The Week in Pictures #276
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” One of the fantastic things about photography is that it allows us to return to and ponder the …
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” One of the fantastic things about photography is that it allows us to return to and ponder the …
At the conclusion of another memorable week at Londolozi, I look back and consider myself extremely fortunate to have witnessed such incredible sightings and to be exposed to such a …
There’s a certain tree scattered across Londolozi’s landscape whose many names – the buffalo thorn, blink-blaar-wag-‘n-bietjie (Afrikaans for “shiny-leaf wait-a-bit”), umLahlabantu (Zulu for “that which buried the chief”), and mbafa …
This morning I think we had our first actual traffic jam on Londolozi. With the river flowing quite strongly, and the Pink Pouch having changed hands a couple of times …
This week has been characterized by the impending threat of Cyclone Dineo that made landfall on the eastern part of Mozambique on Wednesday and continued its path towards the Kruger …
I’m very aware of the seemingly contradictory nature of this statement, but sometimes I regret the day I ever picked up a camera. Photography and film are two incredible mediums through …
Wildebeest calves strike me as particularly stupid little creatures. They’re hilarious to watch as they gambol around the clearings with their funny “Meep” sounds, and their expressionless faces with those …
With rolling bouts of potential thunderstorms and intermittent periods of blazing sunshine, this last week has offered everything from chilling cold to unbearable heat, with the inclusion of one of …
This last week saw the Sand River water level rise rather substantially and the sound of flowing water could be heard through most of the lodges. It was very exciting to …
The first TWIP of 2017 is by rights a collaborative effort, with a number of different rangers contributing a picture or two. Talk of the town – and by “town”, …
The Nkoveni female leopard is expected to give birth to her second litter any day now. Her last litter was never seen, as is regularly the case with leopards. We …
When one considers that even with lions hunting buffalo, leopard cubs moving through the Manyelethi riverbed, over 70mm of rain arriving and Christmas right in the middle of it all, …
With the drought – that thankfully we slowly seem to be emerging from – having made for incredible predator-prey interactions, the birding world was sometimes overlooked, but over the course of the last few seasons a …
It has almost been two years since commencing my inconceivable journey at Londolozi and every day I become more intrigued and fascinated by this dynamic landscape and the intricate and …
South Africans celebrate Heritage Day by recognising the cultural heritage of the many peoples that make up the population of South Africa. Being based in the Lowveld, and particularly being adjacent …