A Morning Spent With The Newest Lion Cubs
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 …
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 …
James Tyrrell recently summarised the general lion dynamics on Londolozi. The male lion dynamics of the Sabi Sands have drawn special attention over the years, particularly during the reign of …
Elephants may be the biggest of all creatures found on land, but believe it or not, even they can react defensively around large predators. For example, a herd of elephants …
The big question that we all have is could one of the Ntsevu Pride lionesses be infertile? Five of the six lionesses in the pride have had cubs over the …
[Editor’s Note: This post was recently found in the Draft folder of Londolozi blog posts from early 2018. For some reason it never got published at the time of writing. …
It’s roughly five o’clock in the morning and the Sand River valley has already begun to heat up. The usual chorus of bird calls is interrupted by a deep, rolling …
I am woken at 03h30 by a single male lion calling. It does not sound that close, so being woken by these calls surprises me as I am normally a …
The Birmingham coalition is officially down to two. The injured male succumbed to his ailing health and died in the Sand River during the middle of last week. He had …
A pair of sub-adult male lions have been hanging around Londolozi of late, getting into a bit more trouble than they bargained for. I’ll be the first to admit that …