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Trackers taking the lead

Alex Van Den Heever August 7, 2014 8

Last year Tracker Academy started an initiative to identify experienced trackers who have advanced their tracking skills to a level beyond the norm. With the support of FGASA (Field Guides Association …

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The Little Known Life of a Leech

Tom Imrie August 6, 2014 5

Biodiversity is a buzzword here at Londolozi and the rangers and trackers strive to illustrate the complexity of this wild system. Matter of fact the rangers’ mission statement is to …

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Two Hippos and a Battle for Territory

Londolozi Guest August 5, 2014 5

We were on an afternoon game drive with our ranger Mike Sutherland when we first heard about the sighting over the radio. We’d initially wanted to go on a bush walk …

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The Week in Pictures #141

Mike Sutherland August 1, 2014 12

To say it was an exciting week would be an understatement. This week was filled with amazing interaction and incredible surprises. We witnessed male lions emerge from the mist after …

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James Tyrrell on Photography, Leopard Cubs and an Epic Challenge

Ryan James July 30, 2014 7

Originally from Newlands in Cape Town, James Tyrrell (JT) has been working as a ranger at Londolozi for almost four years. Many readers will know him for his wistful documentation …

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Winter Bloomers

Andrea Campbell July 29, 2014 7

Winter and the bush is adorned with browns, greys and dust. The landscape is at its most barren and suddenly, out of nowhere you see a flash of crimson and white. …

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Expect the Unexpected

Don Heyneke July 28, 2014 10

In the bushveld, every corner may bring something that you never thought of or as it was in my case, saw coming… It was a typical Lowveld winters morning with …

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A Profile of the Tamboti Female

Bennet Mthonsi July 27, 2014 12

The Tamboti female has special place in my life. This female leopard is often found in the south of the reserve, in an area that we call the ‘Tamboti donga …

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Six Days, Many Leopards and Some Cubs!

Londolozi Guest July 26, 2014 14

I was fortunate enough to recently stop at Londolozi for six nights. 2014 is the ninth consecutive year I have visited and like all the others it didn’t disappoint. My …

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Top 10 Photographic Moments This Winter

Mike Sutherland July 24, 2014 11

The past few weeks we have put winter in the lime light. We have stressed, in many blogs, the power of this season and its beauty. The light, the mist, …

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5 Extraordinary Antelope Horns

Kate Collins July 22, 2014 9

Horns come in all shapes and sizes and so it is that we dedicate a blog to the sometimes weird and wonderful shapes that not only distinguish each animal but …

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A Battle Between the Horns

Alex Van Den Heever July 19, 2014 7

Last Sunday we watched as two white rhino bulls battled it out for dominance in a fight so intense it attracted two younger rhino spectators. During the fight, they produced …

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The Week in Pictures #139

Lucien Beaumont July 18, 2014 14

This weeks ‘Week in Pictures’ focuses on elements in the bush that make life tough in the dry winter season namely lack of water, food and heat. While rangers and …

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Winter is: Golden backlight

Simon Smit July 16, 2014 9

There is a special time of day when sun lights the bush in an unimaginable way. Light soft enough to look into and not shy away from. So soft that it …

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Lion Warfare: The Majingilane Will Fall

James Tyrrell July 15, 2014 19

With things seemingly settling down in the South, and the new coalition of Sand River males looking set to inherit the Southern Pride kingdom from the Kruger male, it is …

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