Knowing Your Place | Virtual Safari #328
This week I had a reunion that I thoroughly enjoyed, and one that was probably long overdue. A leopard I haven’t spent real time with since before the pandemic turned …
This week I had a reunion that I thoroughly enjoyed, and one that was probably long overdue. A leopard I haven’t spent real time with since before the pandemic turned …
When I started training at the start of 2020, little did I know I would still be here over six years later. My first leopard at Londolozi was the Plaque …
This week the bush was busy. There’s been a developing storyline among the lions on Londolozi that I’ve been tracking with you for the last few weeks now, and this …
Well into the throes of winter, the mornings now arrive with a distinct chill, often accompanied by a veil of mist that hangs low over the open clearings before the …
It started with two lions I have had on my mind a fair amount. One of them in particular, a male I’d last seen looking like he’d come off second …
There is a stretch of the year out here that I look forward to more than any other, and we are right in the middle of it. The bush is …
Sometimes a message comes through, and before you have even finished reading it, there is already a sinking feeling telling you it is not going to be good. You read …
Wild dogs do something to the bush that nothing else quite does. The whole landscape lifts a gear when they’re around. Impalas start running before they’ve worked out what they’re …
I went out one morning this week looking for someone I hadn’t seen in a while. Someone who has become a crowd favourite, and her story is remarkable. The mission …
A few weeks ago, I shared one of the most extraordinary mornings I’ve had at Londolozi. The Xinkhova Female reappearing with two of her cubs after we’d thought they were …
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 …