Good Things Come to Those Who Wait. Eventually. | Virtual Safari #344
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 …
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 …
Reece was back with us for a short stint recently, and boy did he pick a good week for it. On one of the morning drives, he was following the …
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. …
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 …
The low-angled morning sunlight was just beginning to shine through the canopies of the Marula trees when the course of our morning bush walk shifted. We were following along a …
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 …
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 …
We went back to the wild dog den. Last week, three pups. This week a few more surprises were waiting at the entrance that we did not see coming. There …
There is a certain magic in knowing that something is there without actually being able to see it. The bush is constantly speaking, although much of what it says is …
Another week in the Londolozi wilderness has come and gone, and as we continue through the heart of winter, the reserve seems to offer up some of the finest conditions …
Watch a leopard make a kill, and the hunt is only half the story. The other half is everything that comes after. She catches her breath first. Then, almost immediately, …
If you watched last week’s episode, you’ll know I mentioned something ridiculously exciting that I didn’t want to share with you just yet. Well, I guess that time has come, …
There are certain animals in the bush whose presence is felt long before they are seen. Sometimes it is a set of tracks in the soft sand, a distant roar …