Lessons I Have Learnt Living in the Bush
Living away from the city, surrounded by wild animals, comes with whole new appeal as well as its own set of daily challenges. I have been based at Londolozi for …
Living away from the city, surrounded by wild animals, comes with whole new appeal as well as its own set of daily challenges. I have been based at Londolozi for …
What a wonder is walking in the bush. The thrill of being out of the vehicle, exposed. Going back to our roots as we once again become a participant in …
You can’t buy experience. Nor can you buy a grey cap in the Londolozi Boutique shop. The colours we have on offer there are khaki, black, white and then there’s …
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera” – Dorothea Lange Why do we take photographs? Each individual will have a different answer to …
In rural areas around the world we struggle with higher levels of unemployment. Here in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province there is a ceiling on the amount of jobs that the …
Taking children out into the bush is a great way for them to learn about animals and their tracks, and of course for them to get out and use some …
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 …
We could see some movement in a waterhole up ahead, slightly obscured by a large bush. At first tracker Judas and I thought it was a buffalo wallowing. We drove …
A big coalition like the Birmingham males (four-strong) will invariably be split up a lot of the time. Breaking off as individuals or pairs allows them to cover more ground …
Having been an avid follower of The Week in Pictures myself prior to joining Londolozi, it is always a privilege to share some of my own experiences from this little …
When the end comes for lions, it generally comes quickly. Over the last two years, the fortunes of the Tsalala pride have been what we have come to expect from …
One might think that this question is a no-brainer. A kingfisher must surely be the best in the world at catching fish? I mean, they are the kingfishers. However, don’t …
Fairies are small mystical creatures. Due to their magical abilities they are capable of tasks much greater than their size would have you believe. Anna Ndlovu is most certainly a …
The most abundant wild bird species on the planet, the red-billed quelea, has been swarming on Londolozi in their thousands. In fact, these tiny little birds have completely stolen the …
African tribes have traditionally believed many strange and wonderful things about birds. The Zulu people call a bird an ingonyi, the Sesotho and Tswana people call birds ngonyani. These African …