Hyenas: A Different Perspective

Alex Jordan August 11, 2018 12

“If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness” – Nigerian proverb In my opinion the above proverb epitomizes a predator we often overlook – …

Photography Safari Experience Wildlife

Just How Efficient is Nature’s Cleanup Crew?

James Tyrrell August 4, 2018 19

Those who saw yesterday’s Week in Pictures would have seen the second and third photos of a whole lot of vultures feeding on an elephant carcass. The elephant was a young …

Wilderness teachings Wildlife

This Week in Pictures #345

Paul Danckwerts July 27, 2018 1 23

Monday morning had none of its usual connotations as we kicked this week off with a bang! It began when the last remaining lioness from the Tsalala pride chased the …

Photography The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Vultures Rob Cheetahs of Kill

Sean Zeederberg July 22, 2018 5

Tracker Ray Mabelane was taking some of the staff children on a game drive around lunch time when vultures descending at a waterhole close to the airstrip caught his eye. …

Wildlife

Cheetah Mother And Two Grant Rodewijk 5 Of 7

Female Cheetah and Cubs are Sticking Around

Grant Rodewijk July 14, 2018 14

There has been much excitement here at Londolozi over the past two weeks as we have had almost continuous viewing of a female cheetah and her two cubs, whose age …

Wildlife

Hyena Clans Clash

James Tyrrell July 8, 2018 6

We heard the hyenas from a long way away; just under four kilometres from a quick Google Earth reference. Hyena whoops are a regular sound in the night or early …

Wildlife

Hyenas Feed on Stolen Kill

Guy Brunskill June 19, 2018 4

We were having coffee on deck just as it started to get light when we heard the hyenas erupt into their cackles nearby. Rushing to the vehicle with the guests, …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #337

Grant Rodewijk June 1, 2018 1 18

It has been an exciting week at Londolozi. The May chill has allowed many of the predators to be active late into the morning, providing us with some spectacular game …

Photo Journal Photography The Week in Pictures

Giraffes Defend Dead Calf From Hyena Clan

Guy Brunskill April 25, 2018 10

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, …

Video Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #331

James Souchon April 20, 2018 20

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 …

Photography The Week in Pictures

Hyenas Kill Buffalo. Lions Take Over

Rob Jeffery April 11, 2018 1 5

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 …

Featured General Nature Wildlife

Leopards Steal From Wild Dogs

Rob Jeffery April 4, 2018 3 2

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. …

Leopards Wildlife

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 …

Leopards Wildlife

Can a Dead Tree Still Be a Tree of Life?

Alex Jordan March 11, 2018 1 7

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 …

General Nature Photography Wilderness teachings

Why Don’t Predators Often Eat Other Predators?

James Tyrrell March 3, 2018 26

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 …

General Nature Wildlife

Join Londolozi Live

Add your face to the tribe!