The Nocturnal Series Part I – Aardvark
Seeming as though my recent blog series on marula trees went down well, I thought of doing another series on the nocturnal going-ons at Londolozi over the next little while. …
Seeming as though my recent blog series on marula trees went down well, I thought of doing another series on the nocturnal going-ons at Londolozi over the next little while. …
Embarking on an African Safari is an exciting adventure filled with the anticipation of seeing many animals for the first time. For most, there is an emphasis on spotting the …
As many of you may have seen in our recent stories, the wild dogs are denning on Londolozi again this year! For those of you who did see it, you …
Well, they’re not. In appearance, anatomy, habitat, size… literally nothing about them is similar apart from the fact that they are both organic life forms. BUT…when their place of residence …
The life of the Mashaba female is probably one of the most documented of leopards that we get to observe at Londolozi. A few weeks ago we were thrilled to …
Male leopards are well-known to practice infanticide, i.e. killing cubs that are not their own offspring. This is well documented across large cat species. Once the cub has been killed, …
In a world of such competitive nature it is either ‘eat or be eaten’ out here. In order to combat the “be eaten” part of this, animals have developed a …
Over the last few weeks, we have spent a lot of time following the local wild dogs and noticed they have often used abandoned aardvark burrows as dens for the …
Closure is something we are are unlikely to get in this instance. Sometime between the hours of 12:00 and 16:00 on Monday 15th June, something happened near the Wild Dog …
We have used trail cameras quite a bit on the reserve over the years. A few years back Andrea Campbell went on a quest to capture footage of an otter. …
This is more for the first-time safari-goer, so if you have been to the bush a couple of times, you’ll probably already know it. Lions sleep a lot. This is …
When we think of safari and we think of cats, it is more often than not the lions, leopards and cheetahs that come to mind. Not often do we think …
Amazing sightings often take a great deal of hard work and patience, however there is sometimes a healthy dose of luck needed as well. Guests offer a heap of credit …
I often get asked what has been my favourite sighting of all time and it gets me thinking. It is a tough question because of just how varied sightings can …
Browsing the archives as I like to do, I recently came across photos of a sighting of a mother leopard and her cub from yesteryear. One of Londolozi’s newer rangers …