History Repeats Itself With the Nhlanguleni Female
There are no real photos to show in this post. There aren’t many stories to tell. Sightings have been so scarce and fleeting that that in itself is the story. In …
There are no real photos to show in this post. There aren’t many stories to tell. Sightings have been so scarce and fleeting that that in itself is the story. In …
Living and working in the bush, we are constantly reminded of what a privilege it is to be in the presence of wild animals. No two days in the bush …
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” – Martin Buber I’m no philosopher but I can deeply relate to Buber’s sentiment, they don’t call our eyes …
We had 10mm of rain a few days ago, and it has been just enough to get one or two green grass shoots to poke their heads through the dry …
How far could you spot a leopard from? This is a question the Londolozi trackers ask themselves daily, and some of them just keep raising the bar. Jerry Hambana has been …
A sight eternally etched into my memory involves the fleeting glimpse of leopard rosettes darting through a thicket only a meter ahead of a lioness and the rest of her …
It’s week 37 out of 52 in 2016 and the bush continues to deliver each and every day. Every game drive, rangers from Tree, Varty, Granite, Founders and Pioneer Camps …
This last winter at Londolozi has been an incredible one. Looking back at the past three months I am astounded by what we have been privy to. From the soft light, early …
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from …
Now that the female ostrich has found some male companions, we thought it appropriate to stress just how incredible it is that this bird is still around today. Ostriches typically …
There are many different ways to approach The Week in Pictures. Often one can talk about the different seasons, weather, sightings of animals and their movements. This week I wanted …
The lifeblood of Londolozi is the Sand River, a perennial river originating in the northern reaches of the Drakensberg mountain range; it winds through the Sabi Sand Reserve before joining up with …
Two weeks ago we ran a post that looked at the possibility of the Mashaba female finally forcing her cub into independence. The reasons we cited were that she had …
It seems adaptability is the name of the game in these dry times, and I’m not just talking about the animals. As leopards in particular retreat to drainage lines with …
Former Londolozi Head Ranger Oliver Sinclair was recently visiting with his family. Ollie is renowned for his knack of discovering new leopard litters, and although there were no females with secluded …