A One-on-One with Shan Varty this Mother’s Day
It felt only appropriate to spend some time with Shan Varty when unpacking the lessons of motherhood, and especially lessons learnt through Mother Nature. There is a thread linking all …
It felt only appropriate to spend some time with Shan Varty when unpacking the lessons of motherhood, and especially lessons learnt through Mother Nature. There is a thread linking all …
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest …
In last week’s TWIP I alluded to how the lions on and around Londolozi had “gone to ground”, so to speak. We just could not find any! Now, I do …
Midway through the doldrums of last year’s lockdown, Bronwyn Varty-Laburn wrote an interesting blog post on the changing trends of travel and how the safari industry is in fact perfectly …
This week has been an exciting one with the lion dynamics taking a very interesting turn. Lion viewing had been somewhat thin, with the Ntsevu pride seemingly having disappeared overnight, …
First up, the answer to yesterday’s Bird ID Challenge: The three birds in question were Amur Falcons. Almost all of them have departed now for their long migration back to …
It was an elephant-heavy week, with young ones galore and breeding herds surrounding the Londolozi Camps practically every day. Lions have also been plentiful of late, with both Nkuhuma and …
Recently, ranger Josh Attenborough and I got involved in a discussion on whether or not animals have emotions. We discovered that it is a veritable wormhole, with no easy or …
Seeing a male lion in the wild can be a truly awe-inspiring experience. These noble animals have captured the imagination of humans for millennia. A lion’s sheer size and strength, …
In my previous blog about “How Old is That Lion?” I focused on a few different ways to estimate the age of cubs in particular. Now it is time to …
We take an amazing peek inside the nest of a hornbill to see the newly hatched chicks, and catch up with the Tsalala lioness and her daughter on a wildebeest …
“Age is just a number” – a saying familiar to most of us. Sometimes humans would prefer to forget how old we are and many of us would rather limit …
I enjoy this whole Memory Lane thing. Even five years later I can still remember most of these sightings like they were yesterday. In fact driving through the reserve with …
Almost a month ago exactly, Ranger Jess Shillaw spotted the nest of a Chinspot Batis nestled in the branches of a Milkwood tree on the banks of the Manyelethi River. …
The proliferation of life at this time every year is utterly astounding. It’s the birds that have really stolen the show over the last ten days; nests have been discovered …