The Week in Pictures #101
Summer is here! It is now official, as in the last week Londolozi has gone from the last browns of winter to the verdant green of summer in full swing. …
Summer is here! It is now official, as in the last week Londolozi has gone from the last browns of winter to the verdant green of summer in full swing. …
One of the best ways to enjoy your safari experience is to share it with family and, in particular, your children. The wonders of the natural world come alive when …
A question often asked by guests at Londolozi is, “How do you remember your way around?”. There are a few hundred kilometers of dirt tracks that criss-cross the bushveld on …
What is the difference between a jaguar and a leopard? As guides we often get asked what the difference is between a leopard and a jaguar. At first glance one …
As the weather heats up but the real rains have yet to begin, the elephants have continued to flock to the Sand River. Animals are retreating to the shade sooner …
The Nanga leopard cubs have been featured on the Blog a lot recently. Yesterday we put out some of Richard Laburn’s fantastic footage of them and their mother near the …
It struck me that some animals to rangers are like a sports team to a fickle public. When they do well, everyone loves them. When the results aren’t there, however, …
In October of this year we wish a Happy Birthday to our oldest territorial leopard, the Nottens female. She is turning 18 years old, no mean feat for a leopard …
We hadn’t seen Wild Dogs on the property in a week or so, but with the pack of 9 currently denning in the Western Sector of the Sabi Sands, we …
Survival of the fittest. The Darwinian theory of evolution of species by means of natural selection is not as simple as some people believe. Well, it is quite simple actually, …
Last week we released a post on the Tsalala Pride and their tree-climbing efforts in the attempt to rob the Ximpalapala young female leopard of a kill. This week the …
Leopards defined this week for me, as they so often do at Londolozi. The Xidulu female is still around, a a week after first being seen. The Tamboti female sadly …
The Londolozi trackers are good. Bottom line. With enough time, they will find almost anything. Mike Sithole made a wonderful discovery recently while tracking the Nyelethi Young female leopard near …
Lucien Beaumont found a female leopard early in the morning as the mist was still enveloping the river valleys, still filtering up onto the crests, still covering Londolozi in an …
A wonderful find in the North of a new leopard den-site, the possibility of the Tsalala Pride birthing another litter and a few lions up in trees certainly made this …