Even Leopards Make Mistakes
There’s no substitute for experience, but even 11 years of survival in the heart of one of the densest leopard populations in the world doesn’t prevent Londolozi’s oldest territorial female …
There’s no substitute for experience, but even 11 years of survival in the heart of one of the densest leopard populations in the world doesn’t prevent Londolozi’s oldest territorial female …
Ranger Grant Rodewijk and I had set out one afternoon for a drive, not looking for anything specific, just bumbling around for anything we could find. Not long after we …
We are out on an early morning drive. I stop the vehicle to watch the first herd of impalas we see. As I start to say something like, ‘Look how …
First up, the answer to Mystery Bird #16: The answer was a Burchell’s Coucal, which many of you got right. A combination of long tail, habitat (the green of the …
Ranger Sean Zeederberg reports on this dramatic sighting: “When we arrived the Hosana male was lying on a termite mound about 100 metres away from where the Anderson male was …
Ranger Dean de la Rey had a very pleasant surprise when enjoying his morning cup of coffee from the Founders Camp deck recently. The Marula tree that grows out of …
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 …
When TWIP was offered around the rangers room this week, I must have had a sudden rush of blood to put my hand up. Trying to follow the 400th TWIP …
The male leopard dynamics continue to keep us guessing. The Anderson male, still massive, has somehow fallen off the top of the pile, and doesn’t appear to have the same …
The leopard dynamics at Londolozi are always in a state of flux, with subtle factors constantly at play. New leopards will suddenly appear on the scene and familiar individuals fade …
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 …
“Out here you cannot press rewind or fast forward, only play. You have to live in the present.” – Anynomous In broken English, one of my recent guests – at …
There are many firsts out here. Your first impala, first kudu bull, first elephant… Your first safari is of course littered with them, and each one seems to generate more …
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 …
No one is quite sure what’s happening in the male leopard population at the moment. The Flat Rock male was found much further north than he normally is, the Anderson …