The Summer Shades of Green

Kelsey Clark January 25, 2023 2 24

As the sun rises each day it casts its warm rays across the landscape. Every tree the light touches will reflect back a dazzling array of green. During the summer …

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Mindfulness From Varty Camp Deck

Jordan-Lee Odams May 14, 2022 3

The world moves so fast and we often get wrapped up in a whirlwind of a million different things. It’s not often we allow ourselves to completely relax and decompress. …

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Sustainable Safari: Pioneering New Systems for Living

Garrett Fitzpatrick January 8, 2022 12

What is a sustainable safari? Is a safari sustainable? Years ago while at university I heard the phrase in one of my lectures “think locally, act globally “. More recently …

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Londolozi x The Joinery – Why Sustainable Business Matters

Amanda Ritchie July 29, 2021 10

“Plastic Free July is a key initiative of the Plastic Free Foundation that allows us to work towards our vision of seeing a world free of plastic waste. From humble …

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The Week in Pictures #475

James Tyrrell January 15, 2021 21

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 …

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Green – The Colour of Love and Joy of Spring

Bronwyn Varty-Laburn September 16, 2020 21

Spring has arrived at Londolozi and every year I follow the same ceremony of welcoming the season… Shown to me by the very beauty-filled Byron Katie in her morning walk …

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The 5 Rs at Londolozi this Global Recycling Day

Jemma Thorpe March 18, 2020 9

Global Recycling Day couldn’t have come at a better time with the launch of our new Impact Site being a week ago. Another opportunity to share with the world our …

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The Week in Pictures #424

James Tyrrell January 31, 2020 12

For once I’ve remembered to include the answer to the mystery bird without being reminded a few hours after publishing: The correct answer was a Magpie Shrike, which many of …

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8 Unique Subjects To Capture In The Summer Months

Pete Thorpe November 27, 2019 11

Within the space of about ten days, the landscape at Londolozi transformed from dust and yellow grass to a myriad of mud wallows and bright green leaves and vibrance. Along …

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World Wildlife Day: A Spotlight On Londolozi’s Marine Counterparts

Jemma Thorpe March 3, 2019 14

“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean” – Arthur C. Clarke, Author As World Wildlife Day approached us we saw that the theme of …

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Londolozi’s Brand New Kitchen

Anna Ridgewell December 3, 2018 23

2018 started off with much excitement in the Londolozi Kitchen, with the anticipated move of the Chef Team from where we have all been cooking – some for 45 years …

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The Week In Pictures #312

Fin Lawlor December 8, 2017 2 10

As the first week of December draws to a close, most of us at Londolozi are struggling to get to grips with exactly where this year has gone. The game …

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Don’t Be Deceived By Its Beauty

Amy Attenborough July 10, 2017 10

Every morning for four-and-a-half years, Chris Goodman has come out of his home in the morning and felt a little disappointed. In the Sausage tree outside his front door, staring at …

General Nature

The Joys of Summer Photography

James Tyrrell January 8, 2015 3

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 …

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3 Hotels. 3 Continents. 3 Inspiring Examples of Ecotourism

Ryan James April 16, 2014 2

“Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing behind but footprints.” According to one New York Times journalist, that was the definition of “ecotourism” in the 1980s. The definition has grown so …

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