Tree Climbing Lions of Londolozi?
Do lions climb trees? This is something I am often asked while out on game drive at Londolozi. Let’s have a look at some of the evidence we have gathered …
Do lions climb trees? This is something I am often asked while out on game drive at Londolozi. Let’s have a look at some of the evidence we have gathered …
Now that April 1st is behind us (yes it was fake news; no male leopard would adopt a lion cub!) we can get back to what’s really happening in the …
Soaking up the dawn chorus with a hot coffee in hand on one of Londolozi’s wooden decks is how any good day in the bush should start. It’s something of …
Lions will do things on their own time. Just ask anyone who’s sat with them for hours waiting for them to move, and they’ve done nothing except roll over lethargically …
Firstly, the Mystery Bird from yesterday. Almost everyone got it right: the answer was an African Fish Eagle. Most large eagles have much darker or barred tails, so the all-white …
It’s wonderful to reconnect with guests from the past. Michael Kalm (pictured below) saw the guest posts we have been sharing over the last few months and decided to submit …
“I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream” Vincent Van Gogh As predators patrolled the banks of the evergreen Sand River and birds began to …
The art of tracking an animal through the wilderness is an ancient skill that people used to depend on for their very survival. Sadly, the knowledge of tracking has largely …
In rural areas around the world we struggle with higher levels of unemployment. Here in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province there is a ceiling on the amount of jobs that the …
First off, the answer to the bird challenge from this week. A number of you got the right answer, which is a young male Greater Honeyguide. The combination of brown …
Halloween is celebrated by most of the world in the form of scary costumes, Jack-o’-lanterns, trick-or-treating and, if you’re brave enough, watching horror films. However out in the bush Halloween …
Many people arrive in Africa for their first safari and do not know of the African wild dog. Each time it surprises me when I hear, “I have never heard …
Again the Ottawa male seems to be front and centre in the lion dynamics this week (although I don’t have a picture of him today). Seven days ago we were …
The lonely roars of the Tsalala lioness have been emanating from the Sand River a lot recently. I use “lonely” in the acceptance that it is a human construct, and …
Do you ever get that feeling like something’s been sitting in equilibrium for too long, and change is imminent? Not necessarily drastic change, but something has to give soon, or …