The Week in Pictures #385

James Tyrrell May 3, 2019 18

New lions on Londolozi was the big news this week, as the Torchwood pride went first one way and then the other across the northern parts of the property, with …

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A Series of Fortunate Events Leads to an Unbelievable Sighting

Chris Taylor May 2, 2019 17

Our plan for the morning was to go in search of leopard, more specifically the Ximungwe female. If luck was on our side, her two cubs -now approaching seven months …

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24 Hrs in Photos: The Nhlanguleni Female and Cubs

James Tyrrell April 8, 2019 1 18

Ideally, we try to let the photos on our social media platforms tell the story more than we do the writing. There’s only so much one can say to try …

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Grandmother, Mother, Grand-cubs: The Mashaba Leopard Dynasty in One Sighting.

Guy Brunskill April 4, 2019 2 12

The Ximungwe female had stashed a kill under a thick Combretum bush that was growing at the base of a marula tree. The grass was long and we could hardly …

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The Leopard And The Porcupine

James Tyrrell November 29, 2018 10

Note: The Kaxane male has sadly since succumbed to old age and passed away. This post was written roughly a week before his death. We will run a tribute post …

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A Superb Run of Sightings: Part 2

James Tyrrell November 6, 2018 1 10

A couple of days ago we published a post about the first of a great run of sightings that senior ranger John Mohaud had with his guests. Today John recounts …

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How do Leopard Cubs Learn to Hoist Kills?

James Tyrrell October 23, 2018 1 12

Despite the almost unrivalled leopard viewing that reserves like Londolozi enjoy, the fact remains that the vast majority of a leopard’s life takes place out of sight of human eyes. …

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Nanga Female Leopard Full Moon Duiker Kill 2

The Leopard and the Full Moon

James Tyrrell August 1, 2018 1 11

The Nanga female is a leopard that hasn’t been featured much over the last few weeks. Her daughter the Makomsava female has been seen far more regularly, and it has …

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The Tamboti Female Leopard’s Favourite Tree(s)

James Tyrrell April 12, 2018 7

A couple of years ago we published a post about whether or not leopards have favourite trees. The pivotal line in the post is probably the following: Leopards climb the …

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Hyena Steals Kill From Leopard. Leopard Steals it Back.

James Tyrrell March 18, 2018 13

When a group of people with a combined bush experience of around 80 years is raving about how incredible a sighting was, you know it was pretty spectacular. We were …

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Lions Steal Kill From Leopard and Cub

James Tyrrell January 25, 2018 1 4

The Tamboti female leopard had had a successful day, killing a vervet monkey in the morning, which she dragged to her 10-month old cub for it to feed on, and …

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An Incredible Introductory Experience at Londolozi

Alex Jordan September 7, 2017 1 7

The first time you visit Africa you may arrive with expectations of what you have seen in documentaries, read on the Londolozi Blog or viewed on the internet. All of …

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Three Leopards in a Tree

James Tyrrell July 11, 2017 3 13

I generally like the lesser-known leopards. Partly because as leopards I believe the more mystery they have about them the better, and partly because by default they tend to inhabit the further …

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What’s in a Hoist?

James Souchon April 2, 2017 1 6

One of the most exciting things to witness out in the bush is the process of how a leopard gets its kill up into a tree. Most of us guides out …

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Who Made the Kill?

James Tyrrell July 30, 2016 4 8

Two weeks ago we ran a post that looked at the possibility of the Mashaba female finally forcing her cub into independence. The reasons we cited were that she had …

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