The Week in Pictures #488
True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca A conversation I had recently reminded me the importance of living in …
True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca A conversation I had recently reminded me the importance of living in …
The end of 2020 saw many a guiding team (ranger and tracker) and their guests viewing an unusually high number of mating pairs of leopards around Londolozi, which is very …
Rainy and windy conditions, of which we have had a fair amount of late, do not bode well for leopard viewing. The elusive felines often choose to hunker down in …
This week has been an exciting one with the lion dynamics taking a very interesting turn. Lion viewing had been somewhat thin, with the Ntsevu pride seemingly having disappeared overnight, …
Easter meant a slight delay to the latest Virtual Safari, so please excuse us for its lateness. This week, a disastrous attempt to find mating leopards is followed closely by …
First up, the answer to yesterday’s Bird ID Challenge: The three birds in question were Amur Falcons. Almost all of them have departed now for their long migration back to …
We watch a high spirited young leopard trying to chase wildebeest in a clearing, sit with a hippo bull in full display and we look at the amazing benefits for …
This past week has been filled with plenty of excitement. Two leopard den sites were discovered on Monday afternoon! The Nhlanguleni female’s den was found just west of our camps …
I was recently asked in the comments section of one of my blog posts on the whereabouts of the Tatowa female. Quite honestly, she hadn’t really crossed my mind since …
It was an elephant-heavy week, with young ones galore and breeding herds surrounding the Londolozi Camps practically every day. Lions have also been plentiful of late, with both Nkuhuma and …
Mating leopards, the Ntsevu pride in full force, and a leopard in a tree like you’ve never seen it before… This summer’s long grass has made leopards in particular particularly …
Guest Willem Kruger has been visiting Londolozi for years. His latest visit coincided with the tail-end of Cyclone Eloise, which unleashed torrential rain on Londolozi and much of the surrounding …
We had not seen the Ximungwe female for well over a month. For a female who was seen very often on the reserve – in fact almost certainly our most …
With February generally being our hottest month of the year, we have been relatively lucky to not have had many days warmer than 30 degrees Celsius. The rain has eased …
It was still dark when ranger Chris Taylor and I met in the Ranger’s Room. Over a cup of coffee we decided on a plan. Our mission was simple; attempt …