Give it Horns
The current rhino poaching crisis is akin to a counter-insurgency war and history has shown that these wars are won only by addressing three key requirements. These include: 1. Intelligence …
The current rhino poaching crisis is akin to a counter-insurgency war and history has shown that these wars are won only by addressing three key requirements. These include: 1. Intelligence …
Training at Londolozi has really taken off in the last five years. Everything from computer skills, tracking, sewing to knowing how to set a table are amongst the many things …
The Londolozi blog is generally used as a showcase for the wonderful images and videos that some of our rangers manage to capture whilst out in the bush. However, ask …
I am glowing with pride as I sit down to write this. Many of you have been following this blog for the last few years and may very well have …
Those of you who have been at Londolozi over the last month, and who were fortunate enough to spend some time with the Sparta lion pride, will know exactly who …
The week started off really well when we discovered the 4 Sparta lionesses, their 7 cubs and 3 of the Majingilane coalition all feeding on an adult giraffe. With their …
It looks like we have finally found the equivalent Jaguar to the Londolozi “mother leopard;” that magical animal that is wired slightly differently and relaxed enough to be habituated to …
There was/is a belief that hippos sweat blood! This myth came about because of the dark red colour of the sweat. But believe me this is not blood; nor is …
Without getting too deep into the science of flight, I decided I would like to try research just a little about the physical adaptations and processes that allows birds the …
Even as I write this four days after completing challenge4acause my legs feel like jelly. Rich Laburn and I (Team Londolozi) have just completed the 320 kilometer cycle across the …
If female lions are attracted to a darker mane, then surely it would make sense, if you were a male lion, to have as dark a mane as possible. Yet, …
At first this seems like a simple question! Whilst growing up I was always told that the mane of a lion acted as a shield against injury. The long wiry …
For the past few weeks I have been looking through my recent pictures and noticed that there are quite a few that don’t form part of a greater story, but …
In the 1960’s the chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall, arrived in the Ngorongoro Crater expecting to dislike Spotted Hyenas. However, it did not take long for them to win her over. …
The Big 5 represent the 5 game species that were most desired as hunter’s trophies in times gone past. They now represent the 5 species that visitors to classic African …