Lioness Takes on 15 Hyenas

James Tyrrell March 7, 2020 23

Sometime during early morning coffee, before the sun had risen in the east, the Tsalala lioness killed an adult wildebeest bull only two hundred metres from the Londolozi Camps. No …

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The Week in Pictures #429

James Tyrrell March 6, 2020 16

The Nkuhuma pride have been ever-present this week, spending their time traversing most of the norther section of Londolozi. Although it’s great to have a big pride operating across the …

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Are the Nkuhuma Pride Setting up Territory on Northern Londolozi?

Nick Sims March 5, 2020 22

For almost two years now, the Northern section of Londolozi has not been occupied by a dominant pride of lions. This area – known as Marthly – was previously home …

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The Birmingham Male Lions

Paul Danckwerts March 2, 2020 15

[Editor’s Note: This post was recently found in the Draft folder of Londolozi blog posts from early 2018. For some reason it never got published at the time of writing. …

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Photography Tips and Tricks: 4 Things to Look for When Photographing Predators

James Tyrrell February 29, 2020 14

Paw, Tail, Ears, Eyes. That’s it. The Magic Formula. When photographing big cats – but not just them, not by any means – there are a few boxes to tick …

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The Week in Pictures #428

James Tyrrell February 28, 2020 22

First things first; the Mystery Bird was a juvenile Black Crake. This was a tricky shot to work off as the bird’s angle made assessing its general shape and size …

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Just How Much do Different Species “Talk” to Each Other?

James Tyrrell February 22, 2020 9

This is a tricky one. I was reading a post about communication between different herbivores, and it briefly touched upon the possibility of animals responding to the alarm calls of …

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The Week in Pictures #427

Dean De La Rey February 21, 2020 42

“Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” Gary Snyder Having recently come back from leave, driving past the sign of Londolozi, I feel home. When I began …

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What Happened 5 Years Ago? #6

James Tyrrell February 18, 2020 13

We haven’t done a memory lane post for a couple of months; we’ve skipped ahead to January 2015. November and December 2014 we’ll get to sometime in the next couple …

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A Drive of Unusual Occurrences

Jess Shillaw February 9, 2020 14

On a warm afternoon we set out with the specific intention of finding and appreciating some of the smaller inhabitants of the bush. The Sand River was running strongly, and …

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The Week in Pictures #425

Pete Thorpe February 7, 2020 16

“Stay patient and enjoy the journey…” For me, this week has been all about waiting it out for the moment to arise. Waiting for close to an hour for a …

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They Came For The “Big 6” But Settled For the Big 5

Pete Thorpe February 6, 2020 10

“The “Big 6″?”, you may be asking yourself. We didn’t accidentally tally up one extra for good measure. There are a number of lists that have arisen throughout the safari …

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Lost Lion Cub Found

James Tyrrell February 5, 2020 15

A phrase many will be familiar with is, “You win or you learn”. In the African bush, the harsh reality is that the learning part can sometimes be substituted by …

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Photo Journal: The Best of Tony Goldman #4

Anthony Goldman February 3, 2020 9

Sadly we’ve come to the end of our four-part series of guest Tony Goldman’s photos. One of the things that stood out for us is the variety of shots Tony …

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Photo Journal: The Best of Tony Goldman #3

Anthony Goldman February 1, 2020 10

We get our weekend off to a great start with third in our latest Photo Journal series: a wonderful collection of images sent to us by long-standing friend Tony Goldman, …

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