The Week in Pictures #389

Pete Thorpe May 31, 2019 15

As a child I remember looking at a photo of a hyena walking down a straight road, framed by trees with wonderful orange and red leaves. I realise now that …

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Decoding Animals’ Alarm Calls at Londolozi

Pete Thorpe May 27, 2019 9

I regularly refer to alarm calls while out on drive and I realise that sometimes this reference may be falling on deaf ears. They are without doubt some of the …

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Leopard Cub Hangs Upside Down!

Bob and Lucie Fjeldstad May 26, 2019 18

A few months ago, my wife and I were on an afternoon safari with Grant Rodewijk and Jerry Hambama. It was getting dark and we were heading back when Jerry …

Leopards Wildlife

Ingrid Dam Young Female Termite Mound Leopard

Choosing a Background in Wildlife Photography

James Tyrrell May 22, 2019 11

We often talk about the large predator hierarchy of Londolozi, with lions at the top, cheetahs at the bottom, and the rest filling in the space in between. What we don’t often talk …

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Leopard Cub Catches Scrub Hare Repeatedly

Rob Jeffery May 18, 2019 7

Leopards have to learn to hunt on their own. As cubs, their mother will leave them and go off hunting and, when old enough to eat meat, lead them to …

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The Week in Pictures #387

James Tyrrell May 17, 2019 1 10

One usually imagines the African bush to be a peaceful place, but as the moon heads towards full, the impala rams are hitting their stride in the rut, and their …

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Why do Leopards Cede Territory?

James Tyrrell May 16, 2019 12

I don’t want to go too much into the science on this one as I’m going to get it wrong and I don’t currently have the research at hand, but …

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What Happened 5 Years Ago?

James Tyrrell May 15, 2019 13

I’m a big fan of memory lane style posts. We have such an archive of photos and stories on our Blog and on the harddrives that are starting to become …

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24 Hours of Magical Game Viewing at Londolozi

Pete Thorpe May 14, 2019 2 23

Having recently had a phenomenal run of sightings, I decided to try and recreate the events from my perspective to give you an idea of what life is like here …

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The Mashaba Female Leopard: 7 Years Through the Eyes of a Guest

Anthony Goldman May 12, 2019 1 16

Tony Goldman’s name should be familiar to regular readers of the Londolozi Blog. He has contributed some wonderful photographic material in the past, and he recently submitted a series of …

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Celebrating the Nature of Mothers

Amanda Ritchie May 11, 2019 13

She’s the first true connection you ever made. She’s been your confidant when you couldn’t share your secret with anyone else. She’s the one who quietly gives you the advice …

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The Week in Pictures #386

Dean De La Rey May 10, 2019 34

“Wilderness is for me salvation…You are not human if you aren’t changed by the wilderness.” – Ian Player With the rains behind us and the grasses becoming dry, you can …

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Tsalala Lioness: Acting Like a Leopard

James Tyrrell May 9, 2019 23

Lions are the only social cats, relying on their pride for hunting support and protection. Many aeons ago they were solitary though, and have evolved their social nature over millenia, …

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Nhlanguleni Leopard Cub Kill Scrub Hare 7

Leopard Cub Plays With Scrub Hare

James Tyrrell May 6, 2019 13

Wildlife can be frustrating to photograph. I learnt this early on, after yet another exasperating sighting in which I had missed the best of the action. Animals don’t always do …

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The Week in Pictures #385

James Tyrrell May 3, 2019 18

New lions on Londolozi was the big news this week, as the Torchwood pride went first one way and then the other across the northern parts of the property, with …

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