The Week in Pictures #206
The overcast and mild start to the week evaporated quickly as the heat waves took over. Herbivores are looking more and more eager for the wet season as each day passes, …
The overcast and mild start to the week evaporated quickly as the heat waves took over. Herbivores are looking more and more eager for the wet season as each day passes, …
Following a two week leave, my return to the bush was greeted with a dry and dusty setting. Not for years has the lowveld looked so starved of water, yet …
One of the things I love most about guiding is watching the joy my guests get from seeing an animal for the very first time; so imagine how much better …
During April, Wine Mag featured an interview with Londolozi Procurement and Controls Manager and Sommerlier Kim Drake. We have previously featured an interview with Kim on our blog but the focus …
Thomas Jefferson would have loved Londolozi. Third American president, author of the Declaration of American Independence, founder of the University of Virginia, architect, historian, collector, philosopher, author and naturalist; there …
My recent visit to Londolozi fulfilled a life-long dream…going on a game drive in Africa. Much to my surprise, the experience far exceeded my already elevated expectations. In particular, Ranger …
I used to be terrified of elephants. And when I say scared, I mean the terrible, debilitating kind. Before I started guiding I felt like every time we saw elephants …
A Londolozi article from Vanity Fair UK – Sept 2012 All the luxuries you would expect from a Relais & Chateaux property, but what really sets Londolozi Private Game Reserve …
In my life I have been fortunate enough to have travelled rather extensively and to have seen some pretty incredible things. I am not a ‘city traveller’, as in I …
We miss the cool winter mornings when we were warmed by blankets and water bottles. We miss the sunrises and sunsets. We miss the air blowing through our hair as …
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. …
We have been walking for two hours. The buffalo we have been tracking is close and Senior Tracker Renias Mhlongo knows it. The two students who have taken the lead …
Nothing can take a good picture and make it great like a little bit of photoshop. Understandably there do remain purists who refuse to use Photoshop, however in todays digital …
One of the unexpected perks of guiding is on the job learning. I’m not talking about observing wild ways and adding that to the repertoire of guide speak – I’m …
Last month, I took out Ross and Renee Parry Davies – guests who first visited Londolozi in 1974. The virgin bush is much the same but this time their game …