Kruger Exposed

James Souchon May 4, 2016 7

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 …

General Nature Travel Wildlife

A Lion’s Roar: Let’s Discuss

James Tyrrell May 3, 2016 15

I don’t want to go into too much of the physics here, so don’t expect talk of pitch and decibels and wavelengths. Although I suppose that these attributes of a lion’s …

Featured Wildlife

Birding For Beginners: Eagles

James Tyrrell May 2, 2016 8

We ran a post just over a month ago on Birding for Beginners, which looked at some of the more common species you can encounter around camp. Birds aren’t everyone’s cup …

Wildlife

5 Days Back on The Road

James Tyrrell May 1, 2016 12

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 …

Featured Leopards Lions Photo Journal

What Next for the Tsalala Pride?

James Tyrrell April 30, 2016 12

In 2010 the Majingilane coalition came roaring into the Sabi Sands. The Tsalala pride at the time had some young lions in it, still relatively dependent on the adult lionesses. …

Lions

The Week in Pictures #229

Callum Gowar April 29, 2016 6

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 …

The Week in Pictures

A Day of Firsts…

Callum Gowar April 26, 2016 7

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 …

Guests Lions

Making a Splash: The Art of Mud Wallowing

Kevin Power April 25, 2016 5

Mud is an element of the earth. It is comprised of minerals, soil, silt and often clay. As humans we use mud as a detoxification as well as to exfoliate …

Wildlife

Survival at Taylor’s Dam…

Kevin Power April 24, 2016 6

When one thinks of survival in the bush, we immediately think of buffalo battling with lions, impalas fleeing from cheetahs, or any other such violent encounters between two rival species. A …

Birds Wildlife

The Queen of Safari

Bronwyn Varty-Laburn April 23, 2016 11

It was with nostalgia that I watched the Queen turn 90 on 21 April. The Telegraph posted a video that captured her life in 90 seconds and as I watched the photographs …

Occasions Video

The Week in Pictures #228

Don Heyneke April 22, 2016 2

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 …

Birds Leopards Lions Photography Post Processing The Week in Pictures Wildlife

The Sparta Pride Cubs

James Tyrrell April 16, 2016 1

The Sparta pride made a welcome return to Londolozi, moving through the open woodland areas south and west of the Maxabene, before eventually settling near the Tugwaan riverbed, with one of …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #227

James Tyrrell April 15, 2016 4

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 …

Photography The Week in Pictures

Sunday Stories: A Cherished Memory

Don Heyneke April 10, 2016 5

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 …

Leopards Photography Sunday Stories Wildlife