A Batty Weekend

Kate Imrie March 9, 2016 5

Guests often ask how guides manage a long term guiding career? One of the standard answers they get is that there is so much to learn out there that it keeps …

Wildlife

Matimba Males: Far South

James Tyrrell March 8, 2016 25

Late last week saw a rare event; some of the Londolozi trackers stumped. Despite following the tracks of the two Matimba males all the way through a sweltering morning, they …

Featured Lions Wildlife

An Amazing Leopard Sighting

James Tyrrell March 7, 2016 11

Ranger Tom Imrie and tracker Jerry Hambana were watching a journey of giraffe with their guests, when Jerry’s hand suddenly shot up for the vehicle to be quiet and listen. …

Featured Leopards Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #221

James Tyrrell March 4, 2016 4

The search continues for the cubs of the ever-elusive Ndzanzeni female in the deep south of Londolozi. Whilst tracks of her criss-cross her relatively small territory, actually finding her amidst …

The Week in Pictures

Leopards versus Hyenas: The Unlikely Soccer Outcome

James Tyrrell March 2, 2016 4

Every year at our annual Londolozi Christmas Party, the resident (and highly territorial!) soccer team, the Londolozi Leopards, agree – usually against their better judgement – to play an exhibition …

Londolozi Family

From Sandbank to Verdant Green: The Sand River’s Change

James Tyrrell March 1, 2016 0

In South Africa we are fairly lucky, in that natural disasters are not commonplace. We don’t have a Tornado Alley equivalent. Earthquakes, although the occasional tremor is felt, do not …

Featured Londolozi Family Wildlife

February: A Roundup of the Month’s Best Images

James Tyrrell February 29, 2016 7

According to tradition, the 29th February is the day on which women propose to men, rather than the other way around. This doesn’t really have much to do with this …

Photography

What Do You Want To Know About Photography?

James Tyrrell February 27, 2016 19

Photographically we are very fortunate out here in the bush. We are privileged to live in an amazing wilderness area with some of the highest predator densities on the continent, …

Photography

The Week in Pictures #220

James Tyrrell February 26, 2016 5

Rangers and trackers were fortunate this week to have the team from Nikon conducting a photographic workshop at Londolozi. Obviously on a photographic course one wants things to photograph, and …

Photography The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Farewell To An Icon: The Land Rover Defender

James Tyrrell February 17, 2016 4

When one looks at the safari industry, it is difficult to find a brand more iconically representative thereof than the Land Rover. For decades these faithful vehicles have been carrying …

Londolozi Family

Sunday Stories: Life Lessons

Sean Cresswell February 14, 2016 3

Other than the shared interests in nature and all of its mechanisms, each and every staff member at Londolozi has a deep passion for conservation on all scales. This develops …

Birds Sunday Stories

The Week in Pictures #218

Don Heyneke February 12, 2016 3

Another week at Londolozi is coming to an end and still without much-deserved Summer rain. The dry spell brings on new challenges countrywide. Survival of the fittest is never more …

Photography The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Sunday Stories: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

James Tyrrell February 7, 2016 8

We ran a post recently on the Ndzanzeni female and our belief that she is denning a litter somewhere in the south-eastern parts of Londolozi. After the successful track-and-find of …

Leopards Sunday Stories Wildlife

Luck of The Draw

James Tyrrell February 6, 2016 3

When discussing the survival possibilities of young cubs – whether leopard, lion or cheetah – luck is probably the single biggest factor in determining their survival. We can go on ad …

Wildlife

Aardvark Caught on Camera!

James Tyrrell February 3, 2016 6

In our 214th Week in Pictures, we mentioned how trackers Jerry Hambana and Rob Hletswayo had tracked an aardvark back to what appeared to be its den. Diggings were all …

Wildlife

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