There’s More to Safari Than the Animals
When one talks about safari what things come to mind? For most it will be lions, leopards, elephants, rhino and buffalo – the Big Five. It will be the whoop …
When one talks about safari what things come to mind? For most it will be lions, leopards, elephants, rhino and buffalo – the Big Five. It will be the whoop …
Here is our Bird Challenge for the month of February. Ok it may not end up being the only one, as if we happen to get some particularly cryptic photos …
Firstly, the Mystery Bird from yesterday. Almost everyone got it right: the answer was an African Fish Eagle. Most large eagles have much darker or barred tails, so the all-white …
Our first Bird Challenge of 2019 is a slightly more unorthodox take on the concept. We’ve talked before about how birds don’t always sit still for you to identify them. …
TWIP simply recounts the highlights of the week; it does not, however, reveal the hours we spend out there tracking and sometimes not finding the animals. With that further sense of knowing …
It’s wonderful to reconnect with guests from the past. Michael Kalm (pictured below) saw the guest posts we have been sharing over the last few months and decided to submit …
As most people have headed back to work for the start of 2019, things have continued unabated in the bush; a place where the wildlife knows no year or date …
It’s been almost a year and I still can’t let this thing go. This post may not be for everyone, but it’s something I started obsessing about again, and decided …
Round 3 of Tony Goldman’s wildlife highlights is here, with another fantastic batch of photos! Tony sent us a wonderful large collection after his last stay, so we had to …
Annoyingly, my whole approach to birding has shifted somewhat since we started this series. Now I think of the most cryptic way to represent a bird in a photograph while …
We’ve been rather happy to discover how much people have been enjoying this ongoing Bird Quiz series. The great thing is we’re unlikely to ever run out of material, so …
During our ranger training at Londolozi we are taught a number of valuable tips and tricks that enhance the guiding experience and hopefully make for a more memorable, holistic and …
First things first: Mystery Bird #4: The bird in the picture is a Dark Chanting Goshawk. Well done to those who got the right answer. The combination of plumage colour …
So, here we are again… Sometimes the bird itself isn’t a difficult species to ID. It doesn’t have to be in non-breeding plumage, nondescript, tiny or a random vagrant for …
As summer slowly approaches, we are starting to see a lot more construction. Not the type of construction you may be used to in the concrete jungles of the world …