Knowing Your Place | Virtual Safari #328
This week I had a reunion that I thoroughly enjoyed, and one that was probably long overdue. A leopard I haven’t spent real time with since before the pandemic turned …
This week I had a reunion that I thoroughly enjoyed, and one that was probably long overdue. A leopard I haven’t spent real time with since before the pandemic turned …
This week the bush was busy. There’s been a developing storyline among the lions on Londolozi that I’ve been tracking with you for the last few weeks now, and this …
It started with two lions I have had on my mind a fair amount. One of them in particular, a male I’d last seen looking like he’d come off second …
Wild dogs do something to the bush that nothing else quite does. The whole landscape lifts a gear when they’re around. Impalas start running before they’ve worked out what they’re …
Storytellers That Hold the Light | Entry No. 2 When I began this series, I said that Londolozi’s centenary deserved more than a celebration. It deserved to be told. And …
I went out one morning this week looking for someone I hadn’t seen in a while. Someone who has become a crowd favourite, and her story is remarkable. The mission …
Two months ago, we released Courageous Acts of Healing – the first chapter in our three-part documentary series celebrating 100 years of Londolozi. The response has been extraordinary. We have …
A few weeks ago, I shared one of the most extraordinary mornings I’ve had at Londolozi. The Xinkhova Female reappearing with two of her cubs after we’d thought they were …
This one started ordinarily enough. Wild dogs cruising through Londolozi and a torturous morning with the Three Rivers Female, just out of reach The kind of week I’ve had a …
Some sightings will stay with me forever. And on one particular morning’s game drive earlier this month, this sighting (a mere 10 minutes) was one of those moments. Heading out …
Some Days You Nail It. Some Days the Bush Has Other Plans. There’s a particular kind of week the bush dishes out every now and then. The kind that ignores …
Lionesses 2, Sean 0. That was the situation by the end of our second attempt to find the Kambula Females, and I am not too proud to admit that the …
Harry and Megan found something the other night that I really wish I had been there for. They’d come across the Msuthlu Pride, eleven lions, out on the open ground …
The morning after I watched the Xinkhova Female carry her cub to a new den, Shaun D’Araujo rounded a corner and found a leopard in a tree. Nothing unusual there. …
Right, let’s get the embarrassing bit out of the way first. The Tsalala Lioness. A few episodes back, we got rather carried away with the idea that she had given …