The Sneaky Slender Mongoose
Patience often pays off in the bush. Those of you that have been on safari before will know that in order to see some of the more spectacular things on …
Patience often pays off in the bush. Those of you that have been on safari before will know that in order to see some of the more spectacular things on …
Following the dynamics of the lion prides and leopard territories in an open, unfenced system like the Sabi Sand Wildtuin can be rather entertaining. I often liken it to watching …
Every camp at Londolozi is unique in its look and feel, and we often find that people are drawn to the atmosphere of the camp which is most suited to …
On a recent afternoon, we set off in search of leopard. Fortune would have it that we had some strong leads to follow in that a group of guests that …
If you scroll back in the blog archives to June 17th 2011 (ie. today’s date, ten years ago), you’ll see a small post titled The Week in Pictures #1. Thank …
As I’m sure many of you read in Chris Taylor’s recent TWIP, he mentions the finding of not one but two new leopards dens. The Ximungwe and Nhlanguleni females have …
Rainy and windy conditions, of which we have had a fair amount of late, do not bode well for leopard viewing. The elusive felines often choose to hunker down in …
First up, the answer to yesterday’s Bird ID Challenge: The three birds in question were Amur Falcons. Almost all of them have departed now for their long migration back to …
We watch a high spirited young leopard trying to chase wildebeest in a clearing, sit with a hippo bull in full display and we look at the amazing benefits for …
We had not seen the Ximungwe female for well over a month. For a female who was seen very often on the reserve – in fact almost certainly our most …
With February generally being our hottest month of the year, we have been relatively lucky to not have had many days warmer than 30 degrees Celsius. The rain has eased …
The Flat Rock male has been rather scarce of late. We suspect that he was partly stranded north of the Sand River which until a few days ago would have …
An animal so often feared and such a master of concealment, and so incredibly adapted to its environment in so many ways… Leaving for game drive invariably takes you past …
It’s been a fairly slow leopard week, with long grass and only a couple of vehicles out making sightings hard to come by. Cloudy and windy conditions have made for …
Wow the grass is long! Although that might sound as if it’s tricky to spot things (it certainly can be), we actually find that animals tend to be funnelled into …