What Will Happen if the Mhangeni and Ntsevu Prides Meet?

James Tyrrell May 20, 2018 21

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 …

Lions Wildlife

Tsalala Males Reunite with Tailless Female

James Tyrrell May 16, 2018 14

Anthropomorphism is something I tend to disagree with. The attributing of human characteristics to an animal just doesn’t fit in my mind, as who are we to say that a …

Lions Wildlife

Introducing the New Varty Camp

James Tyrrell May 14, 2018 9

Few campfires in Africa – or indeed anywhere – have had so much history stem from their flames as the one that still burns in Londolozi’s Varty Camp, over 90 …

Trade Video

Photographic Journal: The Best of Tony Goldman

Anthony Goldman May 13, 2018 3 8

Tony Goldman is a long-standing guest and friend of Londolozi. Many of you will recognize his name from the Londolozi Blog, as his stunning photographs have featured a number of …

Photo Journal Wildlife

Why are Impala so Successful?

Bruce Arnott May 12, 2018 4

The impala breeding season, known as the rut, is that time of year when impala rams are flooded with testosterone; that time of the year when all their attention is …

General Nature Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #334

James Tyrrell May 11, 2018 7

The most incredible leopard cub viewing at Londolozi was early 2017. All but one of the territorial females were raising young, and a sighting of a female without her cubs almost …

Photography The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Matimba Males Return

James Tyrrell May 7, 2018 17

Over a year ago, the two huge Matimba male lions simply packed up and left. Reports filtered in of them heading north, back to their old stomping grounds. Then nothing was …

Lions Wildlife

Black Rhino Seen on Londolozi!

James Tyrrell May 6, 2018 13

Two thousand seven hundred and seven. That’s how many days it’s taken me to see my first black rhino at Londolozi. It took only 1068 days until I saw my …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #333

Londolozi Studio May 4, 2018 7

The best sighting of this week for me was the interaction between the Tsalala pride and the Nhlanguleni female. Both are regularly found in the Sand River and the female …

Photography The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Dreaming of Denning Dogs

James Souchon April 30, 2018 10

Every year as winter slowly rolls in, everyone gets excited for something that the change in season brings about. For some it’s the change in temperature as we move from …

Wildlife

Photographic Highlights from the Managing Director’s Desk

James Tyrrell April 23, 2018 3 7

A slightly overdue second instalment of our MD photo highlights series, but better late than never. Our last photo feature from Managing Director Chris Kane-Berman was a mix-and-match of various …

Photo Journal Wildlife

Wild Dogs Steal Warthog Kill from Leopard

Pete Thorpe April 22, 2018 9

The radio broke the silence amongst us. Wild dogs had been found, on the move. My heart started pumping with excitement, which the guests probably sensed as we were now …

Leopards Wildlife

Do Buffalo Feel Empathy?

Rob Jeffery April 16, 2018 8

I saw a buffalo recently that had a broken leg. It was a bull that had clearly been in a fight with another bull. The opponent stood closer to us …

General Nature Wilderness teachings Wildlife

Hyenas Kill Buffalo. Lions Take Over

Rob Jeffery April 11, 2018 1 5

I arrived at a sighting of a buffalo bull that had been killed earlier that morning by a group of hyenas. It had been found by ranger Melvin Sambo and …

Featured General Nature Wildlife

The Smallest Impala on Londolozi

James Tyrrell April 10, 2018 5

There is a very small impala lamb that has been seen over the last few days just to the west of Pioneer Camp. Since the local impala lambing is seasonal, and …

Featured Wildlife

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