Variety: the Spice of Life…and Game Drives
The northern section of Londolozi is known for its beauty; dotted with rocky outcrops and the wide Manyelethi River meandering through the shade of Leadwood and Jackalberry trees. But before …
The northern section of Londolozi is known for its beauty; dotted with rocky outcrops and the wide Manyelethi River meandering through the shade of Leadwood and Jackalberry trees. But before …
It had been raining the night before, which is good when following a leopard. It means the cat – presuming it’s a territorial adult – will almost certainly be on …
Do lions climb trees? This is something I am often asked while out on game drive at Londolozi. Let’s have a look at some of the evidence we have gathered …
Winter is coming!! If you’re at all familiar with the popular TV series, Game of Thrones you’ll instantly recognize that statement. With the highly anticipated start of the 8th and …
Londolozi has one of the densest leopard populations in the world. With prime habitat, ample prey species and essentially zero human interference, the local cats carry on as if we …
Ideally, we try to let the photos on our social media platforms tell the story more than we do the writing. There’s only so much one can say to try …
We’ve written a few times about 12 months being the golden number in leopard infant survival. Graph mortality vs. age and you’ll see a drop-off after this time, (although roughly …
We’re closing in on what will probably be 6000 photographs on The Week in Pictures. Ok I’m not going to go back and count them all, but given that we …
The Ximungwe female had stashed a kill under a thick Combretum bush that was growing at the base of a marula tree. The grass was long and we could hardly …
We couldn’t believe our eyes either! When the Hosana male leopard was found on top of a termite mound, and ranger Harlequin McQuail lifted his binoculars and saw a cub’s …
First up of course is the answer to our Mystery Bird Challenge #10. The answer was a Monotonous Lark. These little guys have practically been infesting the marula crests of the …
Despite the summer heat and the water temperature of the Sand River resembling that of a tropical sea, leopards still don’t like getting their feet wet. A superb series of …
One generally takes a subconscious pride in knowing one’s home turf pretty well. I’m from Cape Town, and I would always scoff at reports of tourists getting lost on Table …
Despite how popular media might portray them, leopards actually don’t spend as much of their lives in trees as one might think. The bulk of their lives is spent terrestrially, …
Reports of not one but two leopards from the previous evening had led us to the banks of the dry Maxabene riverbed for our morning pursuit. Knowing all too well …