The Summer Shades of Green
As the sun rises each day it casts its warm rays across the landscape. Every tree the light touches will reflect back a dazzling array of green. During the summer …
As the sun rises each day it casts its warm rays across the landscape. Every tree the light touches will reflect back a dazzling array of green. During the summer …
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” – Albert …
As 2023 began, I started to reflect on the year that had passed. Each day at Londolozi had followed a natural rhythm. Waking up to the dawn chorus of francolins …
Over the last couple of years good news has sometimes felt hard to come by, whilst reading through South Africa’s Good News Blog, I came across this beautiful article written …
Happy 2023 Londolozi family! As we roll into January, this is always a time of year when I do my best to find some time for myself to reflect on …
When it comes to travel and planning, I find myself immersed in books rather than Google. Prior to any trip, I love to read about my destination, it allows one …
At this time of year, there is a particular increase in attention when scanning the road ahead from our game drive vehicles. We are bound to either pass a fresh …
Having recently shared with you the ‘Senses of Safari’, you might have read about the nostalgia associated with taste, smell, feel, sound and sight. There are certain sensations that trigger …
The bush has developed its marvellous shades of green again as we firmly find ourselves in the summer. With the first rains, thunderstorms on the horizon, and waterholes brimming, the …
Nature most definitely is the ultimate tinkerer. She seems never to be satisfied by what is and seems to rather have made the decision to constantly try and upgrade the …
In today’s fast-paced, hyperconnected world, we don’t often get the chance to switch off, slow down and relax with a book. Whilst people mainly visit Londolozi for the excitement of …
There is a multitude of words one can use in an attempt to describe an elephant: behemoth, complex, wise and majestic, just to mention a few. My favourite quote about …
Trees provide life to everything around us. Without them we simply wouldn’t exist. When thinking about it, almost every time we found ourselves out in the bush we in some …
Before I start this blog, I need to remind myself to avoid the temptation to anthropomorphize. Dwarf mongooses are not people, no matter how interesting, complex and outright cute they …
Since the last blog that I wrote about The Dragonfly Project, I have noticed the increasing hues of red and blue Dragonflies circling around me. They are all returning and …