Where Will the Mashaba Female Den?
The Mashaba female leopard is apparently heavily pregnant again. I haven’t seen her myself in a couple of weeks, but reports from rangers in the field state that she may …
The Mashaba female leopard is apparently heavily pregnant again. I haven’t seen her myself in a couple of weeks, but reports from rangers in the field state that she may …
The bush never gets stale thankfully, although I’m not going to ram home the cliché that every day is different, as it should be patently obvious to most. The way …
Having already raised two offspring to independence (Nkoveni and Ximungwe females), the Mashaba female cannot be said to be an unsuccessful mother. Two or more cubs raised over a lifetime …
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 …
It’s common knowledge that leopard cubs have a high mortality rate. What’s also well known is that competing males are the single biggest cause of cub deaths; interlopers and rival …
Every year as winter slowly rolls in, everyone gets excited for something that the change in season brings about. For some it’s the change in temperature as we move from …
The regularity with which female leopards feature in the Londolozi sightings book is linked to two main factors as far as I can tell: whether they have cubs and the …
It will come as a surprise to many people that spotted hyenas are generally representative of a highly developed and pristine ecosystem. Misunderstood by many and vilified by some, these …
The Ntsevu pride are hard to pin down. I don’t mean physically of course, but more in terms of how they operate, their internal pride dynamics, and the predictability of …
The history of the Nhlanguleni female leopard is a bit of an up-and-down one, with long periods of no sightings, then a sudden spate of viewing as she appears on …
With the Nkoveni female being seen scent marking regularly around the Londolozi airstrip, it is becoming quite clear that she has expanded her territory further west into areas where her …
Seeing the change in behaviour in the predators in the colder weather has been interesting. I remember Tom Imrie once telling me how the first hour of the morning in the …
At least one of the Mhangeni Breakaway lionesses are reported to be denning cubs to the north east of Londolozi. Over the past few months, we have seen the pride mating …
The Nkoveni female leopard is expected to give birth to her second litter any day now. Her last litter was never seen, as is regularly the case with leopards. We …
As guides, we are often asked by our guests what our favorite or most memorable sightings have been. For many of us, and particularly myself given that I have only …