey.

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[00:32:17]Hey guys. So, this is the end of this video. I really did enjoy my experience here. Um, I just wanted to say that it's $110 per person for the entire tour.

[00:32:28]That includes high tea as some kind of pays. Um, and then you see all the animals. You're taken through like all um their life stories and all of that.

[00:32:36]And then it's $60 if you have kids. Um, so for me and my husband, it was 220 bucks, but if you want to come with the whole family, you always can. They are welcome to having kids here as well. Um, so overall, I would rate this experience a 9.5 out of 10. It was raining, so unfortunately I couldn't really get really good footage um because my dress was super long, so I had to be dragging like holding it most of the time. But outside of that, 9.5 out of 10. I love the experience, love the service and just the overall ambiance of this place is really really nice. Um I see myself having my anniversary celebration here.

[00:33:15]It would be such a dream. So beautiful.

[00:33:17]But anyway, I digress. Loved World of Life. Um love what they stand for like the conservation um journey that they're on and I would love for you guys to come and support them if you can. But yes, this is part one of our travel experience traveling Zimbabwe. And I hope you guys enjoyed it. And until the next video, guys, love and light and be kind to one another.