I Played Detective. The Bush Played Me| Virtual Safari #322
This one started ordinarily enough. Wild dogs cruising through Londolozi and a torturous morning with the Three Rivers Female, just out of reach The kind of week I’ve had a …
This one started ordinarily enough. Wild dogs cruising through Londolozi and a torturous morning with the Three Rivers Female, just out of reach The kind of week I’ve had a …
Some Days You Nail It. Some Days the Bush Has Other Plans. There’s a particular kind of week the bush dishes out every now and then. The kind that ignores …
It was a clear, warm, sunny morning in the bush, which we are so lucky to have many of at this time of year at Londolozi. It was one of …
As April gives way to May, there’s a subtle but unmistakable shift settling over the reserve. The early mornings carry a cooler edge now, and the last light of day …
There’s a recurring joke in my household, usually delivered with a weary look from my darling Samantha after a long afternoon wrangling our two epic (read: chaotic) kids, that the …
Lionesses 2, Sean 0. That was the situation by the end of our second attempt to find the Kambula Females, and I am not too proud to admit that the …
The heavy rainfall earlier this year has left the landscape looking fresh and full of life. The vegetation is still green and lush at a time when it would normally …
Harry and Megan found something the other night that I really wish I had been there for. They’d come across the Msuthlu Pride, eleven lions, out on the open ground …
The morning after I watched the Xinkhova Female carry her cub to a new den, Shaun D’Araujo rounded a corner and found a leopard in a tree. Nothing unusual there. …
As we approach the end of April, this week’s collection of images feels like a gentle shift between seasons, where the last breath of summer still lingers in the landscape. …
It has been quite a treat lately when it comes to wild dogs. The difficulty of finding and observing them is almost immeasurable. Wild dogs are the rarest carnivores in …
Right, let’s get the embarrassing bit out of the way first. The Tsalala Lioness. A few episodes back, we got rather carried away with the idea that she had given …
I thought I’d put together a bit of an update on the Ndzanzeni Female, as she’s been on my mind more and more lately. With the reserve drying out again …
There are some animals whose stories you can follow with a degree of professional detachment. The Tsalala Female is not one of them. For those of us who have watched …
There are episodes that entertain, episodes that educate, and then there are episodes that stop you dead in your tracks and remind you just why the African bush is unlike …