The Week in Pictures #161
It’s the final Friday of the 2014 calendar, and what a week it has been! The summer rains have made their mark already, with lots more expected, and we were …
It’s the final Friday of the 2014 calendar, and what a week it has been! The summer rains have made their mark already, with lots more expected, and we were …
Hot and then rainy and then hot again. The summer rhythm is in full swing at Londolozi, with some lovely cooler conditions on the cloudy days keeping the action going …
I live for being out on safari and my favourite time of the year is between mid November and mid December. There is the most incredible explosion of life at …
Two years ago, the roar of the Majingilane was a constant serenade on the night air of Londolozi. If you couldn’t hear them on at least five evenings a week, …
The long-awaited rain has finally arrived, and it arrived with a bang, with about 70 mm falling over the course of one evening. The low levels of the Sand River …
Rules are there to be broken… When it comes to photography it is drilled into us that composition is everything and that in order to have the ‘perfect’ photograph you …
The Abadi family was recently at Londolozi, and having visited the lodge many times, were hoping to see something special. The female cheetah had been found not too far from …
It was a mixed week, with some quiet days of leopard behaviour. My absolute top sighting was all four of the Majingilane emerging from out of the mist to cross …
With things seemingly settling down in the South, and the new coalition of Sand River males looking set to inherit the Southern Pride kingdom from the Kruger male, it is …
A cold front has moved up from Cape Town and blanketed the Lowveld in icy conditions. Freezing mornings over the past few days have rendered the bushveld relatively quiet (in …
Winter is a time that has much appeal, it is also a time that brings much hardship. It is a time that sparks our memory and plays with our senses. …
Dust looms and radiant skies remind us that winter has settled in. Animals are forced to water that somehow stays above the parched land. Paths form patterns that cut through …
Tawny grass and crisp cool mornings that make your eyes water have been spoken about for a while now. Incredible game viewing is another thing that is associated with the …
It was a week for rhinos. With the little female calf still hanging around with her mother near camp, and the old territorial bull with the cut ear in constant …
It would seem that every time we scratch our heads and say, ‘Hmmm, we haven’t seen the Majingilane in a while!” they show up in force, put us in awe …