What my Smartphone Saw After Being Submerged in the Sand River
Let’s rewind back time to 2015. I was at Varty Camp at Londolozi and I had shown now Head Ranger, Don Heyneke, a picture I took in Sri Lanka of a …
Let’s rewind back time to 2015. I was at Varty Camp at Londolozi and I had shown now Head Ranger, Don Heyneke, a picture I took in Sri Lanka of a …
One of the most exciting things to witness out in the bush is the process of how a leopard gets its kill up into a tree. Most of us guides out …
Recently it has been very hard to explore too far into the reserve because a lot of the action has been happening right around the lodges each day. This last …
One of the things I most enjoy about summer in the Lowveld is the increase in the amount of waterbodies due to the higher rainfall. The surrounding vegetation is also …
Working in the Cubs Den, walking between camps is a daily occurrence. Over the past 3 months of being back at Londolozi I have started to take more notice of the …
At the conclusion of another memorable week at Londolozi, I look back and consider myself extremely fortunate to have witnessed such incredible sightings and to be exposed to such a …
A couple of weeks ago we ran a post featuring some of the best of long-standing guest, Tony Goldman’s bird images. We promised a follow-up post in which we’d feature …
Sitting on the Varty Camp deck just a few mornings ago, with cups of coffee in hand, a few of us rangers looked over the Sand River to the northern …
The summer rains have continued to bless us and the environment with a constant but gentle drizzle throughout the week. Although this does make daily life in camp and out …
Half a decade sounds like quite a long time, although it’s only five years. For a leopard, however, that period of time represents roughly a third of its life it …
One of the first things that fascinated me when I started guiding at Londolozi was the lion pride dynamics and working with tracker, Freddy Ngobeni, it was something I started …
The best way to find the big cats is to look at birds. Or anything else small really. Sounds silly, I know, but it is when the vehicle is switched …
I’m unashamedly obsessed with all trees but there is one on Londolozi that is not only a firm favourite of mine but also of other humans, lions, leopards, baboons, monkeys and …
The one thing I love most about the bush, is that no two days, and in fact, no two game drives are ever the same. Each time we set out into …
As February approaches, Marula trees are starting to produce fruit. During this period, we often notice a large influx of elephants into Londolozi (from the neighbouring Kruger National Park) in …