Leopards of Londolozi — The Senegal Bush Male
This has been said at the start of every entry in this series, and it stays true. There is a weird kind of obsession that takes hold of people who …
This has been said at the start of every entry in this series, and it stays true. There is a weird kind of obsession that takes hold of people who …
August and September marked the arrival of spring at Londolozi. As the landscape shifted from the golden tones of winter to fresh shades of green, the bushveld began to stir …
Having just got back from leave recently, one of the first things I wanted to catch up on was what the Xinkhova Female has been up to, and it sounds …
The Xinkhova Female is pregnant. Two drives, two days in a row, and by the second one there was absolutely no ambiguity about what I was looking at. A very …
There are certain leopard sightings that live in the imagination long before they happen: a leopard stretched across a granite boulder, one silhouetted against the last light of the afternoon, …
This week has had some incredible moments, although punctuated with some rainy days and surprisingly cool mornings, it certainly has felt like two seasons over the last 7 days. On …
Before coming to Londolozi ten years ago, I’d already been guiding for a few years. I understood animal behaviour, and I knew how the theory of habituation worked in practice. …
Big week. And I’m going to start with Nkoveni because there’s a lot to unpack. She’s lost one of her cubs. I’ll address that in the episode. But the remaining …
This week’s selection is a bit of a team effort. Stoff Kane-Berman, our Managing Director, simply cannot help himself when it comes to getting out into the bush, and with …
This has been said at the start of every entry in this series, and it stays true. There is a weird kind of obsession that takes hold of people who …
There are some leopards you see often enough that they become part of the fabric of the reserve. Others remain elusive appearing only every now and then before disappearing back …
This week I kept finding myself watching animals navigate the gap between where they are and where they’re going. It started at the wild dog den. The pups are getting …
The bush has really come alive over the last week. Generally speaking, we only experience two seasons here—rainy summers and dry winters; but this year has felt different, in that …
There are certain places at Londolozi that seem to collect stories. Ximpalapala Koppie is one of them. Rising from the surrounding landscape in a series of enormous granite boulders, the …
Often, while sitting deeply entrenched in watching a leopard go about her business, after calling it in on the radio, or having said something to the camera where I have …