The Week In Pictures #734: The Year That Was (2025)
The calendar has once again done that neat, almost offensively quick trick of turning over, and we find ourselves squinting into the blinding light of a new year. On the …
The calendar has once again done that neat, almost offensively quick trick of turning over, and we find ourselves squinting into the blinding light of a new year. On the …
Happy New Year! Another year gone by. Another year at Londolozi measured not in months or milestones, but in sunrises and sundowners, fireside conversations, chasing alarm calls, summer thunderstorms, waking …
I recently had the privilege of spending a cool summer afternoon with the two Kambula lionesses and their 6 cubs. Resting in an open clearing among a few guarri bushes, …
This week’s TWIP comes to you with a distinctly festive feel as the Christmas season settles over the bushveld. While families gather, holidays are celebrated, and the pace of life …
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! Today is the final, frantic countdown for many of us, and while the rest of the world is probably struggling with wrapping paper and last-minute grocery …
The summer heat at Londolozi is as comforting as it is irresistible, and by December, the temperatures are u,p and everything is humming. The insects, the birds, the air itself …
The afternoon began under that familiar golden light that settles over the bush in late summer. Long shadows stretched across the landscape as we set out with our guests. Our …
The past few weeks at Londolozi have brought a wonderful mix of weather, with refreshing rains interspersed between beautifully warm summer days. The combination has breathed new life into the …
The concept was simple, perhaps criminally so: A full twelve hours, from 05h30 until sundown, planted at Shingi Dam. This was meant to be the ultimate test of observational guiding …
This week unfolded as a combination of big and small moments and encounters – elephants drifting across the airstrip, zebra stallions sparring, wild dog pups filling the clearings with their …
With recent heavy rains, the reserve feels washed clean, and everything somehow seems fuller — deep, almost unbelievable greens in the grass, clouds building almost every afternoon, and that familiar …
Over the past few months, the territorial landscape around Londolozi has been quietly shifting. With the passing of the Nweti Male, the Nottens Male’s path has shifted and not in …
Amidst the lush summer vegetation, rain-filled waterholes, blooming wild flowers and harmonious calls of all the birds ready to breed, it’s the perfect time of year to try and spend …
Another week has come and gone at Londolozi, and for me, this was the week that summer truly announced itself. We have been blessed with substantial rain this week, and …
Reaching independence is one of the bigger milestones in a leopard’s life, and the once-named Nkoveni Young Male has now reached that point. After a few weeks of deliberation within …