Making a Splash: The Art of Mud Wallowing
Mud is an element of the earth. It is comprised of minerals, soil, silt and often clay. As humans we use mud as a detoxification as well as to exfoliate …
Mud is an element of the earth. It is comprised of minerals, soil, silt and often clay. As humans we use mud as a detoxification as well as to exfoliate …
When one thinks of survival in the bush, we immediately think of buffalo battling with lions, impalas fleeing from cheetahs, or any other such violent encounters between two rival species. A …
I remember once reading that the first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else. It easy to forget that there are a million intricacies that connect the …
Animal weaponry; an evolutionary arms race from elephants with great imposing tusks and kudu bulls with magnificent spiralling horns, to the array of scorpions with menacing pincers and venomous tails. Examples of …
Londolozi is just about my favourite place. No where else could six hours a day in a car be so enjoyable. The time not spent on game drives is equally …
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington post is making waves with her recently published book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming your life one night at a time. She believes …
The Two Jameses from the guiding team – Tyrrell and Souchon – combine for TWIP this Friday. A few unusual creatures have been showing themselves after the recent rains, including …
A very welcomed few days and nights of gentle rain led us into this sunny week, which brought with it fresh green shoots of grass. This vibrant flush was greeted …
As is understandable, most of our guests arrive with visions of the Big 5 in mind; lions, leopards and elephants are what they anticipate seeing, and hopefully are also what …
The past week has been a week I will remember for a long time to come. The bush has been blessed with the temporary relief of rain. After a long …
I stood in Varty Camp car park, radio in hand after answering a two-minute ETA for our guests. I was feeling exhausted. My feet were aching from walk-running around camp …
Living in the wilderness is wonderfully stimulating, in an extremely multi-faceted way and its unique to each individual. My week has been revitalized once again by exploring this wonderland, sharing …
Recently I was sitting with Jess MacLarty, reminiscing on her days as a ranger and she was showing me some of her images. I hadn’t seen any of her photographs …
The search continues for the cubs of the ever-elusive Ndzanzeni female in the deep south of Londolozi. Whilst tracks of her criss-cross her relatively small territory, actually finding her amidst …
In South Africa we are fairly lucky, in that natural disasters are not commonplace. We don’t have a Tornado Alley equivalent. Earthquakes, although the occasional tremor is felt, do not …