“My” Leopards of Londolozi…
Ever since I was a young boy I can remember having an absolute fascination with leopards. The first time I can remember seeing a leopard was when I was about …
Ever since I was a young boy I can remember having an absolute fascination with leopards. The first time I can remember seeing a leopard was when I was about …
Graeme Marais was a ranger at Londolozi from 2009-2011, and being one of the best birders the reserve has ever cultivated, he is often brought in to help run the …
Enigmatic: difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious. The word ‘enigmatic’ can be used a lot when it comes to leopards, sometimes to the point of cliché. There is a leopard …
Camp Pan male vs Anderson male. This is a tough one, in that neither individual has been officially weighed, as far as I know, and we will never see them …
I type this without knowing if the Camp Pan male leopard is alive or dead. We are incredibly lucky at Londolozi, in that the leopards we see are generally used …
The beautiful Mashaba female is one of the more frequently seen female leopards at Londolozi. A descendant of an almost royal lineage, with a very relaxed temperament, she often allows …
With pans dry and no seep-lines flowing, we are staring a particularly dry year in the face. Whereas the game would normally still be dispersed at this time, more and …
No, this is not an obscure reference to J.R.R. Tolkein’s book. Although parallels can definitely be made between what is happening on Londolozi and what happened when Aragorn of Middle Earth …
I was fortunate enough to recently stop at Londolozi for six nights. 2014 is the ninth consecutive year I have visited and like all the others it didn’t disappoint. My …
Deja vu was felt by a number of rangers and trackers over the last few days, as amazingly, we once again were witness to two male leopards mating with a …
The Camp Pan male leopard is no more. This is not actually the case, but given that this is the first of April and the leopard himself is certainly getting …
As the world is changing and humans continue to populate this world, as we pollute the lands, the air as well as destroy populations of natures great beings, will we …
This was a week for the books. It was a week of replenishment and a week of fun, excitement and passion. It was all about spirit this week and it …
This week we thought we’d venture back in time, so you might see some of the browns of Winter coming through in the photos and wonder how they got there. …
The impala lambs are filling up the clearings faster than we can count them, which in turn has been providing a boon for the predators of Londolozi. One species taking …