Which Species Most Rivets the Imagination?

Paul Danckwerts May 25, 2019 14

“Lions are the most visible, most gregarious and noisiest of the cats. The patriarchs are dramatic to behold, with a cloud of mane as fragrant as dried grass – the …

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The Week in Pictures #388

James Tyrrell May 24, 2019 21

First off the answer to this weeks’s bird challenge… Many of you got it right; it was of course a female Scarlet-Chested Sunbird. The streaky breast was a big clue; …

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Ingrid Dam Young Female Termite Mound Leopard

Choosing a Background in Wildlife Photography

James Tyrrell May 22, 2019 11

We often talk about the large predator hierarchy of Londolozi, with lions at the top, cheetahs at the bottom, and the rest filling in the space in between. What we don’t often talk …

Photography

What Bird is This? #13

James Tyrrell May 20, 2019 17

The drier months at Londolozi generally have dull browns as the dominant colour scheme, but on some of the rocky outcrops and alongside the camp walkways, bright splashes of colour …

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Water vs Food: The Difference in Lion Behaviour at Each

James Tyrrell May 19, 2019 16

We posted a photo on our Instagram account yesterday of some Mhangeni sub-adults drinking peacefully together around a small rainwater puddle back in 2016. Not one sign of aggression is …

Featured Wildlife

Leopard Cub Catches Scrub Hare Repeatedly

Rob Jeffery May 18, 2019 7

Leopards have to learn to hunt on their own. As cubs, their mother will leave them and go off hunting and, when old enough to eat meat, lead them to …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #387

James Tyrrell May 17, 2019 1 10

One usually imagines the African bush to be a peaceful place, but as the moon heads towards full, the impala rams are hitting their stride in the rut, and their …

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What Happened 5 Years Ago?

James Tyrrell May 15, 2019 13

I’m a big fan of memory lane style posts. We have such an archive of photos and stories on our Blog and on the harddrives that are starting to become …

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Why We Should Be More Like the Monkeys

Nick Sims May 13, 2019 12

The month of May signifies the slow final approach of winter at Londolozi. Any evidence of the summer rains has all but gone, the temperatures at night are dropping and …

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The Mashaba Female Leopard: 7 Years Through the Eyes of a Guest

Anthony Goldman May 12, 2019 1 16

Tony Goldman’s name should be familiar to regular readers of the Londolozi Blog. He has contributed some wonderful photographic material in the past, and he recently submitted a series of …

Leopards Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #386

Dean De La Rey May 10, 2019 34

“Wilderness is for me salvation…You are not human if you aren’t changed by the wilderness.” – Ian Player With the rains behind us and the grasses becoming dry, you can …

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Tsalala Lioness: Acting Like a Leopard

James Tyrrell May 9, 2019 23

Lions are the only social cats, relying on their pride for hunting support and protection. Many aeons ago they were solitary though, and have evolved their social nature over millenia, …

Lions Wildlife

25 Years on: Free and Fair Elections at Londolozi

Bronwyn Varty-Laburn May 8, 2019 11

Although the Tsalala lioness was seen from the Varty Camp deck this morning, scavenging the remains of a wild dog kill in the Sand River, she wasn’t concerned with, nor …

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Why do Male Lions Have Manes?

Dean De La Rey May 7, 2019 27

Observing male lions in the wild is quite something. With their power, beauty and often majestic manes, one can quite easily see why they are referred to as the ‘King …

Lions Wildlife

Nhlanguleni Leopard Cub Kill Scrub Hare 7

Leopard Cub Plays With Scrub Hare

James Tyrrell May 6, 2019 13

Wildlife can be frustrating to photograph. I learnt this early on, after yet another exasperating sighting in which I had missed the best of the action. Animals don’t always do …

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