The Week in Pictures #351
Spring has sprung! Knobthorn trees are in full bloom and their sweet smell drifts through the air in pockets. Giraffes and vervet monkeys have been maximizing their intake of the …
Spring has sprung! Knobthorn trees are in full bloom and their sweet smell drifts through the air in pockets. Giraffes and vervet monkeys have been maximizing their intake of the …
We’re deep in bucket list territory here, as to see a lioness or a female leopard carrying her cub(s) is something very few people will ever be fortunate to experience …
This week there were elephants around every corner. On Tuesday we counted a herd of at least one hundred and fifty of the pachyderms, then yesterday morning we found one …
It was not long after sunrise and a male lion was already bellowing close to camp. We spent time with him as he roared into the crisp morning air, when …
It’s time to say goodbye. With no sign of the Tamboti female for well over a month now, and the last official sighting being of her in very poor condition …
The slight rain we had a few days ago didn’t really change anything in the bush, apart from making for a slightly damp morning’s game drive. What it did do was …
After a roundtrip in Namibia my husband and I returned to Londolozi for the third time in the hope of seeing more leopards .But what happened during those three days …
This may sound like a simple one, but it’s not always as clear-cut as one would think. Ok if you have a clear view of the leopard’s nether regions, or …
What one finds over the years is that there is a continual oscillation between lion-focused periods and leopard-focused periods. Sometimes there’s as much drama in one population as in the …
Tracker Ray Mabelane was taking some of the staff children on a game drive around lunch time when vultures descending at a waterhole close to the airstrip caught his eye. …
There has been much excitement here at Londolozi over the past two weeks as we have had almost continuous viewing of a female cheetah and her two cubs, whose age …
Most rangers will have a list of sightings that they would like bear witness to. The longer one spends out here, the more chance of some of those taking place. …
If one looks back over the history of the Nanga female, one could say she’s just been unlucky when it comes to raising cubs. Yes, the odds of any cubs …
We had found tracks of a male leopard near Shingalana Dam, right in the centre of Londolozi. The tracks were leading us through the thicket line along the Maxabene riverbed. …
We complete our three-part series of Londolozi Guest Tony Goldman’s photographic highlights today. The good news is that Tony is a regular visitor to the lodge, so we’re sure it …