The Week In Pictures #778
In the last TWIP I did, I spoke about experimenting with some prime lenses, using the likes of the Canon 300mm f/2.8 and the 200–400mm f/4 with its built-in 1.4x …
In the last TWIP I did, I spoke about experimenting with some prime lenses, using the likes of the Canon 300mm f/2.8 and the 200–400mm f/4 with its built-in 1.4x …
Recently, we were watching the two Kambula mothers at Carcass Clearing, with their eight cubs milling about between them and both of the Gijima Males lying alongside a wildebeest kill. …
Two Gijima Males, two Kambula lionesses, eight cubs and one wildebeest. Anyone who has done the maths on that will understand why Carcass Clearing was not a quiet place this …
Another toasty midday mission this week, and this one took us all the way down to the furthest reaches of the property. A leopard and her cub we had never …
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 …
Back in January 2024, fellow ranger Kirst Joscelyne wrote a blog on the reign of the Maxim’s Male, and one thing she touched on has stuck with me ever since. …
After years of guiding at Londolozi, I no longer need a map to navigate the reserve as I did when I was a trainee ranger. I have it all mapped …
Three leopards in one afternoon, crocodiles having a little scuffle and a cheetah hunting sounds like a pretty epic week. So it all started off with the Shingi Male down …
We’d been spoilt with sightings in the days before, so that morning we decided to do something completely different and take the guests down to the deep south of the …
Welcome to another week in pictures, and once again, what a week it’s been. From leopards and lions to wild dogs, Londolozi has had plenty to keep us busy. On …
It all started one morning when Matt Rochford and his guest were sitting at the wild dog den. Everything seemed perfectly normal. The pups were where they were supposed to …
Over the past few months, the Nhlanguleni Female has been absent from Londolozi. No tracks called in on her usual routes. No unexpected encounters leaving or returning to camp. For …
Lions aren’t supposed to be good at this. That’s the old story anyway. Leopards live in the trees, lions stay on the ground, and the two don’t swap roles. So …
The wild dogs moved den this week. Packed up and shifted 400 metres east, as if the old place had simply run its course. We caught up with them at …
We had been searching for leopards all morning when reports came through of a possible mating pair in the northern parts of Londolozi. Naturally, we headed in that direction, hoping …