The Week in Pictures #684
As the summer heat settles over Londolozi and the Sand River starts to full, the bush teems with life and energy, offering moments of quiet awe and thrilling spectacle. This …
As the summer heat settles over Londolozi and the Sand River starts to full, the bush teems with life and energy, offering moments of quiet awe and thrilling spectacle. This …
The Tsalala Female’s journey through motherhood has taken a heartbreaking turn. For a lioness already facing immense challenges, the loss of one of her cubs is a cruel reminder of …
Sitting with animals in this wilderness is some of the most powerful medicine you can get. Wait. Not just animals. The landscapes and the changing light have incredible power to …
As we have mentioned a number of times over the last few months the lion dynamics at Londolozi have been in a bit of disarray since the upheaval of the …
The formidable Maxim’s Male has been providing some great quality sightings of late. We spend some time with him on a bright moonlit night. Initially, he was moving around on …
In celebration of World Lion Day, we thought we would do a quick recap on the different lion prides that we currently see on Londolozi, while bearing in mind that …
Lion dynamics have been up in the air over the past couple of months and change is bound to happen soon. With the Birmingham Males reaching an age where they …
Iconic. Majestic. Awe-inspiring. Finding just one word to describe an intimate encounter with a lion in it’s prime is a near impossible task. For most people lions provide an intoxicating …
We’re just going to leave these here… We broke the news in early March that the Tsalala female had given birth, but knowing how fragile young cubs are, no one …
Change is the only constant we have out here. Animals come and go, and more significantly – since it flows right past the Londolozi camps and through the middle of …
A single Ntsevu lioness had been seen isolated from the pride on a number of occasions, down in the south-eastern sector of Londolozi. Ranger Andrea Sithole had discovered her with …
The lonely roars of the Tsalala lioness have been emanating from the Sand River a lot recently. I use “lonely” in the acceptance that it is a human construct, and …
Lions are tough. Resilient, hardcore, strong. This is in no way anthropomorphizing. Those are not exclusively human traits. Those are facts. Lions are as tough as nails, simply because they …
Fate has not been kind to the Tsalala pride. One only has to follow the trials and tribulations of these remarkable lions over the last few years to see that …
This isn’t the first time a group of lions has split from their natal pride and formed a new one. Nor will it be the last. Environmental conditions and pressures …