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The Gift Of Presence

Sam Zeederberg July 29, 2026 7

As a therapist in the Healing House, one of the quiet privileges of one-on-one sessions is the conversation that sometimes comes with them, thought-provoking exchanges with guests from all over …

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The Marula Keepers – What a Shepherd in 1953 Taught Us About Saving the Sand River

Richie Laburn July 4, 2026 11

There is a story Jean Giono wrote in 1953, about a shepherd named Elzéard Bouffier who lived alone in a barren stretch of Provence. Each evening Bouffier sorted acorns by …

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A Different Kind of Resolution at Londolozi

Shannon Dawson January 17, 2026 6

I know it’s not just me, but every January my feed is flooded with New Years resolutions like: “I’ll exercise more,” “I’ll eat better,” “I’ll scroll less.” And yet, more …

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The Sacred Spiral: Nine Years at Londolozi

Christina Fox January 10, 2026 15

There is a pattern that appears everywhere in nature if you know how to look for it. At the start of 2025, I was given a six-week sabbatical from Londolozi. …

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The Champagne Of Safari

Bronwyn Varty-Laburn January 3, 2026 1 9

Last autumn, a guest asked me a question I couldn’t immediately answer. We were sitting at the fire after dinner, the flames pulling light from our faces and giving it …

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What the Wilderness Taught Me in 2025

Kate Tennick January 1, 2026 3 18

Happy New Year! Another year gone by. Another year at Londolozi measured not in months or milestones, but in sunrises and sundowners, fireside conversations, chasing alarm calls, summer thunderstorms, waking …

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Close Encounters: What to do when an animal approaches?

Nic Glassock December 11, 2025 25

The Ethics of Stillness in the Bush There is a particular atmosphere that settles over a vehicle when an animal decides to approach. It is an instinctive acknowledgement that, for …

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The Season of Return: How Animals Find Their Way Home

Keagan Chasenski October 14, 2025 4

Summer is stirring here at Londolozi. The first rains have fallen, and with them comes a shift you can feel in the air. Soon the mornings will ring with new …

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The Umwelt of Londolozi

Kate Tennick September 29, 2025 7

Having recently revisited Ed Yong’s book, An Immense World (which I highly recommend by the way!) I found myself thinking about the concept of umwelt, and the environment that surrounds …

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Lessons From The Wild: What The Bush Teaches Us About Patience

Keagan Chasenski September 20, 2025 10

Out here, things rarely happen on our schedule. You can spend hours waiting at a den or following faint leopard tracks that vanish into thin air. Sometimes nothing shows itself. …

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Asking Nature For Advice – Part II

Kate Tennick September 9, 2025 10

Since writing about biomimicry, doughnut and circular economic models, I’ve found myself looking at every game drive through a different lens. It’s one thing to discuss these concepts theoretically, but …

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Seven Years Living in the Wild: A Love Letter to Londolozi

Jess Shillaw September 1, 2025 1 44

In the quiet corner of the African bush, a young woman arrived in 2018 with nothing more than a dream and a heart that beats to the rhythm of the …

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The Life of a Firefly

Jess Shillaw July 22, 2025 8

As a little girl, I truly believed fireflies were fairies. On warm summer evenings, I’d sit in the garden watching their gentle glow drift through the dusk like tiny lanterns, …

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The Londolozi Conservation Development Model ~ An Original Way

Shannon Dawson May 17, 2025 8

Along the gentle curves of the Sand River, where ancient trees cast dappled shadows across golden grasslands, a dream took root decades ago – a dream that would inspire pockets …

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Biomimicry Inspired by the African Elephant’s Trunk

Kirsten Joscelyne May 5, 2025 9

Biomimicry, the practice of emulating nature’s designs to solve human challenges, has led to remarkable innovations. The African elephant’s trunk, with its unparalleled versatility and strength, has inspired advancements across …

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