Meet the newest member of the Londolozi Blog Team: James Crookes. James was schooled in the Natal Midlands where he was exposed to an outdoor lifestyle from a young age. His early memories are of family holidays in the Kruger National Park and the Tuli Block in Botswana. After qualifying as a chartered accountant at the end of 2009, James followed his passion and moved to the bush. With a passion for leopards, the Sabi Sand Reserve was the obvious choice. He started his rangers training course at the beginning of 2010, during which time he gained exposure to different wildlife areas, including the Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park and Malilangwe concession.
The Tamboti Female by James Crookes
His soul, however, was in the Sabi Sand and he had always dreamed of being a part of Londolozi. James returned to the Sabi Sand and started at Londolozi in January 2012. He has been guiding, blogging and photographing ever since.
James Crookes
Camp Pan Male and Maxabeni Female by James Crookes
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Thank you for your work, James!!!
Love your pictures…GREAT work!
Appreciate all your wonderful pictures James. You have the best job in the world!
Thanks James–you have a great “eye” for the beauties. Hope to meet you in March.
thank you james
Excellent photos , welcome 🙂
Glad you made it to Londolozi, James.. May you have many wonderful years there.
Thank you for all you do for us here reading the blog..
Outstanding photos James – esp the Tamboti Female who is so very beautiful!
James thanks so much for an amazing safari. We felt very honored to be part of your game drives with your enthusiasm for the animals, and more so for leopard sightings.
Don’t “google it” in the bush you just “crookes it”!! Great meeting you this week and look forward to your blogging..
Nice to see you featured, James. Our family is still abuzz about our visit to Londolozi and our time with you and Richard. Helen loved our rhino tracking and Amelia loved the hippo cannon ball into the lake. Thanks for sharing your love of the animals…you’ve made a difference in our family’s life.
Best to you all…at Londolozi!
hi james! glad to see you’ve joined the “blog team” we’ll look forward reading your posts. it’s hard to believe it’s been a month since our family was with you all. we LOVED our time at londolozi and dream of it daily. thinking of you especially today as darren and i said it’s a great day to be a south african with ernie els’ WIN!!! he is a great open champion! hope you are well.
all the best,
candy