Respect for the Elders: the Original Mhangeni Lionesses
Nowadays, it is not often that we get to see the Mhangeni Pride, but they were recently on a hippo carcass and provided many of us with a few fantastic …
Nowadays, it is not often that we get to see the Mhangeni Pride, but they were recently on a hippo carcass and provided many of us with a few fantastic …
We have been seeing the Mangheni pride a lot more frequently of late, and long may it last. As a guide you sometimes try and tick all the boxes when …
Driving through the open savannah in the south-western part of Londolozi, I was surprised when we spotted a single lioness walking with intent, a few hundred metres ahead of us. …
It’s been an exciting few days around the reserve but there are few things that excite me more than seeing new cubs for the first time. Things were starting to …
The Mhangeni pride of lions is, at this point, one of the most viewed prides in the Sabi Sand Reserve. The adult females are eleven years old and were born …
Last week we watched the Mhangeni pride attempt to hunt a warthog, fail, and then try with a buffalo, and fail again. This all happened in one afternoon. They were …
If you have visited Londolozi recently, your ranger may have shared with you a snapshot of the lion dynamics at present. It may sound complicated at first. For example: To …
This isn’t the first time a group of lions has split from their natal pride and formed a new one. Nor will it be the last. Environmental conditions and pressures …
The rather subdued roar of a male lion came from near the Londolozi airstrip early in the morning. Within minutes ranger Mrisho Lugenge had found one of the Birmingham males …
With the sixteen-strong Mangheni pride spending most of their time west of Londolozi we had not had a sighting of them on Londolozi soil for a couple of weeks. When …
With the evidence conclusively pointing towards the Mhangeni Breakaway pride not rejoining with the adult Mhangeni females, the time has come to rename them as their own independent entity. Traditionally, animals …
At least one of the Mhangeni Breakaway lionesses are reported to be denning cubs to the north east of Londolozi. Over the past few months, we have seen the pride mating …
In September three years ago we were enjoying some of the most spectacular lion viewing in recent memory, as the newly-named Mhangeni pride with their nine cubs were spending much of their time …
Things are getting slightly confusing on the lion front these days. Whereas in years past territorial lines amongst the Lions of Londolozi have – at least for the most part …
The Mhangeni pride are not what they once were. The younger members of the pride are essentially doing what their mothers did once upon a time, breaking off and operating …