The REAL Benefits of Birding

Pete Thorpe August 8, 2018 18

Birds are not necessarily the first things that spring to mind when one is planning that first safari to Africa. However, soon after arriving here, it becomes obvious that birds …

Birds Wildlife

Who is Older: Rhino or Elephant?

Rob Jeffery August 7, 2018 7

When my guests see a rhino for the first time they are naturally amazed by this bizarre looking, massive creature with three toes and two horns growing out of its …

Wildlife

Believe in South Africa’s Youth

Ryan James August 6, 2018 11

Many readers will know about YES (Youth Employment Service), a South African organisation that has a mission, over the next three years, to work with the private sector to create one …

GWF

Leave Space in the Photograph

James Tyrrell August 5, 2018 14

This is just a quick one for the photographers out there. Kylie Jones ran a post a few months ago in which she asked some of the Londolozi guides their best …

Photography Wildlife

Just How Efficient is Nature’s Cleanup Crew?

James Tyrrell August 4, 2018 19

Those who saw yesterday’s Week in Pictures would have seen the second and third photos of a whole lot of vultures feeding on an elephant carcass. The elephant was a young …

Wilderness teachings Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #346

James Tyrrell August 3, 2018 20

What one finds over the years is that there is a continual oscillation between lion-focused periods and leopard-focused periods. Sometimes there’s as much drama in one population as in the …

Photography The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Nanga Female Leopard Full Moon Duiker Kill 2

The Leopard and the Full Moon

James Tyrrell August 1, 2018 1 11

The Nanga female is a leopard that hasn’t been featured much over the last few weeks. Her daughter the Makomsava female has been seen far more regularly, and it has …

Leopards Photography Wildlife

How Many Leopards Have Lain on This Rock?

James Tyrrell July 31, 2018 1 8

In the north of Londolozi, the Manyelethi River snakes through granite crests and rocky outcrops, its banks draped in the shade of towering Jackalberry trees. The river only flows occasionally, …

Leopards Lions Wilderness teachings Wildlife

The Most Relaxed Honey Badger at Londolozi

James Tyrrell July 30, 2018 14

It’s not often that we see honey badgers here. There are quite a few around, but their nocturnal habits make sightings hard to come by, and more often than not …

Wildlife

This Week in Pictures #345

Paul Danckwerts July 27, 2018 1 23

Monday morning had none of its usual connotations as we kicked this week off with a bang! It began when the last remaining lioness from the Tsalala pride chased the …

Photography The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Tsalala Lioness is Alive and Well

Pete Thorpe July 26, 2018 20

The fate of the remaining Tsalala lioness has been one of the biggest concerns on everybody’s minds since the legendary sisters, the Tailed and Tailess lionesses died in February and …

Lions Wildlife

Leopards Compete for Territory

James Tyrrell July 25, 2018 6 11

In the wake of the Tamboti female’s disappearance (we will release a tribute post soon, as by now we have to accept that she has died), it is suddenly all …

Leopards Wildlife

What Happens When Two Lion Prides Decide to Share?

James Tyrrell July 23, 2018 13

The last time I saw 20 lions together was the Mhangeni pride with 12 cubs and all four Majingilane on a buffalo kill back in 2016. To round a corner …

Wildlife

Vultures Rob Cheetahs of Kill

Sean Zeederberg July 22, 2018 5

Tracker Ray Mabelane was taking some of the staff children on a game drive around lunch time when vultures descending at a waterhole close to the airstrip caught his eye. …

Wildlife