6 July- We all woke up excited to see what had happened in the north with the lions. The guys tracked the 5 Mapogo Males further north but then surprisingly they headed back west across our boundary. Reports from Singita said they too had tracks which headed all the way through their property meaning that the males had headed back to the centre of their territory in the west of the Sabi Sands. As far as we know the new males are still far east. Maybe the Mapogo just came through to give the Majingilane males a vocal warning that they are not welcome in this area. As far as we there has been no contact between the two coalitions.
7 July– One of the old Sparta Females was found near the Tugwaan drainage. She looked terrible and could hardly move.
8 July– We had a brief encounter near the Sand River of the two breakaway Sparta Lionesses and their two new cubs. All four animals headed east into the river. Tough times to be a little lion cub!
8 July– 6 members of the Styx pride were found on a kill in the north; this is very far west for them. We usually do not encounter the Styx pride at Londolozi but since the Lion Warfare began we are encountering them more often.
Written by: Adam Bannister
Thank you so much for the updates.
Your reports are very interresting.
I really want to come and see Mapogo lions now.
Thanks for the updates Adam. Hate to hear about old Sparta Lioness, hope she makes a come back.
Thanxs for your updates
There have been reports that the 5 Mapogos had gone East and a lot of Roaring and Fighting had been heard on 8 July Night and Today morning Mr T had returned West only with Two other Mapogos, So that means only 3 Mapogos have returned West can you please provide any information as to what happened in the fight and why not all 5 Mapogos had returned West and are those 2 missing Mapogos Okay ??????
thank you so much 4 your time you put in 4 the information you give us thank you
It’s a great pleasure Lorenzo, I am glad that you are enjoying the blog posts and finding them interesting. We will definitely keep them coming.
Rich
THANKS so much to all of you (but particuarly Adam, Solly, Rex, Life, Tyrone and the Varity Camp family) at Londolozi for simply THE BEST holiday OF MY LIFE!!! We were luckily enough to be enjoying your hospitality during the time in July when the five Mapogo Males were also visiting your beautiful property. WOW!!! What an awesome experience. I thought that was the highlight – but then every moment delivered some differenet – leopards, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, rhinos, crocodiles, zebras, hippos and the list goes on, and on and on!!!
It only took me a moment to fall in love with Londolozi – but it will take a life time to forget! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Hey Jacqueline, thanks for the comment and such great feedback. It is always brilliant to hear that you had the best holiday of your life. We would have it no other way!
I am also glad that you got to see all five Mapogo Males together, they are an awesome pride of males to be able to see together and experience. From the sounds of it, you got to see a host of other animals as well which is fantastic.
If you find yourself forgetting about us at all, just log onto the blog and hopefully you’ll remember what you’re missing. Thanks again for the comment and come back soon!!!!
Rich
Today they found one of the majingalane males eating the remain of a lion ( sex unknown ) @ the djuma but the Styx pride was near there last night