Tony Goldman: Best of Mammals

Anthony Goldman March 8, 2017 14

A couple of weeks ago we ran a post featuring some of the best of long-standing guest, Tony Goldman’s bird images. We promised a follow-up post in which we’d feature …

Photography Wildlife

Otter Joy

Amy Attenborough March 1, 2017 5

When Chris Goodman, Londolozi’s Habitat Manager, was a little boy, he went on a fishing trip to Mafikeng with his father. In the middle of the night they woke up …

Wildlife

Why the North is So Dangerous For Leopards

Amy Attenborough February 25, 2017 4 14

Sitting on the Varty Camp deck just a few mornings ago, with cups of coffee in hand, a few of us rangers looked over the Sand River to the northern …

Leopards Wildlife

LEAP: A Retreat to Nature

Amy Attenborough February 19, 2017 0

For years we at Londolozi have lived by the laws of nature and have seen first-hand the impact even short spaces of time in the wilderness can have on someone’s life. In …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #271

Callum Gowar February 17, 2017 2 4

This week has been characterized by the impending threat of Cyclone Dineo that made landfall on the eastern part of Mozambique on Wednesday and continued its path towards the Kruger …

The Week in Pictures Wildlife

To Feel a Lion’s Roar

Callum Gowar February 15, 2017 16

One of the first things that fascinated me when I started guiding at Londolozi was the lion pride dynamics and working with tracker, Freddy Ngobeni, it was something I started …

Lions Wildlife

Meet the Kitchen Team – Sipho ‘Fatman’ Ngomane

Anna Ridgewell February 14, 2017 15

Sipho Ngomane affectionately known as ‘Fatman’ or ‘Vet Cook’ is the person who really runs the Londolozi Kitchen! I am often asked, “how do we know how much to order?” …

Cuisine

My Hope For You

Amy Attenborough February 12, 2017 12

Sitting with the Xidulu female leopard’s two cubs the other day, I was struck by what was for me such a beautiful and reassuring moment. We had found the two youngsters playing …

Wildlife

Have You Ever Seen Genets Mate Before?

Amy Attenborough February 4, 2017 6

At Londolozi you don’t have to go very far to see wildlife and interact with nature. Guest, Sumei Shum, can attest to this having watched something incredibly rare, right from …

Video Wildlife

Deja Vu: A Leopard’s Favourite Tree

Callum Gowar February 2, 2017 1 5

Towards the end of 2015, James Tyrrell asked the question “Do leopards have favourite trees?”. Since then, this has been hotly debated, with opinions varying between rangers, trackers and textbooks and …

Leopards Wildlife

A Heartbreaking Find

Amy Attenborough January 31, 2017 2 9

I’m unashamedly obsessed with all trees but there is one on Londolozi that is not only a firm favourite of mine but also of other humans, lions, leopards, baboons, monkeys and …

Wildlife

How Do Crocodiles Feed?

Callum Gowar January 29, 2017 10

Serendipity… “the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way”. The word ‘serendipity’ can undoubtedly relate to a number of instances we encounter in the …

Wildlife

Three Things We Can Learn From Vervet Monkeys

Amanda Ritchie January 28, 2017 12

All around Londolozi you’ll see troops of Vervet Monkeys communing with nature, and with our human community. If you have ever visited Londolozi and sat on one of our beautiful decks …

Wildlife

Life in Cape Town

Amy Attenborough January 18, 2017 26

At Londolozi we often talk about the incredible bonds that are created here and how work colleagues are more friends and family to each other than anything else. Recently this …

Occasions Tracking Travel

The Virtues of Patience in the Bush

Londolozi Guest December 27, 2016 3 6

As Leo Tolstoy said, the two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Having only two nights and three days at Londolozi I was worried I had the patience but …

Guests Photography Wildlife

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