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Getting the hang of it: A Baby Elephant Learns to Drink

Kevin Power May 12, 2016 12

As humans, we don’t have the ability to walk or talk from the moment we are born, we learn it. The same applies for some animals. Yes, most are able …

Wildlife

Matimba Males Chase Mhangeni Females

James Tyrrell May 10, 2016 17

The Mhangeni pride are not what they once were. The younger members of the pride are essentially doing what their mothers did once upon a time, breaking off and operating …

Lions Wildlife

A Photographic Journal: The Dark Side

Don Heyneke May 9, 2016 11

The crisp of the mornings is broken by warming African sunrise, and once the day draws to an ends, just after the golden hour, we are led into an ever-changing canvas brought …

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Happy Birthday David Attenborough!

James Tyrrell May 8, 2016 3

It seems that 2016 is a big year for 90th birthdays! Not only are Londolozi and Queen Elizabeth only a decade short of 100 years, but one of Nature’s greatest …

General Nature Londolozi Family Occasions Wildlife

A Heart Warming Tale of the Nkoveni 2:2 Female’s Life

Richie Laburn May 7, 2016 6

Many years ago I was lucky enough to encounter the Mashaba 3:3 Female one late afternoon in May. She was full from eating an impala which she had stalked and …

Leopards Wildlife

Lion Update: Continued Majingilane Surveillance

Sean Cresswell May 5, 2016 31

The Majingilane are back in the spotlight. Have they ever not been? Taking appreciation for everything else is important, but when male lions step up to the plate the whole world …

Lions Wildlife

Kruger Exposed

James Souchon May 4, 2016 7

As a Londolozi Ranger we naturally spend most of our time in the bush exploring our beautiful reserve each day and showing it off to our guests. It is an …

General Nature Travel Wildlife

A Lion’s Roar: Let’s Discuss

James Tyrrell May 3, 2016 15

I don’t want to go into too much of the physics here, so don’t expect talk of pitch and decibels and wavelengths. Although I suppose that these attributes of a lion’s …

Featured Wildlife

Birding For Beginners: Eagles

James Tyrrell May 2, 2016 8

We ran a post just over a month ago on Birding for Beginners, which looked at some of the more common species you can encounter around camp. Birds aren’t everyone’s cup …

Wildlife

What This 10 Year Old Thought About a Lion Kill

Londolozi Guest April 27, 2016 4

“I was lucky enough to have my second visit to Londolozi in early April. We were all very excited, and we had one game drive in the evening that I …

Guests Wildlife

Making a Splash: The Art of Mud Wallowing

Kevin Power April 25, 2016 5

Mud is an element of the earth. It is comprised of minerals, soil, silt and often clay. As humans we use mud as a detoxification as well as to exfoliate …

Wildlife

Survival at Taylor’s Dam…

Kevin Power April 24, 2016 6

When one thinks of survival in the bush, we immediately think of buffalo battling with lions, impalas fleeing from cheetahs, or any other such violent encounters between two rival species. A …

Birds Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #228

Don Heyneke April 22, 2016 2

I remember once reading that the first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else. It easy to forget that there are a million intricacies that connect the …

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Amazing Animals: Dung Beetles and their Extreme Weaponry

Nick Sims April 21, 2016 7

Animal weaponry; an evolutionary arms race from elephants with great imposing tusks and kudu bulls with magnificent spiralling horns, to the array of scorpions with menacing pincers and venomous tails. Examples of …

Wildlife

A Magical Morning: Lion Cubs at their Best

Amy Attenborough April 20, 2016 14

One of the things that I really love about working at Londolozi is being surrounded by so many people who have the same zeal for nature. Everyone that works here …

Wildlife