The Week in Pictures #259
New life, new growth and new arrivals have been the theme for the last week. Ranger Andrea Sithole had the honour of calling in the first newborn Impala lamb a …
New life, new growth and new arrivals have been the theme for the last week. Ranger Andrea Sithole had the honour of calling in the first newborn Impala lamb a …
Former Londolozi Head Ranger Oliver Sinclair was recently visiting with his family. Ollie is renowned for his knack of discovering new leopard litters, and although there were no females with secluded …
The highlight of this week was not a sighting itself but the way in which tracker Jerry Hambana spotted the Tutlwa female (picture 3) a couple of days ago. I …
This week a very definite theme of animals in their environment seems to have emerged in this photographic collaboration between me and James Tyrrell. With the dry weather putting pressure …
2016 has reached its halfway mark, but before we launch into the second half of the year, we need to once again look back and recap some of the better photographic …
Mud is an element of the earth. It is comprised of minerals, soil, silt and often clay. As humans we use mud as a detoxification as well as to exfoliate …
Moving his hand swiftly upwards, tracker Freddy Ngobeni indicated for me to stop, as he had just heard the chattering alarm call of a squirrel. I immediately switched off the …
Sometimes things just go your way in the bush, and without any effort on your part, incredible sightings pop up around every corner. I recently had two friends come and visit …
Rangers and trackers were fortunate this week to have the team from Nikon conducting a photographic workshop at Londolozi. Obviously on a photographic course one wants things to photograph, and …
As I look at the date I’m frightened to think that the first month of this year is drawing to an end. Time really has flown past. My first thought …
We keep pretty detailed records of the leopards and lions of Londolozi. Those who are regular followers of our social media sites will know of the various territorial individuals whose stories …
The sheer prowess of Cape buffalo in a large herd causes a nervous curiosity. Drawn to them like a warthog to a mud wallow, some of my most memorable moments …
One doesn’t have to go very far to find drama in the bush. The camp is surrounded by wildlife, thanks partly to our riverfront position, yet we sometimes have to look no …
One of the greatest gifts of childhood is its inherent innocence. Peter Matthiessen once wrote, “the child was not observing, he was at rest in the very center of the …
Summer is in full swing, and has been for weeks now. Although heat and rain can characterise the Lowveld summer, out here in the bush it is other things that …