The Mashaba Young Female: Approaching Independence
Textbooks can be necessarily vague when it comes to giving facts and figures about wild animals, and when looking up the age of leopard independence, one will generally read that they …
Textbooks can be necessarily vague when it comes to giving facts and figures about wild animals, and when looking up the age of leopard independence, one will generally read that they …
In July 2015 our guide, Andrea Campbell, wrote a blog entitled “The Most Hardcore Animal in the Bush: the Female Leopard” and during our recent visit to Londolozi we enjoyed …
The birth of leopard cubs is always just cause for excitement levels to rise in the guiding team. When a leopard who was pregnant reappears after she hasn’t been seen …
The trickiest thing about a post like this is deciding which images to leave out, as the number of great images being taken by the Londolozi staff is phenomenal. Notice …
The crisp of the mornings is broken by warming African sunrise, and once the day draws to an ends, just after the golden hour, we are led into an ever-changing canvas brought …
As a Londolozi Ranger we naturally spend most of our time in the bush exploring our beautiful reserve each day and showing it off to our guests. It is an …
Being involved in the behind-the-scenes media side of things, I don’t get to drive guests as often as I would like to these days. Recently however, I was granted the …
This week was defined by the events that unfolded around Sable Boma Pan, a small waterhole near the Londolozi airstrip. An old giraffe bull, well into the twilight of his …
There are a number of people who visit Londolozi having never been to South Africa before, let alone other natural areas where wild animals roam free. We as guides therefore have …
I remember once reading that the first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else. It easy to forget that there are a million intricacies that connect the …
One of the most exciting times to be in the bush is during the impala rut, in the months of May and June. For these few weeks of the year …
As a guide, one of the questions I get asked most often is, “What is the best sighting you have ever had” I cannot tell you how many thoughts rush …
A deeper passion grows for the bush and its wildlife during and after working at Londolozi. The passion is infectious amongst all staff; a seed is planted that grows in …
“Listen to the voice of nature, for it holds treasures for you. – Huron” As 2016 flies past at an unimaginable rate, I am thankful for the gift of …
We’re well into April already, but that’s no reason why we shouldn’t look back once more and select a few highlights from March. Ardent followers of the blog would have …