What is The Message that Wild Animals Bring?
What is the message that wild animals bring, the message that seems to say everything and nothing? What is this message that is wordless, that is nothing more or less …
What is the message that wild animals bring, the message that seems to say everything and nothing? What is this message that is wordless, that is nothing more or less …
This week has revolved largely around the movements of the Ntsevu pride, who continue to make the east-west traverse of Londolozi every 48 hours or so. Their territorial expansion into …
We have covered a few “safari myths” on this blog over the last year or so such as whether or not impalas can delay their births and do elephant get …
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 …
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 …
We ran a post recently that examined the female leopard dynamics in the northern reaches of Londolozi, and talked about the relatively unknown Ingrid Dam female. When we first started seeing …
With the privileged opportunity to photography such a wide variety of animals on such a regular basis, it becomes easy to develop a favourite subject. Within each family of mammal, …
This week was marked by the natural death of an old elephant bull on Londolozi’s northern boundary. Speculation and anecdotal evidence suggests that he had died due to injuries sustained in a fight …
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 …
Hyenas have always had a reputation of being strange animals. They are one of the few mammal species which have a matriarchal society, in which the females possess genitals which …
September 2nd, 2015 was the day on which the first sighting of a Matimba male lion was officially recorded on Londolozi soil. Although from their tracks we knew they’d been …
We’ve written before about how a leopard’s star can rise and fall, and certain individuals are sought after at certain times more than others. In 2013 we published a piece …
Andrea Sithole is one of the best trackers at Londolozi. He makes it all look annoyingly easy. Great trackers don’t just have the ability to spot a track and see …
A green flush; with the first true signs of a wet summer solidified in the ground below us we marvel at the changing landscape. Surface puddles, rain-rinsed canopies and damp clearings …