Winter is: Golden backlight

Simon Smit July 16, 2014 9

There is a special time of day when sun lights the bush in an unimaginable way. Light soft enough to look into and not shy away from. So soft that it …

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The Week in Pictures #137

Mike Sutherland July 4, 2014 20

There is seldom a week that goes by that leaves me without inspiration. It is difficult to caption or explain the way in which one is fulfilled after spending many …

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Best Majingilane pictures ever taken

Kate Neill July 3, 2014 17

The beginning of 2010 was an interesting time for the lion population of the Sabi Sands with the Majingilane Males making quite the entrance and taking over from the well-known …

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A Five Day Bumper Photographic Safari

Mike Sutherland June 26, 2014 10

I have had the recent privilege to begin my work cycle with a five night Photographic Safari, that took myself, my tracker Life, and my two guests to the most …

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Lions at Play

James Tyrrell June 23, 2014 5

Last week’s beautiful Week in Pictures by Simon Smit featured a number of photographs of lions on the sands of the Manyelethi Riverbed. Myself and Simon were driving a photographic …

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The Week in Pictures #131

James Tyrrell May 23, 2014 6

Lions. This week was about Lions. At least for me. The Majingilane were back, coming in from the west to reunite with first the Sparta pride and then the Tsalala …

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A Home for Hyena

Mike Sutherland May 14, 2014 4

Over the past 18 months there has been much speculation around the status of the hyena population at Londolozi. Where had they all gone and what were the influencing factors that …

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Could This Be Londolozi’s Most Successful Lion Pride?

James Tyrrell May 13, 2014 10

This is turning out to be a very interesting year for Londolozi’s lion population. It was always going to be so with an extra pride thrown into the mix, and …

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The Week in Pictures #129

James Tyrrell May 9, 2014 16

The transition to winter is usually a gradual one. Summer arrives with a bang, with the first rains causing a green flush literally within days. The dry season is usually …

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Life Behind the Lens

Mike Sutherland May 8, 2014 11

There is a special relationship that forms between two people when we do this job each day. It is one that we are aware of, humbled by and fully engaged …

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Do Male Lions Hunt?

Mike Sutherland April 29, 2014 22

There are two ways in which this question could be answered. One is very simple and short and one is a slightly more detailed analysis of their behaviour, social interaction …

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The Week in Pictures #126

Mike Sutherland April 25, 2014 17

There is a chill in the air as the days shorten and the nights grow longer. The dust that was once settled by the summer rains now lingers in the …

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The Week in Pictures #125

Simon Smit April 18, 2014 18

As the air continues to chill and my longing for winter intensifies we see another week pass by at Londolozi. Another week closer to the dry, tawny landscape that is …

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The Resurgent Sparta Pride

James Tyrrell April 14, 2014 8

It wasn’t too long ago that we were worried about the Sparta Pride. One of the three adult females was nursing an injured ankle and the sub-adults were not contributing …

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Lions Kill Wildebeest

James Tyrrell April 7, 2014 12

The Sparta Pride is making a comeback! There will be more on the current status of the pride in an upcoming post, but for now I simply want to focus …

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