On a rocky outcrop on the banks of the Manyelethi River sits a very interesting tree. This tree has fascinated me for quite some time now. There may be more …
We had not seen the Ximungwe female for well over a month. For a female who was seen very often on the reserve – in fact almost certainly our most …
It was still dark when ranger Chris Taylor and I met in the Ranger’s Room. Over a cup of coffee we decided on a plan. Our mission was simple; attempt …
There are many leopards at Londolozi. Some that we get to see regularly and then a few that are very seldom encountered; this latter group includes one particular leopard, the …
While out on game drive recently, I saw a genet eating something on the ground, and on closer inspection is was a flower, or at least what looked like a …
After the year that all of us have just gone through, the first few months of 2020 probably seem like lightyears away – at least that’s how it feels for …
Seeing a male lion in the wild can be a truly awe-inspiring experience. These noble animals have captured the imagination of humans for millennia. A lion’s sheer size and strength, …
This week has been incredibly fruitful with a wide array of sightings, from the big to the small, the cute, the ugly and the outright beautiful. With the amount of …
The final TWIP of 2020! A year that has quite literally rewritten history and will be spoken about for generations to come. For us, it was the first time that …
In my previous blog about “How Old is That Lion?” I focused on a few different ways to estimate the age of cubs in particular. Now it is time to …
For close to a month we had had no sign of the cub of the Makomsava female. Some had started losing hope that the cub was still alive, until Tayla …
We set out early one morning with the intention of trying to find a cheetah. As we got closer to where one had been seen the day before we spotted …
Yet another eventful week at Londolozi has passed. The landscape is now beautifully green, the wallows and pans are full and there is an essence of new beginnings in the …
“Age is just a number” – a saying familiar to most of us. Sometimes humans would prefer to forget how old we are and many of us would rather limit …