Why it’s Hard Being a Cheetah
Recently we have had some spectacular cheetah viewing, with seven different individuals being seen in areas all over the reserve. The most exciting was the discovery of a female cheetah …
Recently we have had some spectacular cheetah viewing, with seven different individuals being seen in areas all over the reserve. The most exciting was the discovery of a female cheetah …
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 …
Hardly. I say this after watching the Styx pride blow a buffalo hunt that could have landed them a meal for days. To be fair, the buffalo was massive, and …
We continue today with our memory lane series, but get back on track slightly since July’s offering accidentally went back 6 years, not 5. I’ve still cheated slightly today though, …
By far the majority of the declarations about the local wildlife you’ll hear from your ranger/tracker team are empirical. That is, they are based on observation. Granted, there is a …
We posted a photo on our Instagram account yesterday of some Mhangeni sub-adults drinking peacefully together around a small rainwater puddle back in 2016. Not one sign of aggression is …
Observing male lions in the wild is quite something. With their power, beauty and often majestic manes, one can quite easily see why they are referred to as the ‘King …
Tracker Exon Sibuyi is a softly-spoken man, yet some of his stories are the best you will hear in the bush. He’s been knocked unconscious off the tracker’s seat by …
To appropriately bring in the new year, we returned to our roots and to the place where it all began. To a place long before the birth of the safari …
Interspecific comparisons in the natural world appeal to me. They aren’t always relevant or in any way appropriate – for instance there’s not much to be gained by comparing the life …
We ran a post last week discussing the question of whether or not lions were lazy. The answer was no, and the assumption that they are was based more on …
Coming to the end of an amazing day, the sun had sunk below the horizon with yet another magical sunset. We started making our way home after a long and …
True to form, we’ve had another amazing week of game viewing on Londolozi in the last seven days. Lions in particular have been prevalent with the arrival of the Styx …
I thought I’d write this just to clear up some of the relationships between the dominant predators here at Londolozi. Whilst spotted hyena versus lion conflict is widely documented across …
Just a few days ago we watched the Mhangeni breakaway pride finishing off a carcass. As six lionesses scrambled for the remains of the kill, teeth and claws flew along …