Our Conservation Heroes
“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions” – Karen Blixen. Today is World Rangers Day, a day especially dedicated to honouring the men and women who …
“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions” – Karen Blixen. Today is World Rangers Day, a day especially dedicated to honouring the men and women who …
Originally from Newlands in Cape Town, James Tyrrell (JT) has been working as a ranger at Londolozi for almost four years. Many readers will know him for his wistful documentation …
Winter and the bush is adorned with browns, greys and dust. The landscape is at its most barren and suddenly, out of nowhere you see a flash of crimson and white. …
In the bushveld, every corner may bring something that you never thought of or as it was in my case, saw coming… It was a typical Lowveld winters morning with …
The Tamboti female has special place in my life. This female leopard is often found in the south of the reserve, in an area that we call the ‘Tamboti donga …
I was fortunate enough to recently stop at Londolozi for six nights. 2014 is the ninth consecutive year I have visited and like all the others it didn’t disappoint. My …
After a busy cycle with some incredible winter game viewing, I find myself looking back and reliving some of the scenes I was briefly apart of. Windows of insight into …
The past few weeks we have put winter in the lime light. We have stressed, in many blogs, the power of this season and its beauty. The light, the mist, …
Following on from a discussion with Boyd Varty on what city-slickers can learn from bush-dwellers, I recently spent some time with Londolozi yoga instructor, BeJay Watson, on the yoga deck …
Horns come in all shapes and sizes and so it is that we dedicate a blog to the sometimes weird and wonderful shapes that not only distinguish each animal but …
Recent guest and long-time friend of Londolozi was back for another visit a couple of weeks ago. With Ranger Sandros Sihlangu and tracker Ecskon Sithole, who between them boast a …
“Life is too short to drink bad wine” – Anonymous And so it is, why should we waste our precious time drinking a wine that does not satisfy? The Londolozi …
Last Sunday we watched as two white rhino bulls battled it out for dominance in a fight so intense it attracted two younger rhino spectators. During the fight, they produced …
This weeks ‘Week in Pictures’ focuses on elements in the bush that make life tough in the dry winter season namely lack of water, food and heat. While rangers and …
We challenged ourselves this week. Without Google – and in celebration of Mandela Day – we went on a journey to find the words of Nelson Mandela that had the …