What Happens When Two Female Leopards Want The Same Male?
A week ago we saw three adult leopards in the same sighting. The scene resembled something of a soap opera with two sisters (same mother but different litters) competing for …
A week ago we saw three adult leopards in the same sighting. The scene resembled something of a soap opera with two sisters (same mother but different litters) competing for …
Quite often with animal species out here, the male of the kind is more territorial than the female. This is true of rhino, hippo and impala just to name a …
When my day began a few summery mornings ago, I had no idea that I was about to have my most memorable day on Londolozi thus far. I was guiding …
When I first moved to the bush a leopard was a leopard, and I couldn’t have told them apart even if I had wanted to. Female, male, sub-adult… to me …
The history of the Nhlanguleni female leopard is a bit of an up-and-down one, with long periods of no sightings, then a sudden spate of viewing as she appears on …
“I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up that I was not happy” – Ernest Hemingway The dust at Londolozi has begun to settle and the …
He is without a doubt the most observant, attentive and knowledgeable man I have met. Compassionate and humble, he represents the man I wish to be. With a contagious smile …
“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” Patience certainly paid off for us on this particular morning. Let us tell …
Happy endings, it seems, are a rarity in the bush. The reality out here is that life is fragile, and whether you are a dung beetle, impala lamb or leopard …
I began my career at Londolozi a little under a year and a half ago with a blog post that had the following quote from Mark Twain: “Twenty years from …
Due to the amazing quality of leopard viewing here at Londolozi, we are given the opportunity to witness some fascinating behaviour. Not all behaviours are to our liking of course, …
The last time I drove long-time Londolozi guests Chris and Jane Wood, we were incredibly lucky (due to a fantastic spot by tracker Rich Mthabeni) to come across a pangolin …
A gust whipped dust up into the air which swirled around the Land Rover as we made haste for camp. “Looks like rain,” said the guests in the row behind …
Just the other day I watched the Tamboti female leopard curl her tail up as she slipped past our vehicle. This could mean any number of things but in that …
Only a few weeks ago we ran a post that examined the injury sustained by the Ndzanzeni female, the last leopard in the lineage of the original Mother Leopard with …