Trees That Give Life

Jess Shillaw August 28, 2019 10

Times are still tough for the browsers and grazers as it gets drier each day; even the Sand River is slowly trickling to a halt. There are some miracles standing …

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What Bird is This? #16

James Tyrrell August 26, 2019 11

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese” – Willie Nelson That quote has nothing to do with today’s post but I found it while …

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Leopard Update: The North

James Tyrrell August 25, 2019 33

With the Sand River historically acting very much like our own version of The Wall from Game of Thrones, we used to find that it acted as a convenient territorial boundary …

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Cheetahs vs. Hyena

James Tyrrell August 21, 2019 7

Predator interactions can be the most exciting things to view in the bush, but sometimes the drama doesn’t escalate beyond a certain point, especially if there’s not food on the …

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Tsalala Lioness Loses Cubs

James Tyrrell August 19, 2019 29

The dream had to end sometime. We don’t want to start everyone’s week off with bad news, but yesterday we received reports that the Tsalala lioness’s cubs had been attacked …

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Do Lions Have Self-Control?

James Tyrrell August 18, 2019 18

Hardly. I say this after watching the Styx pride blow a buffalo hunt that could have landed them a meal for days. To be fair, the buffalo was massive, and …

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THE WEEK IN PICTURES #400

James Tyrrell August 16, 2019 59

400 Weeks. That’s just under 8 years. The Week in Pictures, which forms a window into the bush for thousands of people around the world, is far more than just …

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Male Lions: Slim Chance of Success

James Tyrrell August 15, 2019 19

Statistics are not always the best lens through which to examine a predator community. We’ve written before how populations vary and individuals within those populations vary, so a textbook or …

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5 CRUCIAL Ways to Maximise Your Safari Enjoyment at Londolozi

James Tyrrell August 14, 2019 23

There are easy traps to fall into when coming on safari. You want to know what others are seeing elsewhere, you might get impatient because a lion is taking its …

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Size Matters: How Does the Sabi Sand Reserve Compare?

Rob Jeffery August 13, 2019 9

Let’s take a moment to size up some of the parks and reserves around the world to put Londolozi, the Sabi Sand Wildtuin and the Kruger National Park into perspective. …

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Why Two out of Five Senses Simply Can’t Re-create the Magic

James Tyrrell August 12, 2019 13

As much as we try to bring the African bush – and Londolozi in particular – to people from all over the world, we have to accept from the outset …

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Are Leopards Successful Hunters?

James Tyrrell August 10, 2019 17

Most of what I’m about to type is purely anecdotal evidence. It comes from years of game drives and walks in the field, but given that A) we only witness …

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Is the Nkoveni Female Expecting Again?

James Tyrrell August 6, 2019 14

I don’t have too many recent photos to suggest that the Nkoveni female might be heavily pregnant. That’s mainly because I have only seen her twice in the last two …

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