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The Longest Wait: A Hilarious Tracking Story

Rob Jeffery March 21, 2019 26

This is an old story from senior tracker Judas Ngomane. It is a story about tracking lions. It was 9am and the sun was beating down. It had been a …

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Do Lions Hunt Best Under a Full Moon?

James Tyrrell March 20, 2019 9

The short answer is, “No.” We could end it there, but we should probably go into the discussion a little deeper. Lions generally hunt on sight. ie. they hone in …

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Was The Lion King Set At Londolozi?

Jemma Thorpe March 19, 2019 16

Today marks the four month countdown to the release date of the legendary, and highly anticipated Lion King (19 July 2019). There is much excitement amongst the staff at Londolozi …

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Ntsevu Pride Hunt in Darkness

Dean De La Rey March 17, 2019 21

With the Ntsevu lionesses spending more and more time on Londolozi during the past few weeks and the Birmingham male lions always on their periphery of the pride, it has …

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Tsalala Female Has Given Birth

James Tyrrell March 7, 2019 27

Up on a koppie next to the Manyelethi River there is a small cave. It’s hard to see as the road that runs past the koppies passes it to the …

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Styx Pride Take Down Wildebeest

Grant Rodewijk March 5, 2019 20

With only the lone Tsalala lioness moving around the northern parts of Londolozi, it was almost inevitable a pride would start moving in to take over, and it was most …

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One Year Later: What has Happened Since Last February?

James Tyrrell February 20, 2019 10

I thoroughly enjoy browsing our archives to see what happened when, to see if predictions came true or not or simply to reflect on how quickly things change in the …

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Can Lions Count?

James Tyrrell January 30, 2019 21

We aren’t going to go too deeply into a discussion of the relative intelligence levels of the big cats here, but it struck me the other day that a grasp …

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Mating Lions Chased by Elephants: Photographic Lessons Learned

James Tyrrell January 24, 2019 9

This was one of those morning when more lessons were learnt than anything else. An epic sighting after which I was kicking myself for not being ready, so ended up …

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Ntsevu Pride Feast on Wildebeest

James Tyrrell January 20, 2019 9

Even an adult wildebeest wouldn’t go very far between four lionesses, two big male lions and 13 cubs. One unlucky individual got encircled in a Tamboti thicket recently, and ended …

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The Ntsevu Pride: Lions of Summer

James Tyrrell January 10, 2019 13

The movements of Londolozi’s lion prides are usually dictated by either the season or the resident male population. Lionesses might be hiding their cubs from an invading male coalition, or …

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Which Lion and Leopard are the Londolozi Version of Tom and Jerry?

James Tyrrell December 27, 2018 7

As I watched the Flat Rock male clamber for his life up a marula tree before the Tsalala female caught him, it struck me that this was probably a reenactment …

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Then and Now: The Interwoven Fortunes of the Sand River and the Tsalala Pride

Fin Lawlor December 11, 2018 16

Change is the only constant we have out here. Animals come and go, and more significantly – since it flows right past the Londolozi camps and through the middle of …

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The Week In Pictures #361

Pete Thorpe November 15, 2018 3 6

Following on from James Tyrrell’s TWIP 360 last week, some firsts for the season have been recorded in the past week. Even though James headed out early, he still wasn’t …

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A Superb Run of Sightings: Part 3

James Tyrrell November 13, 2018 12

A single Ntsevu lioness had been seen isolated from the pride on a number of occasions, down in the south-eastern sector of Londolozi. Ranger Andrea Sithole had discovered her with …

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