Giraffes Defend Dead Calf From Hyena Clan
We left camp to go and follow up on reports of a young giraffe with a broken leg from earlier that morning. As we drove out we heard the loud, …
We left camp to go and follow up on reports of a young giraffe with a broken leg from earlier that morning. As we drove out we heard the loud, …
Elephants have taken centre-stage this last week as we have witnessed hundreds of them moving all over the reserve. With the dry, dusty grip of winter yet to take its …
I arrived at a sighting of a buffalo bull that had been killed earlier that morning by a group of hyenas. It had been found by ranger Melvin Sambo and …
Tracker Judas Ngomane and I were following wild dogs on a hunt. Andrea Sithole and Sersant Sibuyi had found them at Finfoot Crossing in the Sand River at first light. …
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 …
Out on drive in the African bush one may see hundreds, if not thousands of trees that have fallen. Trees ring-barked by elephants, disabling them from receiving nutrients to vital …
The first and most obvious argument is that other predators are dangerous to hunt, and it would be illogical for a lion or leopard to see a conspecific as a …
The carcass of the old Tailed lioness was discovered yesterday afternoon by Londolozi rangers out on a bush walk, just below Ximpalapala crest. The size of the skull and her …
Tracks of a male leopard were called in, heading downstream in a dry riverbed. Great, we had a lead to work with! Bennet (the vastly experienced tracker that I work …
All the rangers at Londolozi have specific trees around the reserve in which they’re dying to see a leopard. There’s a particular dead Schotia in the north that I have …
Yesterday afternoon, as the rain was approaching from the east, we were treated to a magnificent double rainbow over a dark contrasting bank of black clouds. Every scene we passed …
There’s no better way to start your day in summer than waking up to the dawn chorus in the African bush. The chirp of birds, fresh floral and aromatic smells …
I’ve often wondered just how certain animals can stomach certain things. Taste buds play an important function in letting an animal know what is good or bad to eat. If …
Only a few days until Christmas and the festive season is in full swing. Energy and excitement continues to build. It’s a time of abundance, a time of giving, social …
Yesterday you may have read Guy Brunskill’s account of our crazy morning game drive. Below is the remainder of that story… In the frenzy, the wild dogs ran off and …