Lion Update: Matshipiri Males Return
It has been a long time since the two Mathsipiri males were seen on Londolozi soil. Casting my mind back, the last time I saw them myself was probably August …
It has been a long time since the two Mathsipiri males were seen on Londolozi soil. Casting my mind back, the last time I saw them myself was probably August …
“Drought” is a negative word, with many negative connotations. Lack of rain, water shortages, poor grazing, crop failure… the list goes on. As many are aware, this El Niño year …
I stood in Varty Camp car park, radio in hand after answering a two-minute ETA for our guests. I was feeling exhausted. My feet were aching from walk-running around camp …
The search continues for the cubs of the ever-elusive Ndzanzeni female in the deep south of Londolozi. Whilst tracks of her criss-cross her relatively small territory, actually finding her amidst …
Every year at our annual Londolozi Christmas Party, the resident (and highly territorial!) soccer team, the Londolozi Leopards, agree – usually against their better judgement – to play an exhibition …
When discussing the survival possibilities of young cubs – whether leopard, lion or cheetah – luck is probably the single biggest factor in determining their survival. We can go on ad …
The Tamboti female gave birth to a litter of two a few months ago. As leopard cubs are very well secreted by their mothers during the first few weeks and …
Going on an African safari is a dream on many people’s bucket lists, but when you have the amazing opportunity to live on safari, and work at a place like Londolozi, that once in …
The last few New Year’s celebrations at Londolozi have been very festive affairs, with “1920’s Prohibition”, “Mardi Gras” and “The Great Gatsby” raising the bar over the last three years. …
Londolozi has a vast network of roads that meander through open crests and dense riverine thickets, each of which have a name to assist rangers in finding animals. As the …
“When your hands smell like the food that you have cooked for your village. When your clothes smell like the fire that brought everyone together. When your feet are tired …
Camp Pan male vs Anderson male. This is a tough one, in that neither individual has been officially weighed, as far as I know, and we will never see them …
For me, walking in the footsteps of a rhino is a way of transporting myself into an ancient, bygone era. There is something about those three enormous, strangely shaped toes, …
If you are patient enough to spend enough time with a specific animal; it is possible to form an authentic relationship between human and animal. John Varty built a relationship …
The wilderness is a dynamic theatre, constantly unravelling its never-ending story, one Act at a time, to whoever cares to observe. As guides, guests and spectators, we are its audience. …