A pack of 12 wild dogs moved through the reserve again, gracing us with a couple of drives of viewing before moving on. While most packs will be moving with a set of younger pups from this winter’s breeding, this pack seemed to be a group of only adults who likely lost their litter earlier this year.

Often seen slinking off through the grass, Red-crested Korhaan will often be heard more than it is seen with its distinctive clicking at the beginning of its call before the ventriloquial “kyip-kyip-kyip” type call. Making it even more difficult to find.

Elephants generally have rather droopy eyes, covered by their long eyelashes and deep wrinkles. However, if the moment presents itself, you occasionally get a glimpse of their rich, orangey-brown iris. The golden light and textured skin added further elements to make for a great photographic opportunity.

The continuous spectacle that the Ximungwe Female and her cub put on is entertaining to all those able to view the duo during their stay at Londolozi, here the two play on a fallen knobthorn tree. Playing on this fallen tree for a good five or so minutes as the cub chased its mother’s tail, before dashing to the out limits of the branches.

Growing rapidly, it is just a matter of time before this young male is the size of his mother. Already giving her a hard time at carcasses, her tolerance of him is astounding, as it is vital in his development.

With nighttime ambient temperatures on the increase and the sun rising earlier the morning game drives are definitely worth getting out in time to watch the sunrise.

Featuring once again this less and less seldomly seen large male leopard, is becoming a reason to venture into the open grasslands in itself. Not normally searching for leopards in this area, it has always been a huge bonus to find a leopard here.

This lone Secretarybird has still been lurking around a few of the clearings near to camp. Having built a nest, our hopes were high that it may be readying itself to lay a clutch of eggs, sadly this was not the case and in fact, it had just built a platform to roost on.

The Sand River is the lifeblood of the reserve throughout the winter and a perfect place to watch the sunrise.

Lurking in the shadows, the tawny coat of a lioness is the perfect camouflage in the dry winter landscape, blending into the grass perfectly depending on the lighting.

An incredibly unique scene where the Piccadilly Female arrives to investigate a large buffalo skull. Far beyond her capabilities of bringing it down, she is intrigued by the smell. This buffalo had in fact been killed by the Nkuhuma Pride a few weeks ago.

A picturesque scene with the near-full moon, a pair of giraffes, and a large granite outcrop in the background.

High wispy clouds, greening open grasslands, and a trio of cheetahs, such an amazing view during a morning drive.

A young kudu pauses to listen to her surroundings. The bush is dotted with beautiful warm colours ranging from oranges and yellows to browns.

As always, the Ximungwe Female and her cub were there this week to provide us with multiple great sightings.

A kudu bull reaches high for what leaves are left in the dry winter landscape. Having had rather overcast weather for the last few days, the light has been rather flat for photography which, along with the pale winter hues, creates quite an interesting colour palate.

After proving to be rather scarce in the last few weeks, a massive herd of buffalo wandered onto the reserve this week. We estimate that there could have been over 800 bovids in the group making it one of the largest herds we have seen in a couple of years. Along with them come hundreds (maybe even thousands) of oxpeckers, including the rare and endangered Yellow-billed Oxpecker.

Waterbuck bulls can boast a spectacular set of horns. This particular one was moving past the airstrip as we set off from camp for an afternoon drive and paused beautifully in the open for a brief moment.

The dense dry riverbeds that run through the southern parts of the reserve are havens for several different bird species. While sitting and waiting for a leopard to rise from her slumber, we were kept quite entertained by the Southern Black Flycatcher who was capitalising on the insect activity after the recent rains.

One of the Ndzanzeni Females young cubs strides straight in the direction of our vehicle. The two cubs are growing each time we have the privilege of viewing them. Being found often, the last direct descendants of the mother leopard lineage make the long drives into the deep southeastern parts of the reserve more and more rewarding.