Lessons From The Wild: What The Bush Teaches Us About Patience
Out here, things rarely happen on our schedule. You can spend hours waiting at a den or following faint leopard tracks that vanish into thin air. Sometimes nothing shows itself. …
Out here, things rarely happen on our schedule. You can spend hours waiting at a den or following faint leopard tracks that vanish into thin air. Sometimes nothing shows itself. …
As the golden grasses of the Sabi Sands begin to fade and the landscape takes on a dusty, sun-bleached hue, one of the most impressive spectacles of the dry season …
Every now and then, a game drive comes together in such a way that you are reminded of just how unpredictable and magical the bush can be. Recently, I had …
As a guide out here at Londolozi, there are certain questions I hear again and again. Some are about the constellations above us, others about the tracks we follow on …
Another wonderful week of sightings! Following on from the latest updates on the Virtual Safaris, we’ve had several exciting sightings of the Gijima Males as well as the Talamati and …
Lion dynamics at Londolozi are in constant flux—a living dance of dominance, survival, and kinship that plays out against the backdrop of an ancient wilderness. To the casual observer, it …
There are moments in the bush that whisper change before they become the new normal. Over the past few weeks, such whispers have begun to echo as the arrival of …
Life Sibuyi, my tracker, often reminds me, “You can hear far further than you can see.” At first, it felt like one of those throwaway sayings, but I quickly realised …
In the bush, silence doesn’t mean nothing is being said. Working as a guide, you inevitably spend a lot of time simply watching. And over time, what starts as observation …
One of the most iconic scenes in the African wilderness is a leopard draped effortlessly across the limbs of a marula or leadwood tree. It’s a moment that stills the …
It’s mornings like this that remind me why we wake before the sun and set off into the bush with no real script—just the hope that the wilderness will reveal …
It’s a season of uncertainty and transformation in the lion dynamics at Londolozi. The Kambula Pride of lions, once a cohesive unit of five adult lionesses and their offspring, is …
We have now passed the Winter Solstice, yet the days have only just started their slow shift into spring. The bush, however, continues to reveal a different, drier and harsher …
The story of the Three Rivers Female leopard has long captivated us. From her early days as the cub of the Xidulu Female to the way she carved out a …
The Nkuwa Female is a leopard very well known for her beauty and supremely relaxed nature around vehicles. Over the years I have spent many wonderful, undisturbed hours in her …