Spectacular Morning with Majingilane
Another day draws to a close as the sun sits low on the horizon, the air starts to chill and the dark maned Majingilane calls into the night, a scene …
Another day draws to a close as the sun sits low on the horizon, the air starts to chill and the dark maned Majingilane calls into the night, a scene …
With things seemingly settling down in the South, and the new coalition of Sand River males looking set to inherit the Southern Pride kingdom from the Kruger male, it is …
The beginning of 2010 was an interesting time for the lion population of the Sabi Sands with the Majingilane Males making quite the entrance and taking over from the well-known …
It would seem that every time we scratch our heads and say, ‘Hmmm, we haven’t seen the Majingilane in a while!” they show up in force, put us in awe …
Are we going to lose the Majingilane? This is the question all the rangers and trackers at Londolozi are asking. The last few months have been rife with speculation as …
This is just a short follow-up to last week’s Monday post. It sounds like the Majingilane have had another run-in with the Selati males, or at least one of them, …
The Majingilane can be frustrating animals. With such a vast territory, they are forever traversing from one side to the other; visiting the various prides over which they hold sway …
If you have seen some of my previous posts, notably The Week in Pictures #93, you will know my extreme fascination with black and white editing. It intrigues me to …
The other morning we were fortunate enough to have all four Majingilane Males together. I used this opportunity to try get an update date close up facial shot of each …
Two of the Majingilane coalition were sleeping on Fluffies Clearing. It was a relatively cool evening, so we expected a bit of movement from them early on, around sunset. On …
A few days ago we ran a post about the Tsalala Pride taking down a buffalo in the Sand River near camp. Three mornings after the kill, ranger Dean Smithyman …
There are a couple of words and phrases that the Londolozi rangers use on the radio that get my pulse – and I’m pretty sure the pulses of the rest …
The four mighty Majingilane Male lions continue to make their mark on the Sabi Sand’s lion population. Their presence is undeniable as they have had impacts on every lion to …
The four Majingilane Males have been present at Londolozi for just over two years now. At first their approach, to pride domination, seemed to me to be chaotic and unplanned…I …
To be honest it was the very last thing I expected to see. The Tsalala lioness (with the tail), the mother of the remaining two cubs born in February 2011, …