What the Wilderness Taught Me in 2025
Happy New Year! Another year gone by. Another year at Londolozi measured not in months or milestones, but in sunrises and sundowners, fireside conversations, chasing alarm calls, summer thunderstorms, waking …
Happy New Year! Another year gone by. Another year at Londolozi measured not in months or milestones, but in sunrises and sundowners, fireside conversations, chasing alarm calls, summer thunderstorms, waking …
This week’s TWIP comes to you with a distinctly festive feel as the Christmas season settles over the bushveld. While families gather, holidays are celebrated, and the pace of life …
The afternoon began under that familiar golden light that settles over the bush in late summer. Long shadows stretched across the landscape as we set out with our guests. Our …
The concept was simple, perhaps criminally so: A full twelve hours, from 05h30 until sundown, planted at Shingi Dam. This was meant to be the ultimate test of observational guiding …
Most people focus on what you can see on safari, but what about what you hear? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Londolozi Game Reserve …
This week unfolded as a combination of big and small moments and encounters – elephants drifting across the airstrip, zebra stallions sparring, wild dog pups filling the clearings with their …
With recent heavy rains, the reserve feels washed clean, and everything somehow seems fuller — deep, almost unbelievable greens in the grass, clouds building almost every afternoon, and that familiar …
This week’s Virtual Safari is one of those unforgettable afternoons where the bush has more stories to tell than you could ever hope to keep up with. What began as …
As we move into our summer months, October and November have brought a collection of unforgettable moments, with the wilderness turning lush and green and our camps filled with their …
Another week has come and gone at Londolozi, and for me, this was the week that summer truly announced itself. We have been blessed with substantial rain this week, and …
There are a few moments in the bush that happen so quietly you would miss them if you weren’t paying attention. One of them is the build-up to a summer …
“No one anointed us ruler of this kingdom. It is not ours to own. We are simply one of the animal species on our planet; not separate, not superior. We …
There is a moment before dawn, when the bush feels suspended between dark and light. Before the first light touches the tops of the tallest marula trees, and the air …
If you ask those who know Londolozi well – the guests who return year after year, the staff who’ve spent decades here – many will tell you that the Private …
A thought is only as important as it is in the moment — unless you give it a home. Daniel Kahneman, There’s a strange thing that happens out here. Days …