The Sisterhood of Londolozi
A Londolozi women’s circle has been in existence since my grandmother’s arrival here. Since then my mother has added her grace and grit and now three generations later, this feminine …
A Londolozi women’s circle has been in existence since my grandmother’s arrival here. Since then my mother has added her grace and grit and now three generations later, this feminine …
It seems there’s a World-Something-Day every day of the week, but World Wildlife Day at least is one of the big ones. With the boom in social media over the …
Driving over the causeway, crossing the Sand River, I am always on the lookout for the animals I have become accustomed to seeing in this pristine aquatic ecosystem. I scan …
This is a tricky one. I was reading a post about communication between different herbivores, and it briefly touched upon the possibility of animals responding to the alarm calls of …
On a clear winter’s night at Londolozi you can’t help but gaze up at the night sky and be mezmerized by the sheer beauty of the band of light that …
We haven’t done a memory lane post for a couple of months; we’ve skipped ahead to January 2015. November and December 2014 we’ll get to sometime in the next couple …
A less threatening animal you’d be hard-pressed to find… Come to think of it, you’d be very hard-pressed to find the pangolin itself. Considered by many guides and trackers to be …
A pack of wild dogs were found in the morning, close to a pan. Hoping that they were still there resting while it was still hot, we set out that …
Yellow-billed hornbills enjoy a rather catholic diet, eating anything from fruits to small mice that they will raid from any nest they happen to discover. They can grab quite large …
Looking for wild dogs (or painted wolves as they are also known) is no easy task. This was a pack of over 10 dogs, which would inevitably leave a good …
After following the tracks of the Mhangeni pride zigzag back and forth in the open grasslands of the south-western part of the reserve for most of the morning, we were …
If you think there is nothing more frightening than coming within inches of a lion in the wilds of Africa, you have not encountered a frisky bull elephant looking for …
“My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feeling of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.” – Oliver Sacks On a balmy November morning, I pulled up a chair …
Over the past week I have been fortunate enough to guide a family where we could sit in sightings for extended periods of time, discussing each others photographs and what …
Nature can be pretty brutal, whether you’re a buffalo falling to a pride of lions or an impala being dragged to your death by a crocodile lurking in the waterhole. …