Finally finding a gap in the incessant rain, we dash out into the bush in an attempt to get into a leopard sighting before the heavens open again. Thankfully the Ntomi Male had been found resting in a large knob thorn tree. On our way there we can’t help but stop to revel at the flowing Maxabene River.
With the ground as saturated as it is, we cannot get too close to the stunning scene of the young leopard draped over a branch, which actually plays to our advantage as we pull out the big lens. Not too long into the sighting he gets up and leaps across a gap to get to a small warthog carcass and begins to feed.
He drops the carcass and gives us exactly what we were hoping for, him descending the tree towards us. No longer able to see him feeding on the ground, we decide to call it a day and head back to camp, where we are met with surprise after surprise.
Enjoy this Virtual Safari…
A single cub of the Ximungwe Female's second litter. Initially rather skittish but is very relaxed now. Birth mark in his left eye.
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What an awesome drive! The views were stunning! The sky was beautiful with the rainbow! I love to see the rivers everywhere over there flowing! Thanks for getting wet for us!
Great virtual drive even the beautiful rainbow. I cant wait till im there in June!
Another good one, and excellent camera work Keep it up.
Why is the virtual safari now a Private Video. I click log in, and Vimeo does not recognize my email. Why is is just not as it has been?
Hi Donald, apologies we had a technical error – you should be able to view the video now
Next, I create an account with Vimeo and log in. It tells be I an Unauthorized to view the video. Something needs to be fixed here.
Sean, thanks for the video of the Ntomi leopard and the elephants. Hope you didn’t get too wet on your way back.
Couldn’t view video, “Private Video, Log in to watch (if you have permission)”. ???
Hi Charles, apologies we had a technical error – you should be able to view the video now
Loved being so up close and personal with the ox pecker activity! What a beautiful afternoon.
Wow, Sean. Such a great video!
I have never seen that much water at Londolozi. The elephants are obviously y enjoying the amount of green stuff that is around them.
The Ntomi male is such a beautiful leopard. I ma always looking forward to see him in one of the videos.
The oxpeckers look so cute on top of the zebras and taking their sand baths.
One question regarding the video: Today I couldn’t watch it directly on your website, but had to watch it via YouTube.
Have you made any changes? because my Londolozi password didn’t work on the Vimeo page???
Hi Christa, thank you for letting us know. Apologies we had a technical error – you should be able to view the video now in Vimeo.
Sean such beautiful footage of the Ntomi male leopard. He is a stunning leopard and provides he can provide for himself. The oxpeckers were a treat to see them dust bathing to get rid of parasites. Londolozi has had lots of rain as of last and it will be good going into the winter months. The rainbow was beautiful to see there in the open, what was the surprise I could not go into the vimeo video so I went to the utube version. How can I be able to see that video as it says it is a private video.
Hi Valmai, thank you for letting us know. Apologies we had a technical error – you should be able to view the video now in Vimeo.
Hey Sean, perhaps I’m doing something wrong, but after logging into Vimeo, there’s no video. Have you changed your format? Previously I could just open the video from your site and watch it on my Mac – I checked YouTube and it’s not there either….
Hi Denise, thank you for letting us know. Apologies we had a technical error – you should be able to view the video now in Vimeo.
Odd, it won’t let me watch unless subscribed to vimeo. Hopefully I can see it on your youtube.
Hi Tony, thank you for letting us know. Apologies we had a technical error – you should be able to view the video now in Vimeo.
thanks for getting wet for us! the double rainbow with the Ellies was beautiful! and the Ntomi male is simply gorgeous! happy to hear he still spends time with him mom 😉
I loved everything about your Sunday video, especially the lighting at the end, highlighting the elephants! The crowning touch was the rainbow, and then a double rainbow! The Ntomi male is looking good and fit, but since he is newly independent, does he need to keep under the radar to keep clear of the territorial males? Also, there’s so much water everywhere-I’ve never seen this reserve area so lush and green. The grass is so tall that might it make hunting more difficult for the predators? I noticed that Ntomi literally disappeared once he descended the tree….
The combination of the animals, the sounds of birds and frogs and the light made that such a soothing video.
I am wondering about Ximungwe – has she not been seen often lately?
Sean, It was great to see the water flowing like that down what is a dry bed when we visit! We loved the video from the back of the vehicle. What kind of equipent did you use for that? It stayed so smooth!
Just incredible footage again this week Sean! The Ntomi male with the warthog piglet was really cool, especially because of his relatively new independence, as you mentioned. I also loved the birds riding along with the zebra. But the the rainbow sky was absolutely stunning, and an excellent finale to a great week in video!
Really enjoyed the video. Especially the oxpeckers. I had never seen such nice close-ups of them.