The Week in Pictures #110
This week we thought we’d venture back in time, so you might see some of the browns of Winter coming through in the photos and wonder how they got there. …
This week we thought we’d venture back in time, so you might see some of the browns of Winter coming through in the photos and wonder how they got there. …
A few days ago, the weather report was bleak. Days of hard rain were forecast. I was driving the Fuller family from LA, and having travelled half way around the …
After threatening for a long time with many a cloudy day, the rain has finally arrived. This morning our vehicle had decided to head out on drive no matter what …
It is rather embarrassing when you utter an ignominious squeal in front of your guests. Luckily this has only happened to me once, and it was more than two years …
“I speak of Africa and golden joys.” William Shakespeare. I speak of a time of abundance, a time of plenty and a time of growth. It is a time for …
We speak of Lions, we photograph Leopards, we talk and write about the Big 5. We immortalise these great creatures in our words and pictures. We hold them up to …
This week has been full of ups and downs. It has been a week of birth and death. As the time of year has it, many new borns are out …
A territorial anomaly has arisen in the lion dynamics over the last month or so. The Sparta and Mhangeni Prides have been operating in areas traditionally occupied by the other …
It has been estimated that roughly 50% of impala lambs make it through the year. At least that’s the figure I’ve heard. Once most of the females have dropped their …
I remember a sighting I had in the south of the Sabi Sands, before I came to Londolozi. We were looking for the Piva female and her cubs. Tracks of …
The impala lambs are filling up the clearings faster than we can count them, which in turn has been providing a boon for the predators of Londolozi. One species taking …
The first time I saw the Sparta Pride they were lying prone on the Southern end of the Londolozi airstrip. There were 10 of them there, including the Tsalala young …
The Prides, Leaps, Herds, Clans, Dazzles, Journeys, Crashes and Packs have made this week an unforgettable one. So much action and so much suspense. Tracking for hours, birding late into …
Saturday morning wasn’t only exciting because the Springbok rugby team was playing against Wales that night. It was also the day on which I saw what is by far the …
Green everywhere. That is what Londolozi has become in less than two weeks. Apparently a little further north of us the bush is still very dry and brown, yet down …