Why are the Ntsevu Lions Bad at Hunting Buffalo?
By far the majority of the declarations about the local wildlife you’ll hear from your ranger/tracker team are empirical. That is, they are based on observation. Granted, there is a …
By far the majority of the declarations about the local wildlife you’ll hear from your ranger/tracker team are empirical. That is, they are based on observation. Granted, there is a …
With the Ntsevu lionesses spending more and more time on Londolozi during the past few weeks and the Birmingham male lions always on their periphery of the pride, it has …
Even an adult wildebeest wouldn’t go very far between four lionesses, two big male lions and 13 cubs. One unlucky individual got encircled in a Tamboti thicket recently, and ended …
The movements of Londolozi’s lion prides are usually dictated by either the season or the resident male population. Lionesses might be hiding their cubs from an invading male coalition, or …
This is a tricky one, as the pride is split so often. The Sand River has essentially dried up for the time being, so animals previously dependant on what was …
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 …
This isn’t the first time a group of lions has split from their natal pride and formed a new one. Nor will it be the last. Environmental conditions and pressures …
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 …
The Ntsevu pride are hard to pin down. I don’t mean physically of course, but more in terms of how they operate, their internal pride dynamics, and the predictability of …
All of us here at Londolozi have long been hoping for the day that we would see the ever-resilient Tsalala Pride start their next chapter. Our last update on the …
In the early hours of the morning, while trying to coax our 18-month-old Olivia back to sleep—ah, the joys of the 18-month sleep regression—I heard the commanding roars of lions …
The dry month of August has provided unobscured views of subjects and beautiful golden light in the early morning and late evenings. Being Women’s Month in South Africa, I find …
Occasionally at Londolozi, we witness the larger herbivores succumbing to injury or old age, inevitably becoming a source of nourishment for a wide variety of scavengers and predators. In one …
In the heart of the African wilderness, where the rhythms of nature dictate the rise and fall of empires, two coalitions of male lions are on a collision course that …
The change of seasons is soon upon us, the mornings remain a touch crisp but the jackets are coming off a little earlier these days. We’re heading toward a time …