“My” Leopards of Londolozi…
Ever since I was a young boy I can remember having an absolute fascination with leopards. The first time I can remember seeing a leopard was when I was about …
Ever since I was a young boy I can remember having an absolute fascination with leopards. The first time I can remember seeing a leopard was when I was about …
The stubbornly dynamic presence and movements of leopards in the wild makes for a fascinating study. In an area as well-suited and sought-after by leopards as the Sabi Sands, the …
The highlight of this week was not a sighting itself but the way in which tracker Jerry Hambana spotted the Tutlwa female (picture 3) a couple of days ago. I …
A few mornings ago Amy Attenborough and I were driving away from Mahlahla Dam, having been to investigate the carcass of a young elephant calf that had died. We had been …
There’s a leopard that lived on Londolozi that has the most bizarre and beautiful story. It begins with him being adopted by his grandmother as a cub, later caring for her …
This week a very definite theme of animals in their environment seems to have emerged in this photographic collaboration between me and James Tyrrell. With the dry weather putting pressure …
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir Another blog about the Mashaba female..surprised?! Yet again this leopard and her daughter have provided me …
After recently travelling to Sri Lanka, I have returned completely rejuvenated with a new perspective and appreciation for the wonder of Londolozi and the Lowveld as a whole. It has almost …
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 …