Reflecting Back on the Nhlanguleni Female
Over the past few months, the Nhlanguleni Female has been absent from Londolozi. No tracks called in on her usual routes. No unexpected encounters leaving or returning to camp. For …
Over the past few months, the Nhlanguleni Female has been absent from Londolozi. No tracks called in on her usual routes. No unexpected encounters leaving or returning to camp. For …
Lions aren’t supposed to be good at this. That’s the old story anyway. Leopards live in the trees, lions stay on the ground, and the two don’t swap roles. So …
The wild dogs moved den this week. Packed up and shifted 400 metres east, as if the old place had simply run its course. We caught up with them at …
We had been searching for leopards all morning when reports came through of a possible mating pair in the northern parts of Londolozi. Naturally, we headed in that direction, hoping …
Into summer we go! Having just gotten back from leave it’s always exciting to get back out there. This week certainly had plenty to offer. A special afternoon spent at …
This has been said at the start of every entry in this series, and it stays true. There is a weird kind of obsession that takes hold of people who …
August and September marked the arrival of spring at Londolozi. As the landscape shifted from the golden tones of winter to fresh shades of green, the bushveld began to stir …
Having just got back from leave recently, one of the first things I wanted to catch up on was what the Xinkhova Female has been up to, and it sounds …
When the Makhotini coalition of two young male cheetahs were found late the previous afternoon, they were on the far southern end of the reserve, and we were on the …
The Xinkhova Female is pregnant. Two drives, two days in a row, and by the second one there was absolutely no ambiguity about what I was looking at. A very …
There are certain leopard sightings that live in the imagination long before they happen: a leopard stretched across a granite boulder, one silhouetted against the last light of the afternoon, …
This week has had some incredible moments, although punctuated with some rainy days and surprisingly cool mornings, it certainly has felt like two seasons over the last 7 days. On …
Reece was back with us for a short stint recently, and boy did he pick a good week for it. On one of the morning drives, he was following the …
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Some mornings, we leave camp without a clear plan. That’s not unusual. The bush rarely rewards rigid thinking, and after enough time out here, you learn to hold your intentions …