Three Things About a Tuesday That You’ll Never Experience in the City
We often play ‘the days of the week’ game here as staff. Working for six weeks straight, we don’t experience the usual rhythm of the five-day work week with a …
We often play ‘the days of the week’ game here as staff. Working for six weeks straight, we don’t experience the usual rhythm of the five-day work week with a …
Recently the simple act of turning on my radio showed that Aristotle and Ubuntu are alive at Londolozi. “Christina Life, come in, Christina”. (I am Christina. Life is my department.) …
This “purple patch” that I have heard about lately in the Londolozi blogs is quite a remarkable phenomenon not just experienced by the tracker and ranger teams but by guests …
One is understandably easily fooled by the seemingly innocent and sweet nature that the monkeys in and around the Londolozi camps portray themselves to carry. While they add a definite …
Wonder is one of the wildest elements and qualities on the massive scale of human experience. Just a pinch of it stops time. The world halts. The eyes fill. You …
Once more the roars of three lions, not two, were heard in the chill dawn air. It could only be the Majingilane. Waking at intervals through the night, like a diver …
“ May all sentient beings everywhere be healthy, happy and free ” With a space so raw and real, often shared with the gentle yet firm presence of the elephants …
I love the darkness immediately preceding the dawn. I like getting down to the camp deck early in the morning, before any other rangers or trackers are there, to make …
A few days ago the thought struck me that humans are the most connected species on the planet. And by far the most sophisticated communicators. This is a rather large …
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 …
“Practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.”- Pema Chodron Animals fully inhabit their bodies. They eat when they’re …
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 …
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 …
When speaking to any Londolozi staff member about what they enjoy most about this spectacular place, there is one common theme that comes to light, and that is of family …