Conflict in the Lion Kingdom: a Territorial Dispute
Not long ago, ranger Chris Taylor and I set out with our guests with no real goal in mind. We’d had a fantastic series of sightings and our two-vehicle team …
Not long ago, ranger Chris Taylor and I set out with our guests with no real goal in mind. We’d had a fantastic series of sightings and our two-vehicle team …
Over the past couple of months, we have had some incredible lion viewing and the resulting dynamics unfolding across Londolozi have been quite exciting. There are a number of young, …
Almost a year to the day and I remember it like it was yesterday. Alumni ranger James Tyrrell and I set out early in the morning with no real intention …
In celebration of World Lion Day, we thought we would do a quick recap on the different lion prides that we currently see on Londolozi, while bearing in mind that …
The beginning of 2021 had most of us here predicting the end of an era. The dominant Birmingham Males were closing in on 11 years old and seemed to be …
As we all know, far too well, lion dynamics is an interesting topic and a fairly tricky one to accurately predict. Tensions amongst the lion world are high and a …
Iconic. Majestic. Awe-inspiring. Finding just one word to describe an intimate encounter with a lion in it’s prime is a near impossible task. For most people lions provide an intoxicating …
We left camp with the distant sound of lions roaring in the south eastern parts of the reserve, an area where the Ntsevu pride has been dominant for some time …
In last week’s TWIP I alluded to how the lions on and around Londolozi had “gone to ground”, so to speak. We just could not find any! Now, I do …
Seeing a male lion in the wild can be a truly awe-inspiring experience. These noble animals have captured the imagination of humans for millennia. A lion’s sheer size and strength, …
I recently joined Trainee Rangers Kirsten, Patrick and Kyle on a morning drive. We had two incredible lion sightings; the Birmingham male first and then the Tsalala female with her …
A couple of days ago we wrote about the Ntsevu pride starting to splinter as the lionesses start giving birth to new litters, and the Othawa male was thrown into …
I don’t know how many of you have watched the old Indiana Jones movies from the 80’s. But there always seemed to be some sort of ancient trap in which …