The Week in Pictures #353
Even though the beginning of the month heralded in the first day of spring in the southern hemisphere, the last week has felt far more like summer (except for a …
Even though the beginning of the month heralded in the first day of spring in the southern hemisphere, the last week has felt far more like summer (except for a …
As they so often do, this sighting began with impalas alarming in the distance. Ranger Sean Zeederberg and I were the closest, and between us managed to identify the rough …
Spring has sprung! Knobthorn trees are in full bloom and their sweet smell drifts through the air in pockets. Giraffes and vervet monkeys have been maximizing their intake of the …
Lions are tough. Resilient, hardcore, strong. This is in no way anthropomorphizing. Those are not exclusively human traits. Those are facts. Lions are as tough as nails, simply because they …
This week there were elephants around every corner. On Tuesday we counted a herd of at least one hundred and fifty of the pachyderms, then yesterday morning we found one …
It was not long after sunrise and a male lion was already bellowing close to camp. We spent time with him as he roared into the crisp morning air, when …
Do you ever get that feeling like something’s been sitting in equilibrium for too long, and change is imminent? Not necessarily drastic change, but something has to give soon, or …
The slight rain we had a few days ago didn’t really change anything in the bush, apart from making for a slightly damp morning’s game drive. What it did do was …
It was a rainy cold day, unusual for winter, and Alfie Mathebula was driving in a particularly thick section of the reserve, trying to find a leopard. Tracker Terrence Mahlaba …
After a roundtrip in Namibia my husband and I returned to Londolozi for the third time in the hope of seeing more leopards .But what happened during those three days …
For most, the weekend officially begins on a Friday. At Londolozi there are no weekends. There are no Sunday blues or the rush of the Monday madness. Every day is …
This has been an amazing week at Londolozi. In spite of a cold front which swept through South Africa, we have had beautiful days with stunning viewing of wildlife. For …
Those who saw yesterday’s Week in Pictures would have seen the second and third photos of a whole lot of vultures feeding on an elephant carcass. The elephant was a young …
What one finds over the years is that there is a continual oscillation between lion-focused periods and leopard-focused periods. Sometimes there’s as much drama in one population as in the …
So, here’s the question: Why would a commercial photographer, with over forty years of experience, visit Londolozi without his or her cameras to record the adventure? I first visited South …